WILLIAM A. NOBLE

 

 

     William A. Noble, b June 11, 1845, d April 7, 1936 and buried in Calvary Cemetery - married Sidney Elizabeth Jackson, b November 29, 1849, d January 10, 1902 - and both buried in Calvary Cemetery in Marlin, Falls County, Texas. The William A. Noble family moved to Texas from Montgomery County, Alabama in 1875, and settled in the Barclay-Lott area, subsequently moving to Marlin. They had two sons and five daughters, but only one daughter has been identified by name:

     Ella Noble, b 1868, d 1934 - married a Mr. Knox, and is buried by her parents in Calvary Cemetery.

     Thomas Walton Noble, b January 4, 1874 near Montgomery, Alabama, d June 1, .1961 in Tyler, Smith County, Texas in the of a daughter, and was buried in Calvary Cemetery by his wife. In 1899, Thomas W. Noble married Maude Norwood, b October 2,1880, d January 27, 1959 - daughter of John Patterson and Ida (Phipps) Norwood of Marlin, Texas, and they were the parents of five children: Alma L. Noble, b December 17,1902, d December 21,1904 and buried in Calvary Cemetery; Charles A. Noble who married Louise French of Athens, Texas; Mabel Edith Noble who married Seth P. Gilbert; Evelyn Noble who married Buven E. Tucker; and Vivian Louise Noble who married Carlton R. Rook. After living for six years on Live Oak Street in Marlin, Thomas Walton Noble moved his family to their on Rock Dam Road, where they I continued to live until the death of Maude (Norwood) Noble in 1959, when Thomas W. moved to Tyler to live with a daughter until his death. Thomas Walton Noble engaged in farming and ranching operations throughout his life. He loved horses, and could be seen daily riding to the farms and to town. He was noted for his sound judgment, and was often called upon by friends to advise them in regard to land purchases. Called 'Pete" by most people, they were members of the First Methodist Church, where Mrs. Noble taught in the Primary Department.

     Jim T. Noble, b 1882 in Barclay, Falls County, Texas, d 1949 and buried in Calvary Cemetery in Marlin, Texas - married Audie Pierson. They had one daughter, Helen Noble, who taught school in the St. Paul Community, and later in Mart, Texas. Jim and his family lived in Marlin, and he engaged in farming and ranching operations with his brother, Thomas Walton Noble, until his death. His daughter, Helen, moved with her mother to Denver, Colorado, and both are now deceased.

     William A. Noble served in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War - was captured at Gravel Hill, Alabama in March 1865, and held a prisoner-of- war until paroled in Meridian, Mississippi in May 1865.

 

 

 
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"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 327 column 1 and 2.  
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