There is a death record from Rockingham County stating that Noah died 14 Nov 1888 of typhoid fever, age 68. It further said he was the son of Sebaston (sic) and Catherine.

Noah is designated S1a1.

As of summer 2015, there is no evidence of him on find-a-grave. However, he is listed in the cemetery database at Rockingham Historical Society. He was buried at the Martz Cemetery in the Mountain Valley area with the dates I show for him.

From Census and from the message board post of Bill Rosenthal, his daughters were: Sarah Catherine born 1854, Caroline Virginia born 1869 and Josephine born late 1860’s.

From Census and from the message board post of Bill Rosenthal, his sons were: John W born 1846, David Richard born 1850, Charles M born about 1851, Francis Marion born 1857 and Turner Ashby born 1861. Only John W was born before the 1850 Census but I am unable to track him further. There is another John, son of John J (S1d) of the same age and the only John I can find later living on his own, I believe, was John J’s son of that name.

He first appears in Census in 1850, said to be age 28. In the 1860-1880 Census, his age appears to be more accurately stated in agreement with the 1820 birth on his tombstone.

From Census, Noah’s wife was named Dianna, born mid-1820’s. There is a Dinah D Martz buried at the Martz Cemetery in the Mountain Valley area. The transcription from the Rockingham Historical Society says daughter of John and Sarah Martz.

I cannot figure out who John and Sarah Martz could possibly be. A 2001 message board post by Bill Rosenthal says Noah Martz — whose birth information he only knows from Census and who he listed as a son of Sebastian and Catherine with a question mark — married Diana Dovel 21 Aug 1841, she the daughter of John and Sarah (Shuler) Dovel.

I think Bill’s message board post explains the situation and so the transcription of her tombstone missed the fact that her maiden name Dovel must have been there somewhere.