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2901 I20723  HISTORY OF JOHN AND MARTHA NOBLE FAMILY
(Compiled by family members for the 1942 Noble Centennial in English Settlement, Wisconsin.)

In the year 1792 in Rastrick parish near Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, John Noble was born. He married Martha Dyson. She was born in 1795. Following their marriage, they settled at Huddersfield where their first four children were born. The last seven were born in the Parish of Halifax.

In 1840, Huddersfield was a town of 285,000 people located ina valley with beautiful hills surrounding it. The social life included entertainment provided by the Y.M.C.A. and the Y.W.C.A., as well as concerts, art exhibits, operas and operettas. Professional troupes, school and college groups, and local theater groups provided the entertainment. Many of the boys in the town played rugby or cricket. A team known as the Huddersfield Rangers represented the city.

Outside of town, farmers tilled the soil in preparation for the raising of barley, oats and alfalfa. Since the farmers did not produce enough croups to supply the country's needs or demands, England was dependent upon the world for its agricultural needs.

The council and aldermen of Huddersfield governed the town and local schools. The schools were known as council schools although there were many other schools known as private schools. All the schools were under government control with a minister of education of cabinet rank. The teachers were under meit rank and could not be dismissed without justifiable cause. All teachers could apply for any vacanycy in any school to which their ability and educational standing qualified them. Parochial schools, known as church schools, were under the same standards and requirements as other schools.

Huddersfield was a great manufacturing center in 1840. Their main industry was cloth weaving, making woolen, cotton and worsted goods. They took raw material and worked it into finished goods ready for the market. They also produced soaps, ropes, door and window sashes and candy. In addition, they had large chemical works with full processing into finished products. They also produced quality cabinets and polishes of all kinds for the finishing of furniture.

One of the factories in Huddersfield was a Noble, Starkey and Helm firm. They manufactured fancy goods and also had a small grocery store. Because of a disagreement between the three men, John Noble and Joseph Starkey decided to emigrate to America with their families. In 1840, Mr. Helm bought out the interests of John Noble and Joseph Starkey.

Mr. Starkey had a family of six, and in the Noble family there were eight boys, two girls and a grandchild. According to age the children were: Ann, James, Joseph, Simeon, John, Henrietta, Henry, Lewis, Dyson, and Allen. An infoanat daughter, Etta, was buried in England.

After much preparation by John and Martha Noble, on August 10, 1841, the entire family except for James and his wife, Zilpha, who had just had a baby son, John william on August 7th, left their home for Liverpool, England. On August 14, the folowing persons set sail on the steamship, Garrick, for New York. John and Martha Noble, their children, a granddaughter, eight members of the Starkey family, Mr. and Mrs. Haigh, and Alan and Henry Gooder. James, his wife and infant son followed the rest of teh family to New York a month later.

The children were very excited at first, but they soon became tired of the long voyage. It was not by any means an unexciting trip. After being on the water a few days, a huge whale nearly upset the ship. That was a time that no one forgot! Finally, on September 11, they sighted Staten Island and thought it was the most beautiful scenery they had every seen. On Monday, September 13, they sailed into New York harbor. They had reached America.

Mr. Noble and Mr. Starkey left their families at a hotel and went in search of a home. they soon found one occupied by two Irish women in the basement and a woman in the second story. All of the families moved into this house. A month later, they were joined by the James Noble family, a Mr. Walker, and also a large family named Smith.

After getting their families settled, Mr. Noble and Mr. starkey went to Wisconsin to buy government land. Mr. Noble purchased three "eighties" and a "forty", and Mr. Starkey about the same amount of land including what is now Waterford Woods, one mile north of the village of Waterford. They contracted wtih Edwin Rice to put up two fram houses to be ready in the spring. They then returned to New Yor to spend the winter with their families. The winter proved to be mild with very little snow. The children attended day school and Sunday school and always remembered the kindness of their teachers.

While in Wisconsin, Mr. Noble found that there were no pennies in circulation, and that eight dimes made a dollar. He exchanged several hundred dollars into dimes in New York to be used in paying for things he had to buy in Wisconsin.

