Daniel James Noyes was born in Concord, N. H., December 23, 1842. He was the son of Rev. Daniel J. Noyes, for many years a professor at Dartmouth, and Jane M. (Aiken) Noyes. He was a member of Psi Upsilon and Phi Beta Kappa. After leaving college, he served as tutor in Washington University, St. Louis, for one year. In August, 1862, he went to New York city and studied law, being admitted to the bar in 1864. His office in 1872, when Harden published his class history, was 117 Broadway. He was married on the 29th of August, 1866, to Caroline C. Rosekrans, of Glens Falls, N. Y. They had four children, of whom two are living in 1916: Mrs. Frank W. Hall, and Mrs. F. J. Warden, both residents of London, England.
Noyes practiced law in New York city for many years before his death, but for a long time had resided in London, England.
In March, 1891, he wrote Marden a short letter from New York, but the present secretary never could obtain answers to his letters.
His death occurred June 29, 1913, at Harrow, England.