Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 780
JOSIAH A. NOBLE

Josiah A. NOBLE was born November 19, 1823, in Missouri, and when a mere lad removed with his parents to Bellevue, Iowa, on the Mississippi River. In the spring of 1857 he came to Harrison County and purchased a claim in Cincinnati Township. This was on section 36, and was where he made his home until his death, September 10, 1889. He was married in Bellevue, Iowa, September 17, 1848, to Miss Laura NEFF, the daughter of John and Rachel (STARR) NEFF. By this marriage nine children have been born, three sons and six daughters. Of these children seven still survive (as of 1891), four living in Harrison County, two in Omaha, and one in Washington (State).

When they came to the county, Council Bluffs was their nearest trading point, and all was new and wild. Mr. NOBLE secured two hundred and eight acres of land, and held the same at the time of his death. The names and births of our subject's children are as follows: Martia, born August 9, 1849; Mary L., April 26, 1853; John A., February 29, 1856; Clara L., October 21, 1858; Lewis C., October 28, 1862; Josiah S., May 17, 1864; Emma L., August 26, 1867; Anna L., October 17, 1870; Eva L., March 14, 1874. Martia L. died in May, 1856, and Lewis C., January 26, 1863; Mary L. married Nathan STOKES, August 1, 1878, and they are now living in Harrison County; John A. married Miss Sylvia PRESTON, and lives in Omaha, NE; Clara L. married Mathew BALFOUR, February 6, 1879, and lives in the state of Washington; Josiah S. married Ida JONES, and lives in Omaha; Emma L. was married January 15, 1888 to Albert STEWART, who is a resident of Harrison County.

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