In April these families left New York, rode on an immigrant boat up the Hudson River, towed by a steamer, taking two days to reach Albany. They then went up to the Erie Canal to Buffalo where they took a steamer bound for Racine, Wisconsin. They landed on the morning of May 7, 1842, two weeks from the time they left New York. The men immediately procured teams adn wagons to take them all to their destination, Waterford. They drove as far as Ives Grove, about ten miles, and spent the night in a log cabin tavern. In the early morning, they resumed their journey. There were not many houses along the way. The grass was a foot high, and there were gardens of flowers everywhere. They also saw numerous prairie chickens and quail.

They reached the Rice home in the afternoon and remained there for a few days whle getting the houses ready for occupancy. After getting settled, the men decided they wanted more land. They heard of government land for sale along Eagle Creek, three miles southeast of Rochester. After looking it over, Mr. Noble bought five "eighties" on the south side of the creek and Mr. Starkey the same on the north side. Then they decided it would be best to trade. Mr. Starkey would take all the land at Waterford, and Mr. Noble would take Mr. Starkey's land on the north side of the creek. That meant another house had to be built. About this time, the Noble daughter, Henrietta, died at the age of 16 causing the family great sorrow. She was buried in the Rochester Cemetery.

The Noble families found themselves surrounded by other English families. Cocroft, Bottomley, Tinker, Armitage, Earnshaw, Woodhead, Scott, Hinchliffe, Hankinson and others. It was rightly called the English Settlement. Mr. Noble put up the largest house of all. 10 feet x 22 feet with fourteen foot posts and a wing on each side of 16 feet x 16 feet. All of the lumber used was oak. James Noble, John's oldest son, was the carpenter, assisted by a younger brother, Henry. The family lived at the home of Mr. Tinker while their home was constructed. They moved into their new home on November 6, 1842. The month before they moved into their new home a prairie fire broke out and nearly destroyed the entire community. The men, women and children beat the fire with boughts and three water on the fire and managed to save the community. The first winter was always called the "hard winter". Snow began on November 9th and remained until the following April. thought the winter was severe, few had overcoats and overshoes were unknown. The men cut wood for rail fences when the weather permitted. My March they had 4000 logs to go to the sawmill.

The first religious service held in English Settlement was at the home of James Tinker. Joseph Noble, son of John and Martha Noble was the preacher. The first marriage took place December 1, 1842, between Squire Hinchliffe adn Ann Cocroft. The first chld born was Thomas Woodhead in May, 1843.

John Noble was a singer adn belonged to a Glee Club. He accompanied other men as they went from house to house on Christmas Eve siging Christmas carols. The "Old Christmas Hymn", a song they sang in England was a favorite. It was an English custom to invite the singers into the homes to eat currant breat and cheese.

John Noble, Mrs. Bottomley and Mrs. Earnshaw organized the first Sunday School. In 1845, the first school house was bult. When completed the Sunday Service and the Sunday School were held there instead of at the John Earnshaw house. However, after a time, some objections were raised, and it was decided to build a church. A meeting was called, and Edwin Bottomley was elected chairman and James Tinker, secretary. A preamble was drawn up, and any person subscribing five dollars toward the new churchj was qualified to vote on the election of trustees. Edwin Bottomley, James Tinker and JOhn Noble were elected trustees. Letters were written to friends in England explaining the need for a church. A donation of $407 was received. Two hundred and ten dollars was subscribed from the English Settlement residents. The church was built on one and one-half acres of land purchased by the trustees. A cemetery was established on the church land, and was called the Eagle Creek Cemetery. Meetings began in the church in 1847, although it was not completed until 1854. John and Martha Noble were subsequently buried in the cemetery next to the English Settlement Church.

John had entered whole-heartedly into the life and growth of the community even as he diligently tilled his considerable acreage. He and his wife had given each of their children forty acres of land. He had lived to see his dream come true of a proper place to worship. On New Year's Day of 1849, the entire settlement gathered for the dedication service for the church. On August 31st of that same year, John Noble passed away at age 57. Martha Dyson Noble passed away on July 15, 1952, also at the age of 57.

From "Joseph Henry Noble and Annie Haigh Noble Family History adn Genealogy"






































































































 
2902 I2073  Came to US in 1855 with brothers Johann and Ludwig and families.

Found on the 1860 census records in Shiloh, St. Clair Co with his wife.

