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David Russell Noland
11 Feb 1866 – 25 Jun 1928
| Birth | 11 Feb 1866 |
| Death | 25 Jun 1928 |
| Cemetery | Fines Creek United Methodist Church Cemetery Fines Creek , Haywood County , North Carolina , USA |
| Added by | Vickie Carter Tallent on 17 Oct 2013 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31949168 |
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Centennial of Haywood County by W C Allen pp142-143 with picture. David Russell Noland. No family in Fines Creek township has been more active in building up that section of the county than the Nolands. The family originally came from. Belgium and brought with it to this country some of the spirit of the ancient Belgians who resisted Caesar so stubbornly when he conquered their country about 55 B. C. One branch of the family came to the mountains of western North Carolina and settled on Crystal Creek, now known as Fines Creek. David Russell Noland was born Feb 11, 1866, 1n Fines Creek township. His father is James Hardy Noland, still living an active old man, and his Mother Sara E. Noland. As a boy he was sent "to the public schools of his neighborhood and later to the academy in Waynesville while his brother, Thomas W., was principal in 1885. Later in 1888-1890 he attended school at Weaverville College in. Buncombe.County, where he was more thoroughly equipped for the active duties of life. Returning from college Mr. Noland taught school for a year, and then engaged in farining and stock raising in which he has been very successfuL He has succeeded in accumulating considerable property and is considered today one of the most successful and prosperous farmers in Fines Creek township. . ' . In 1902 Mr. Noland was elected sheriff of Haywood County and moved to Waynesville to live. He served so acceptably that he was re-elected in 1904 and served until 1906, when he declined to be a candidate longer. Before being elected sheriff he was, for a number of years, tax collector. This year (1908) he was chosen. chairman of the Haywood County Democratic executive committee. He now, lives in Waynesville. March 11, 1892 he married Etta A. Reeves. They have one child, David Reeves Noland, who is in school at the academy in Waynesville. Sheriff Noland is a member of the Methodist Church and a Knight of Pythias.
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- Infant Noland 1854–1854
- Margaret Noland 1855–1859
- Lou Ellen Noland Rogers 1857–1938
- Annie Laura Noland Graham 1858–1923
- Rev Thomas William Noland 1860–1935
- Frances R "Fannie" Noland Ferguson 1861–1933
- Mary Emily Noland Ferguson 1864–1936
- Martha Florence "Mattie" Noland Wells 1868–1944
- James Madison Noland 1870–1912
- Ida Etta Noland Fish 1875–1960
- Robert Long Noland 1878–1965
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