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Frank Brett Noyes

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Frank Brett Noyes

Birth
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Death
1 Dec 1948 (aged 85)
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Burial
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA GPS-Latitude: 38.9482778, Longitude: -77.01155
Plot
Section B, Lot 171, Site 1
Memorial ID
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President of the Washington Evening Star and a founder of the Associated Press.

Noyes was born in Washington, DC on July 7, 1863. He attended public schools in Washington and later went to the preparatory school of Columbian College (which later became George Washington University), but did not complete a degree. Instead, in 1881 he began to work in the Evening Star's business department full-time; he had already worked for the Star in his spare time during his high school and college years.

He was manager and treasurer for the Star from 1887 to 1901. From 1901 to 1910 he lived in Chicago and edited the Chicago Recorder-Herald while remaining a director of the Evening Star, and moved back to Washington in 1910 to become president of the Evening Star Newspaper Company.

Beginning in 1893, Noyes became involved with the formation of the Associated Press and was elected its president in 1900, retiring only in 1938.

He married Janet Thurston Newbold on September 17, 1888. They had four children: Crosby (died in infancy), Frances Newbold Noyes, Newbold Noyes Sr., and Ethel Noyes Lewis.
President of the Washington Evening Star and a founder of the Associated Press.

Noyes was born in Washington, DC on July 7, 1863. He attended public schools in Washington and later went to the preparatory school of Columbian College (which later became George Washington University), but did not complete a degree. Instead, in 1881 he began to work in the Evening Star's business department full-time; he had already worked for the Star in his spare time during his high school and college years.

He was manager and treasurer for the Star from 1887 to 1901. From 1901 to 1910 he lived in Chicago and edited the Chicago Recorder-Herald while remaining a director of the Evening Star, and moved back to Washington in 1910 to become president of the Evening Star Newspaper Company.

Beginning in 1893, Noyes became involved with the formation of the Associated Press and was elected its president in 1900, retiring only in 1938.

He married Janet Thurston Newbold on September 17, 1888. They had four children: Crosby (died in infancy), Frances Newbold Noyes, Newbold Noyes Sr., and Ethel Noyes Lewis.


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  • Added: Jun 30, 2014
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132119379/frank_brett-noyes: accessed ), memorial page for Frank Brett Noyes (7 Jul 1863–1 Dec 1948), Find a Grave Memorial ID 132119379, citing Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA; Maintained by HWA (contributor 46565033).