Residing in St. Clair Co, IL in 1870 census records with wife, daughters Josephine and Anna.

1880 census records, St. Clair Co, IL.

Adolph and his 2 daughters Josephine and Anna and son Otto. 
2903 I20743  Ann lived at Janesville Road in Dover, Wisconsin. Ann was the only daughter of John Noble and Martha Dyson to live to adulthood and have children. Ann emigrated to USA when she was 25 years old. She lived in the Noble home until she married Peter Hankinson who was also from England. Peter was a widower with two grown daughters. He was a cabinet maker and stair building in the days when winding stars in the more expensive homes were built by hand. After Peter's death, she lived with her brother Lewis the last 7 years of her life. Ann's favorite expressions was, "I can do a bit."

Ann Noble, oldest child of John and Martha Dyson Noble, was born in England in 1816 and came to America with the Noble family at the age of 25. She married Peter Hankinson, and they lived on the Janesville road in the town of Dover. Two children were born: Martha, born in England, and who married James Sutliffe, and after his death married Simeon Whitely. Robert, who married Louise Hook. Martha Sutliffe had one son, James, jr., who married and had six sons. Martha Whiteley had three boys: Walter, Frank and Simeon and three daughters, Annie, Ella and Mary. Simeon lived in California and Mary in Washington.

Robert Hankinson had one son, Ray, in Washington, D. C., and one daughter, Hazel, in Detroit, Michigan.

Besides these eight grandchildren, there were great grand children and great, great grand children raising the total of her descendants to 82.

Ann Noble Hankinson lived in the home of her borther, Lewis, the last seven years of her life and served her many relatives by mending for them. Her favorite expression being "I can do a bit." She died April 26, 1890, at the age of 74 years.

From "Joseph Henry Noble and Annie Haigh Noble Family History and Genealogy"
 
2904 I20744  James, the oldest son of Martha and John Noble was born in 1817 and died at Burlington, Wisconsin, in 1898. He married Zilpha Ferth, and they came to America with a baby son, John William in 1842. Zilpha died at the home farm in 1887 at the age of 68. They settled on what is now the Frank Squire farm. This farm has been owned and occupied by some member of the James Noble family ever since. Earl and Everett Squire being the sixth generation of the family.

To James and Zilpha, nine children were born. John William married Louisa Sheard. Thomas Allen, who married Olive Frost, Martha Ann who married Joseph Squire, Charles Frederick who married Susan Bell (and later Ida V.). Mary who died in infancy. Mary Jane, Ella Elizabeth, Anna who married John Bickford and Alice who married Frank Nealy. The James Noble family have the distinction of being the only branch of the family to have six generations to bear the Noble name in this country. Names, John, James, John William, Archie, Willard and his sons, Richard and Willard.

From "Joseph Henry Noble and Annie Haigh Noble Family History and Genealogy" 
2905 I20745  Joseph's occupation was Methodist minister. He lived at Patterson, New Jersey. Joseph was the family poet and authored the following poem: Oh let us be Noble; not only in name, But in words and in thoughts and in action the same, And in all that is Noble, let us ever strive hard, And in Heaven reap a Noble reward.

Joseph, second son of John and Martha Noble, was born in 1819. He was converted at the age of 17. He was a member of the New Connection Methodist Church. His first winter in Wisconsin, 1842-43, he preached the first sermon at the English Settlement at the home of James Tinekr. He later moved to Burlington and finally to Petterson, New Jersey, where he and his wife made their home. He was a weaver fo fine silk. One son was born to them, Lewis, who died in his boyhood and one daughter, Etta, (Mrs. Hays), who had a daughter and sons, but no further record has been found of his descendants.

I his later life, he became interested in the Spiritualist religion. His brother, Dyson, died at his home in New Jersey and had never married.

Joseph frequently visited his brothers in Wisconsin and in 1893, he with his five remaining brothers had a group picture taken. they were all white haired men, Lewis being the youngest at the age of 62.

Joseph was the poet of the family, writing poetry for amny occasions. He gave the following helpful lines to his brothers and descendants:

"Oh let us be Noble, not only in name,
But in words and in thoughts and in action the same
And in all that is Noble, let us ever strive hard
And in heaven reap a Noble reward."

