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William Noonan was a Union officer during the Civil War and a public official in Mississippi during Reconstruction, including superintendent of the state penitentiary.
Born in Ireland around 1838, Noonan moved to the United States in 1857. He first settled in Kansas and then moved to Illinois. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Noonan volunteered for Union military service. He enlisted in the Twenty-eighth Illinois Infantry Regiment and was eventually promoted to first lieutenant. His regiment participated in military campaigns in Mississippi in 1863 and, in 1864, Noonan was appointed the military mayor of Natchez. He separated from the U.S. Army after the war ended and remained in Mississippi. Noonan held several public jobs in and around Natchez, including sheriff, county treasurer, and alderman. In the 1870s he was appointed superintendent of the Mississippi state penitentiary. His final public position was United States Commissioner for compensation claims against the U.S. government.
He died of heart disease on May 31, 1890, in Natchez. He is buried in the Natchez National Cemetery in Natchez, Mississippi.
(FindaGrave; Natchez Democrat, Natchez, MS, June 1, 1890)
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See also: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1037187/william-w-noonan
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