NOBLE BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
====================================================================

NOBLE, Harrison - b: 1818 Franklin Co, KY
source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 737
residence: Davis Twp

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 
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. (Archives by: Phyllis Hill, phill@redrock.net)

====================================================================

NOBLE, Joseph - b: 1846 Parke Co, IN
source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 738
residence: Davis Twp

Dr. Joseph Noble, physician and surgeon at LaDue, was born in Parke County, 
Indiana, on the last day of February, 1846, and was next to the last of ten 
children, of whom six are now living. His parents were natives of Shelby County, 
Kentucky, and settled in Indiana soon after the Indian war. Our subject bears the 
name of his father, and his mother's maiden name was Sarah May. His early days 
were fully employed assisting his father in the labors of the farm, and he 
acquired a fair education, mainly in the country schools and at Belmore Seminary. 
At the age of sixteen years he enlisted in the Fifty-fifth Indiana Volunteers and 
remained in that command three months, being in the action at Richmond, 
Kentucky. At the expiration of a year spent at home he again responded to the call 
for troops, this time enlisting in the 149th Indiana, and remaining in service 
until discharged at Nashville in September, 1865. He then passed one year in 
school, and when twenty years of age came west and for two years was occupied 
in teaching in Henry and Jasper Counties, Missouri. Returning to Indiana in 1868 
he began the study of medicine with Dr. John Wilcox, at Greencastle, Indiana, 
with whom he studied for two years, when he attended the lecture course of the 
University of Virginia. He graduated from that institution in June, 1870. He 
retraced his steps to Coatesville, Indiana, and then began a practice that has 
extended over twelve years. In the Centennial year he again came to Missouri, and 
locating at LaDue has gained an enviable reputation among the successful 
practitioners of the county. As well as being a successful physician Dr. Noble is a 
farmer of exceptional success. His farm contains 420 acres of good land, well 
improved, with far better than the customary buildings, and making one of the 
most desirable stock farms in the county. He handles about 150 cattle, feeding 
forty head of good steers and sixty hogs. On the 23d of February, 1873, the doctor 
was married to Miss Laura Layton, a native of Indiana, born July 16, 1856. Mrs. 
Noble is a member of the M. E. Church. Dr. Noble is Democratic, and for twenty 
years has been a member of the Masonic fraternity. (Archives by: Phyllis Hill, 
phill@redrock.net)

====================================================================
USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing
free information on the Internet, data may be used by
non-commercial entities, as long as this message 
remains on all copied material. These electronic 
pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit
or for presentation by other persons or organizations. 

Persons or organizations desiring to use this material
for purposes other than stated above must obtain the 
written consent of the file contributor. 

This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb
Archives by the Henry County MOGenWeb
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mohenry/henryco.html
Contact the Henry County Coordinator for comments or corrections.
====================================================================