From "Joseph Henry Noble and Annie Haigh Noble Family History and Genealogy"

POEMS WRITTEN BY JOSEPH NOBLE

The following two poems were written by Joseph Noble, the son of John Noble. Joseph lived in Patterson, New Jersey.

The first poem was written for a friend residing in Clifton, England, and has references to the scenes and incidents of his early life.

MY NATIVE HOME by Joseph Noble

Forty-eight years ago, or mroe,
I left old England's briny shore,
And came to this far western land.

The keen regret I did imbibe,
To you I cannot now describe,
What I felt no tongue can tell,
When bidding living friends farewell.

I always love my native home,
And with regret I here did come,
But circumstances seemed to say
'Twas best for me to come away.

So here I came in search of health,
In search of fortune and of wealth;
An oh! What changes I have seen,
While in this foreign land I've Been.

Though I have lived here forty years,
'Midst shade and sunshine, storms and tears,
Though my adopted home I bless,
I love old England none the less.

I've traveled for away down east,
I've traveled far away out west,
Where'er I go, where'er I roam,
I never find a place like home.

My native home! Oh yes, 'Tis sweet
To think of that dear, sacred spot
Where I first breathed the vital air-
Where I enjoyed a mother's care.

I love the hawthorne and holly bough
From which we made our knurs, you know;
The wild brier, with its rose so sweet,
And those grand violets at their feet.

I love the skylark's thrilling notes,
As proudly in the air it floats,
The cuckoo, too, I loved to hear,
Reminding me that spring was near.

And I love those games and sports,
Those gala days and grand resorts,
With football, cricket, knurr and spell,
With shuttlecock, and kites as well.

And those excursions cheap, which rn
To London, York, and the Isie of Man,
To Harrogate, Hull, and Scarbro', too,
As at lightning speed on the rail we flew.

O what fond memories cluster round
Those bygone days, wherein I found
Those lovely scenes I can't forget
Those joys and sports I'd relish yet.

Although my memory has grown poor,
Alathough death is nearly at my door,
And old and feeble though I be-
These things all seem still fresh to me.

Tho' seven times I've crossed the sea,
Yet once again I'd like to be
Landed on that briny shore,
And see my native home once more.

But now I fear this cannot be,
For I am old and grey, you see;
I must forego that boon so dear,
And tarry, whilst I live, just here.

But soon I'll drop this mortal clay,
And rise to that eternal day,
And when in spirit life I reign,
I'll see my native home again.

I'll take my bearings from the sky,
And then, as quick as thought, I'll fly
On wings of love until I come
To that sweet place-my native home.

I'll visit first that humble cot,
Where nature first did cast my lot;
Where I first saw the light of day,
And started on life's thorny way.

Around that garden then I'll go,
Where I did cultivate and grow
Those flowers so grand, that fruit so sweet,
The flowers to view, the fruit to eat.

I'll visit then my childhood's scenes,
Which now to me look just like dreams,
Those places, when on pleasures bent,
In which my youthful days were spent.

I'll tread those fields, those lanes, that road
Where I, and my intended trod;
Where I, with her so bright and fair,
Built many castles in the air.

I'll see that church, which once we went,
With loving hearts and good intent,
To get that man with silvery tones
To tie the knot-'twas Parson Jones.

Those sacred places then I'll reach
Where I the word did use to preach,
Where many a happy day I've spent
In labours that were then well meant.

With my dear wife adn children then
I'll run o'er field and glade and glen;
I'll mount those rocks, I'll ford these rills,
I'll climb those grand old Yorkshire hills.

With nought to stay our progress there,
We'll run and ramble everywhere;
With pleasure we will often roam
Around that sweet, that native home.


The following untitled poem was composed and read by Joseph at the Noble Reunion and picnic held in the English Settlement on September 23, 1893.

UNTITLED by Joseph Noble

Dear brothers so loving, so faithful and true,
It gives me great pleasure to meet with you;
As well as those nephews, nieces and friends
With whom my feelings and sympathy blends.

Fifty-one years ago, or a little more,
You arrived on Wisconsin's lake bound shore,
You have pitched your tent, you here took your stand
On which was then this far western land.

