Calhoun County AlArchives Biographies.....Noble, William 1836 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
   WILLIAM NOBLE, one of the leading iron men of Alabama, was born in England in
1836, and came with his parents, James and Jenifer Noble, to America in 1837.
They first settled in Reading, Pa., where James Noble built a foundry and
machine shop, which were destroyed by fire. He rebuilt the works and remained
there until 1855. In consequence of shipping most of his products to North
Carolina and Tennessee he decided to transfer his business to Rome, Ga., where
he built a foundry and machine shop. In 1860 he built a rolling mill. Here he
manufactured guns, cannon and shot for the Confederate army. In 1858 he built
the first locomotive ever built in the south. Immediately after the war, he
began the manufacture of car wheels, axles, etc. Mr. William Noble was president
of the Georgia Car company, which was located in Cartersville, Ga. In. 1885 he
moved the plant from Georgia to Anniston, also their car and wheel works from
Rome - which is now the United States Car company. He is also one of the
incorporators of the Woodstock Iron company, which was formed in 1877. He also
built a charcoal furnace in Cornwall, Cherokee county, Ala., which was destroyed
by the Union army in 1864. Mr. Noble is a member of the order of Elks, and an
uncompromising democrat. Mr. Noble owns one of the handsomest residences in
Anniston, with beautiful grounds, with artificial lakes which contain gold fish
and beautiful water lillies.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 610

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