An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, by Rev. H.K. Hines, D.D., The
Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1893, pages 353-354
	
	
	ALFRED NOACK, one of the leading business men of his section of country, is
not a native of the land of which he has become so good a resident, as he was
born in Dresden, Saxony, April 16, 1848. His parents, William and Wilhelmine
(Hausler) Noack, were married in Saxony, but on account of the  Revolution of
1848 were compelled to flee for their lives to America. The father now resides
in California, but his wife died in Chicago, of cholera, in 1857. Our subject is
the only surviving child, and grew to man's estate in Minnesota, where he
engaged in the milling business, remaining there for eighteen years.
	In the year 1872 he emigrated to the Golden State, settling in San
Francisco, where he remained for ten years, when he traveled northward to Walla
Walla, exchanging his calling from selling agricultural machinery for that of
superintendent of the building of the machine shops now owned by Gilbert Hunt &
Co., remaining with that firm for about eighteen months. At the end of that time
he began business in the implement trade, in which he continued very
successfully until his stock of goods was destroyed by fire. Not allowing
himself to be discouraged he again set up in business, continued for two years,
and in 1887 was again burned out. At this time he in company with his wife
started a glove factory, and since that time they have largely increased their
business, until they now employ several hands to assist them in their work.
	The marriage of our subject occurred in 1874, when he was united to Miss
Louis Wagener, a native of California, a daughter of Ernest Wagener, a native of
Hanover, Germany, but now one of the oldest pioneers of the coast, being one of
the immigrants of 1849, who came to California in that year. Mr. and Mrs. Noack
have had five children, namely: Edward, Ida, Willie, Walter, and George, the
youngest, who is now deceased. The surviving children are at home with their
parents.
	When the late war broke with all its fury upon this fair land of ours, Mr.
Noack was too young to engage in any of the conflicts that convulsed the nation,
but before the strife was over, at the early age of fifteen he enlisted, and in
the short time he was in service saw more hard fighting than many of the men who
entered at the beginning, and remained until the grand review at Washington. His
command was Company G, Fourth Minnesota infantry, which he entered September 5,
1864, participating in the battles of Allatoona and Savannah, Georgia,
Pocatella, Columbia, and Bentonville. At Columbia, South Carolina, he was very
seriously injured by being run over by an ordnance wagon, and from this injury
he has never fully recovered. June 12, 1865, he received an honorable discharge
at Louisville, Kentucky.
	Our subject and his wife are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
and the former affiliates with the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Noack has won the
esteem and confidence of his neighbors, and, notwithstanding his serious losses
by fire, is now carrying on a thriving business, which is daily increasing.
	
	
Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in September 2003 by Jeffrey L. Elmer
	
	
	
	
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