Umatilla County OR Archives Biographies.....Noble, George November 12, 1841 - 
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Author: Colonel William Parsons 

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George Noble
	It is with unfeigned pleasure we accord to the esteemed pioneer, 
worthy citizen and capable business man whose name appears above, 
representation in this volume purporting to chronicle the history of our 
county and the achievements of some of her most prominent citizens, since in 
the subject before us we have one whose life has been a brilliant success 
considered from a financial standpoint, while his integrity and sterling 
principles have ever been the dominant feature of his career, insomuch that 
almost constantly he has been kept in the discharge of public trusts by a 
discriminating and appreciative people.
	George Noble was born on November 12, 1841, in Germany, from whence 
come some of the most substantial and worthy men found in the bounds of the 
United States. His parents dying when he was very young he was thrown early 
upon his own resources and at the tender age of fifteen left behind the scenes 
of the fatherland and the friends of childhood, seeking his fortune in the new 
world and locating in Indianapolis, where he sat himself to learn the harness 
maker's trade, which was accomplished before 1862, the date of his enlistment 
to fight in the Civil war. After various service connected with the fortunes 
of war he was detailed to act as one of an escort to an emigrant train coming 
from Missouri river to Walla Walla, Washington, it being his lot to drive a 
mule team over the entire distance. Being discharged at the end of his service 
he turned to the Boise valley to search for the hidden treasure in the mining 
fields, continuing there until 1865 when he repaired to Salem, Oregon, and 
took up his trade, following it uninterruptedly there for seven years and then 
came to what is now Morrow county, arriving here in 1872. His location here 
was on McKinney creek, where he took four hundred and eighty acres of land, 
buying some in addition, and then embarked in stock raising, handling cattle 
principally. In 1886 he was called by the people to act as treasurer of the 
county, being the first one elected to fill that office, and after two years 
of careful fulfillment of the duties imposed upon him in that capacity he was 
re-elected to the same office and immediately upon the close of this term he 
was asked by the franchises of the people to take the sheriff's duties, and in 
1892 was re-elected to a second term in the same office. At the close of this 
second term, in 1894, he retired for a time from public service and devoted 
his attention to his own interests, returning to the farm and personally 
supervising his stock and estates for three years and then opened his present 
business of harnessmaker and dealer in Heppner, where he carries a full line 
of goods and enjoys a large and increasing patronage, being exceptionally 
popular throughout the entire county.  At one time he ran for member of the 
city council and received one hundred and forty-two votes out of a total of 
one hundred and forty-three votes in the town, the other vote being his own, 
which was cast against himself. He is still a member of the city council, 
being ever ready to bring to bear the same energy and wisdom to conserve the 
interests of his constituency that has brought to him such unbounded success 
in his private business enterprises.
	The marriage of Mr. Noble and Miss Mildred M. Gray, granddaughter of 
ex-Governor Jackson, occurred in Salem in January, 1870. They have the 
following children: Eugene A., partner in the firm; George; Jennie; Frank; 
Mildred. He is affiliated with the A.F. & A.M. and with the I.O.O.F.


Additional Comments:
An Illustrated History of Umatilla County by Colonel William Parsons and of 
Morrow County by W. S. Shiach with a brief outline of the early history of the 
State of Oregon.  W. H. Lever, Publisher  1902.

	Notice: These biographies were transcribed for the Oregon Biographies 
Project. Unless otherwise stated, no further information is available on the 
individual featured in the biographies. 


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