With father and mother, Henrietta and Ann,
With Allen and Dyson you here began
To start a new life and build up a home
And citizens of this new country become.

Your prospects in life you then thought were bright
And so you prepared life's battle to fight.
That life has been checkered again and again
With sunshine and shade and pleasure and pain.

Dear Henrietta was first to be taken away
In the bloom of her youth, so cheerful and gay,
And then poor Dyson sickened and died,
Far away down east, close by my side.

And then dear father the summons obeyed
And in the quiet grave his body was laid.
And soon after that dear mother was called
To join the glad throng in the heavenly fold.

Eighteen years ago the rest of me met
On that old homestead that stands there yet
With sister, seven brothers and nephews and nieces;
All happy and pleasant with sweet smiling faces.

But very soon after poor Allen passed on,
And today we find sister Ann, too, has gone.
The youngest and oldest have reached that blest shore
Where those I have mentioned had passed on before.

Thus six have passed on and six are left here.
At this Noble picnic now we appear;
There's James and there's John, Simeon and John,
With Henry and Lewis following on.

Tough, old and feeble, we are here today;
Though careworn and tired, wrinkled and gray,
With the turmoils and troubles, disappointments and tears
That we have experienced the last fifty years.

In a few years more we shall all be gone,
One after another we shall soon pass on.
But O! What a host of nephews and nieces
Stand ready and willing to step in our places.

To give you their names it was my intention,
But I find them far too numerous to mention.
The young and the old, the large and the small,
It would take me all day to go through them all.

There's fifty-nine nephews and sixty-two nieces.
Which shows how this Noble family increases.
They have increased and scattered in rapid motion,
Until they now reach from ocean to ocean.

Away down east on the Atlantic coast
There are four of whom I am proud to boasst,
And away out west on the Pacific slope
There is one who is making his fortune I hope.

And between those seas they are sandwiched in,
So numerous I hardly know where to begin.
To give you their residence, their location relate,
For I find them in almost every state.

Some you find way off in Minnesota
And some you find in the state of Dakota.
In Iowa and Kansas the Noble's appear,
And both are well represented here.

And still I find there are a few more,
Far over the lake on the Michigan shore,
And as for Wisconsin, my how rank they appear,
If you don't believe it, just look around here.

O! What sweet memories will cluster around
The pleasures and greetings which among you I've found,
From the odlest and youngest all through the line;
To make me so welcome you have seemed to combine.

It's been Uncle Joe her, and Uncle Joe there,
It' been Uncle Joe, Uncle Joe everywhere;
I am greeted with this wherever I go
Even that little babe says how do you do, Uncle Joe?

Dear brothers, dear nephews and nieces too,
I thank you sincerely, I thank you all through;
Through all coming years, wherever I be
I shall never forget your kindness to me.

But soon we must part perhaps never to meet,
Again in this life each other to greet.
But let us all meet on that evergreen shore,
Where parting will never be known any more.






 
2906 I20746  Simeon lived at a farm, a portion the land owned at present (July 1996) by Alvin, and Walter Noble. Subsequently at a hosue in Rochester, Wisconsin.

Simeon emigrated to the United States with his parents when he was 19 years old.

Simeon and Ellen celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1894 with nearly 100 guests present including five of the Noble brothers. Joseph who lived in New Jersey was unable to attend but sent a peom which was read as a greeting. There was a program of singing, recitations, and speeches after which they were presented with a "purse of gold" to which all the guests had contributed. The presentation was made by Fred Noble of Manistee, Michigan. Among the gifts received was a gold lined sugar spoon from C. Tinker of Chicago, a tidy from Mrs. Reeves of Iowa, and a photgraph holder from Mrs. DeMoulpied of Mount Pleasant, Michigan.


Simeon Noble was born in England, June 11, 1821, and came to Wisconsin in 1842 with the girl who was to become his wife, Ellen Cocroft. She was born on February 6, 1829.

