Freeman Clark Noxon
ID # 5415, (1831-1917)
| Birth | Freeman Clark Noxon was born in 1831 at Prince Edward District, Upper Canada. |
| Marriage | He married Sarah Brown, daughter of Sherman Brown and Sarah Dennis, on 2 January 1894 at Toronto, York Co.. Mrge reg. 014506-94 Toronto, York County Freeman Clark Noxon, 62, widower, manufacturer, born Prince Edward County, residing Ingersoll. Friend. Parents Samuel and Rhoda. Sarah Brown, 28, spinster, born Pickering Twp., residing Whitby. Friend. Parents Sherman and Sarah Brown. Witnesses Mrs. Frizzell and Mrs. Fox, both of Toronto. On January 2, 1894, at Toronto. Clergyman W. Frizzell. |
| Death | He died on 18 November 1917 at Ingersoll, Oxford Co., Ontario. |
| Burial | He was buried at Section D, Ingersoll Rural Cemetery. |
| Note | Freeman shows his place of birth as Prince Edward County on his marriage registration. His age suggests a birth year of of 1831. The Prince Edward District, later Prince Edward County, was separated out of the Midland District in March of 1831. Depending on Freeman's date of birth, he may have been born in the Midland District. Death reg. 023985-17 Ingersoll, Oxford County Freeman Clark Noxon died Nov. 10th, 1917. Age 87. Place of birth Bloomfield. Place of death Ingersoll. Place of burial Pickering Tp. Retired. Married. Parents Samuel Noxon and Rhoda White. Physician Dr. Williams. Informant rather illeg., but appears to be D. A. Banistre...or similar, Ingersoll. Freeman's place of birth on the above document is rather illegible and at first glance looks like Beaconfield. A closer examination shows it to be Bloomfield and a map extracted from an 1878 atlas by McGill University's Canadian County Atlas Digital Project shows the name Noxon against several lots in the Bloomfield area, Bloomfield evidently being the local village and post office. A post office was established at Bloomfield in 1832 and was in existence as of 1986 per Floreen Carter's 1986 work Ghost & Post Offices of Ontario. Freeman was apparently not buried in Pickering Cemetery, but in section D of the Ingersoll Rural Cemetery. Certainly, there is a gravestone there for him, a photograph of which appears on the Cemeteries in the County of Oxford website. There is some evidence that the given name of Freeman's first wife was Jemima. This is confirmed by the book Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte, Rolph and Clark Ltd., undated, page 81. This shows Freeman's first wife as Jemima Brown and his second as Sarah Brown. |
| Last Edited | 13 May 2021 |