Addie Cabe Donnell Van Noppen (March 29, 1870 – January 9, 1964) was an American historian and civic leader. She was the organizing regent of the Guilford Battle Chapter of the

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and served as the North Carolina DAR's State Historian from 1901 to 1907. In 1915, she authored ''The Battle Field of Guilford Court House''.

Biography

Van Noppen was born Addie Cabe Donnell on March 29, 1870 to George Donnell and Sarah Jane Caldwell Donnell. She was a great-granddaughter of Congressman William Davidson. She was the organizing chapter regent of the Guilford Battle Chapter of the

. She served as the State Historian of the North Carolina Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution from 1901 to 1907. Van Noppen authored the booklet ''The Battle Field of Guilford Court House'', the first edition published in 1915 and the second edition published in 1927, to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the battle field becoming

Guilford Courthouse National Military Park Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, at 2332 New Garden Road in Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, commemorates the Battle of Guilford Court House, fought on March 15, 1781. This battle opened the campaign that led to American ...

.Van Noppen, Addie Donnell. The Battle Field of Guilford Court House. Greensboro, N.C.: J.J. Stone & Co., Printers. 1915. https://archive.org/details/battlefieldofgui00vann (accessed January 10, 2014). In 1896, she married Charles Leonard Van Noppen, a Dutch-born businessman, publisher, and political reformer. They had four children. She died on January 9, 1964 and was buried in Green Hill Cemetery.

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