Leonard W. Noyes of Nashua, New Hampshire.

Leonard W. Noyes was born in Canaan, NH, on January 14, 1779. He moved to Boston, presumably to learn clockmaking. In 1823 he relocated to Nashua and was employed as an agent for the Nashua Manufacturing Company. In 1832 Leonard established a clock factory and employed other notable Clockmakers such as Belding Bingham, Joseph Wyman, and William Cox, to name a few. He became a prominent businessman in Nashua and served on the New Hampshire State Legislature. He was also a financial backer of the Nashua Watch Company. Noyes died in Nashua on March 18, 1867.