BIO:  Noah Ness, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, West Manchester Township, Pg 200

NOAH NESS, son of Mathias and Elizabeth (Myers) Ness, is the fifth of eleven 
children and was born February 2, 1835, in Springfield Township; was reared on 
his father’s farm and removed to West Manchester Township when nineteen years of 
age.  In September, 1858, Mr. Ness married Sarah A. Hoke, daughter of Herman and 
Elizabeth (Free) Hoke, of West Manchester Township.  Eleven children have been 
born to them:  Catherine E. (deceased), Adam, Annie, John, Elizabeth, Sarah 
(deceased), Noah, Tillie, Emma, Thomas and Rebecca.  Matthias Ness, the father 
of our subject, was born February 24, 1801, in Shrewsbury Township.  He died 
aged seventy-eight years, five months and twenty-nine days.  Our subject’s 
grandfather’s name was Jacob Ness; he was a native of York County.  Our 
subject’s mother was born August 27, 1804.  She died April 23, 1873, aged sixty-
eight years, seven months and twenty-seven days.  Matthias Ness was a prominent 
and well known farmer, having with credit to himself filled the office of county 
auditor for two terms.