BIOGRAPHY: Dr. John B. NOONAN, Cambria County, PA 

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From Wiley, Samuel T., ed. Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Cambria 
County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Union Publishing Co., 1896, p. 465
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DR. JOHN B. NOONAN, a prominent and successful physician of Patton, this county, 
is a son of Jeremiah and Eliza (Kaylor) Noonan, and was born in Munster 
township, this county, October 21, 1849. Jeremiah Noonan (father) was born in 
county Limerick, Ireland, about 1807, whence he emigrated to America in 1825. He 
located on a farm in Munster township, and followed the pursuits of a farmer all 
his life. In politics he adhered to the principles of the Democratic party, and 
in religion was a member of the Roman Catholic church. He died on the farm, 
March 17, 1872, at the age of sixty-five years. His union with Miss Eliza 
Kaylor, a daughter of Peter Kaylor, a farmer of Munster township, resulted in 
the birth of ten children, five sons and five daughters: Mary Ann, the wife of 
David Watt, of Altoona, Pennsylvania; Agnes, who lives in Altoona; Elizabeth, 
deceased; James, deceased; John B.; Joseph, deceased; Ella, deceased, who was 
the wife of John Sutton, of Clearfield township, this county; Jesse, of Altoona; 
Eliza, the wife of Charles O'Brien, of Cleveland, Ohio; and Stanislaus, of 
Altoona.
     John B. Noonan was reared on the homestead farm, and educated in St. 
Francis' College, Loretto, Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in 1869. On 
leaving college he taught school until 1871, when he began the study of 
medicine. He first entered the office of Dr. Jamison, of Loretto, Pennsylvania, 
and later read in the office and under the direction of Dr. Sloan, of Chest 
Springs, this county. In the spring of 1874 he entered the Cincinnati State 
Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, from which he graduated the same year. He 
immediately located in Chest Springs, where he opened an office and practiced 
his profession for six months, when he removed to St. Lawrence, this county, 
remaining there until 1885. In the latter year he returned to Chest Springs, 
where, besides practicing his chosen profession, he was also interested in the 
Exchange hotel. In September, 1892, he removed to Patton, where he has since 
resided. He is a careful and conscientious practitioner of medicine, and has a 
large and appreciative clientele. He has also made a specialty of the study and 
practice of obstetrics, in which branch of medical science he has attained 
remarkable success. He is also especially successful in the treatment of 
children's diseases.
     In politics Dr. Noonan is a democrat, and is one of the substantial and 
ardent supporters of the principles of that party. He is a consistent and 
prominent member of the Roman Catholic church.
     On October 19, 1875, he was united in marriage with Miss Mary Agnes, a 
daughter of Redmond Melton, and the union has resulted in the birth of nine 
children: Laura, deceased; Laura Agnes, Mary Gertrude, James Jeremiah, John 
Melton; Walter, deceased; Thomas Redmond, Alice, and Ruth.