NOBLE, John - 1890 Bio (1796-1871)

NOBLE, CRANE, SHEPLER, MADDEN, BECK, NORDICK, HEDRICK, DUNN, ARNOLD, ASH

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Portrait and Biographical Album of Jefferson and Van Buren Counties, Iowa, Printed 1890 by Lake City Publishing Co., Chicago
Page 274

John NOBLE, a pioneer of Jefferson County of 1845, was born in Blair County, Pa., on the 17th of February, 1796, on a farm, which had come into the possession of the family prior to the Revolutionary War. He was married in his native State in about the year 1818, to Miss Elizabeth CRANE, a native of Pleasant Valley, Blair County, Pa., born in 1797. Mr. NOBLE was a farmer, and was engaged in that vocation in Pennsylvania until 1845, when he emigrated with his family to the Territory of Iowa, and settled in Fairfield, continuing his residence in Jefferson County, until his death. By his union with Miss CRANE, a large family of children was born, consisting of nine sons and one daughter, and all the sons are living except one who was accidentally killed, the eldest being seventy years of age, the youngest fifty. Samuel, the eldest, was twice married. He lost his first wife in Pennsylvania, after which he came to Iowa in 1845, married a Miss SHEPLER, and now resides in Albia; Abraham C., aged sixty-nine years, has been twice married, and is living in Fairfield Township; Martha B. MADDEN was the name of his second wife; John S., who is sixty-six years of age, and resides in Arkansas, married for his first wife Eliza J. BECK, and after her death wedded Mary NORDICK; Christian E., who is sixty-five years of age, is represented elsewhere in this volume; William W. married Emma HEDRICK, and was accidently killed in a mine in 1860, at the age of thirty-four years; Benjamin F., a twin brother of William, married Miss DUNN, and lives in Montgomery County, Iowa, at the age of sixty-four; George W. aged sixty-two, resides in Arkansas; David A. aged sixty, married Miss ARNOLD, and makes his home in Albia, Iowa; Margaret J., aged fifty-seven, widow of Jacob ASH, is living in Dallas, Ill.; Edward M., aged fifty, is married and lives in Albia. The tallest of the nine brothers was six feet, and the shortest five feet and ten inches; the heaviest weighted two hundred and thirty pounds, and the lightest one hundred and sixty. Originally, they were all Whigs, and later all Republicans. Six brothers and a sister came to Jefferson County, in 1845 with their parents; C. E. and John S. arrived the following year, and Abraham C. came in 1863. Mr. NOBLE was a Whig in early life, and like his sons, advocated the Republican principles on the organization of the party. He was an industrious and worthy man, and his death, which occurred on the 17th of February, 1871, at the age of seventy-five years, was deeply regretted by many friends. His good wife survived him only a few months, dying August 30, 1871. Both were members of the Lutheran Church.

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I have no relation to the person(s) mentioned.