Parke County Indiana

The History of Henry and St. Clair Counties, Missouri
St. Joseph, MO.: National Historical Company, 1883

p. 737

HARRISON NOBLE was born in Franklin County, Kentucky, January 3, 1818.  His
father, William Noble, a native of Virginia, was a soldier in the war of
Independence, participating in the battle of Guilford Court House.  He
married Hannah Miner, of Pennsylvania.  Of a family of seven children,
Harrison was the sixth; four are now living.  At the age of eleven years he
was taken to Parke County, Indiana, where he grew to man’s estate and on
his nineteenth birthday he was married to Miss Olley Spurgeon, also of
Kentucky.  His father died in 1841, and in the following year he emigrated
to Missouri.  Himself and wife drove with ox teams to their new home and
settled in what is now Harrison County, Missouri, then a portion of
Daviess.  He was engaged in farming and in running a steam mill there for
nearly forty years.  In 1869 Mr. Noble came to Henry County and bought a
tract of land four miles south of Clinton, consisting of nearly 900 acres.
He began to handle stock, and continued farming until 1876, when he became
interested in selling goods at LaDue, having the second store of any note
in the place.  He and his youngest son Harrison, sold goods for about two
years, when he disposed of his store interests and has since been occupied
in handling and manufacturing “Thompson’s” washer.  Mr. Noble is the
inventor of an improved washing machine, and has received letters patent on
his invention.  He has been keeping the LaDue Travelers’ Home for two
years, and his attention as “mine host” have brought the house into popular
favor.  He has two farms, one of 300 acres and one of eighty acres, and
both are underlaid with four foot veins of coal.  On the 5th of February,
1871, the companion of Mr. Noble, she who had lent the helping hand, and
had assisted and comforted him for thirty-four years, died on the 15th day
of May, 1875.  He married Mrs. Margaret Mills, widow of James Mills, who
died in 1870.  Her maiden name was Margaret Tisinger and she was born in
North Carolina.  Mr. Noble has four children: John, Elizabeth, Harrison and
Lewis, the last dying in Daviess County in May, 1881.  John lives in
Harrison County.  Elizabeth is the wife of W. P. Martin and lives in
Clinton Township.  Harrison lives in LaDue.  His wife was Miss Julia
Saunders.  Mr. Noble is a member of the Methodist Church.  In politics he
is a Greenbacker, having formerly been a Whig, and casting his first vote
for General Harrison.



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