Biography

09/17/1818 - 09/03/1880

Clinton and Lycoming Counties (1863-1864), Cameron, Clinton and McKean Counties (1865, 1871), Clinton, Lycoming and Sullivan Counties (1872-1873)

NOYES, Amos C., a Representative from Cameron, Clinton, Lycoming, McKean, and Sullivan Counties; born, September 17, 1817 in Grafton County, NH; farmer; merchant; partner, Notes, Bridgens, and Co., lumber trade; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1863, 1864, and 1865 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1866 term; elected, delegate, Democratic National Convention (1868); reelected to the House for the 1871, 1872, and 1873 terms; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania Governor (1875); member, Board of Public Charities; elected, Pennsylvania State Treasurer (1877-1880); died, September 3, 1880 in Westport, Clinton County, Pennsylvania; interred, Noyes Family Cemetery, Westport, Clinton County, Pennsylvania.