FLOYD COUNTY, GA - Obits   Mary Edith, infant of Mr. John W. and Mrs. Alwera Noble

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Tri Weekly Courier April 21, 1874
 
"Died-In this city, on Sunday evening last at 8:50,
Mary Edith, infant child of Mr. John W. and Mrs.
Alwera Noble, a little over three weeks old."
 
NOTES:
From "All Roads to Rome" by Roger Aycock and our local
"Floyd County Heritage" book, I discovered that this
John W. Noble was the son of James Noble, Sr. , who
along with his six sons,  came to Rome in 1855 and
built the famed "Noble Brothers  Foundry".  James
Noble was acquainted with Jefferson Davis, who was at
that time the United States Secretary of War. This
foundry was one of the first in the South to receive a
contract for military weaponry and during the War
Between The States manufactured the "12 pound
howitzer", the Confederate army's most popular piece.
Sherman burned the foundry and the ruins of some of
the machines are on display at the Rome Civic Center. 

The most enduring monument to the family is the famed
"Rome Clock Tower", built by the foundry as a water
reservoir in 1871. )