Simeon and Ellen were married on September 22, 1844, by Elder Adams, a Methodist minister. The ceremony was performed in a log house situated one mile west of the Yorkville church. They lived on a farm which was part of what is now the Leslie Noble farm. After leaving the farm, they bought a home in Rochester in 1872 where they spent the rest of their life. They had five children: Edwin, George, Etta, Eliza and Hannah. There were ten grandchildren, 15 great grand children, and 16 great great grandchildren. Etta married Robert Burns, Edwin married Mary DeMoulpied, George married Harriett Stenhouse, Eliza married Allen Gooder and Hannah married George Hardie.

Edwin Noble was a member of Company D 39th Infantry in 1864, and was a member of Company C 48ty infantry during the Civil War.

Mrs. Allen Gooder lived with her son, Elbert, in Seattle, Washington.

Mr. and Mrs. Simeon Noble celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in September, 1894. At this celebration, nearly one hundred invited guests were present while a large number of distant friends sent their regrets for not being able to attend. Five of the Noble brothers were present. Joseph Noble, who lived in New Jersey and was unable to come, sent a poem which was read as a greeting. They had a program of singing, recitations and speeches after which they were presented with a purse of gold to which all the guests had contributed. The presentationwas made by Fred Noble of Manistee, Michigan, in an able manner. Among the other gifts received was a goldlined sugar spoon from C. Tinker of Chicago, a tidy from Mrs. Reeves of Iowa and a photograph holder from Mrs. DeMoulpied of Mt. Pleasant.

Simeon Noble ided in 1897, and his wife, Ellen, died in 1896. They were both buried in the English Settlement Cemetery.

From "Joseph Henry Noble and Annie Haigh Noble Family History and Genealogy" 
2907 I20747  John lived at a farm near English Settlement, Racine County, Wisconsin.
John and Mary had no children.

John Noble, son of John adn Martha Noble, was born in the parish of Halifzx near Rastrick, Yorkshire, England on February 22, 1823. He moved to New York with his parents, brothers and sisters in September, 1841. they remained there until spring and came to Wisconsin in May, 1842. They lived one mile northwest of Waterford until November when they moved to what is now known as English Settlement, where John Noble resided on a farmuntil hsi death in 1909, with the exception of one year wen he visited his native land.

He was married to Sarah Bancroft in 1844 and to that union seven chldren were born: Joseph, James, Fred, Dyston, Alvin, Mary Ann and Carrie. In 1886 he married Mrs. Mary Morris, his first wife have died in 1882. He was a man of good moral character and was loved by his neighbors. In politics he was an independent, voting for the man he thought best fitted for the office. At the age of 83 in 1906, his family gathered at his home for a suprise reunion. The family was nearly all present numbering 31.

At the time of the Centennial Celebration in 1942, of his immediate family, one was living. Carrie (Mrs. James Edwards) of Rochester was was the oldest descendant at the Centennial. Mrs. Eliza Gooder of Seattle, Washington was the oldest living descendant of the Noble family.

At that time, there were 22 grandchildren, six having died, 49 living great grandchildren, two having died and 39 great great grandchildren, one having died, making a total of 199 descendants which is no doubt the largest family of any of the second generation.

Alvin Noble, son of Jay Noble, and a great grandson of John Noble, was serving in the Navy in 1942. James Noble, son of John Noble, served in the Civil War, Francis Noble, son of John Noble also served in the Civil War. Francis Noble, son of Alvin Noble, lost his life in the World War. James Irwin Mealy, grandson of Sadie Noble Mealy, was lost at sea February 28, 1942.

Two golden wedding anniversaries were celebrated. Mr. and Mrs. James Noble at Superior and Mr. and Mrs. James Edwards at Waterford.
From "Joseph Henry Noble and Annie Haigh Noble Family History and Genealogy"

 
2908 I20750  Lew lived at farm near English Settlement, Racine County, Wisconsin.


Lewis Noble was born in Yorkshire, England, August 5, 1831, and was ten years of age when he came with his parents, brothers and sisters to America. He married Hannah Turner, January 2, 1854; she having come from Huddersfield, England, with her parents at the age of four years in 1840. Thought the families had lived within a mile of each other, they were not acquainted until they met in Wisconsin. A short time was spent at Belleville, Wisconsin, but most of their married life, almost fifty years, was lived on the farm at the English Settlement, where his grandson, Herbert Noble, resided in 1942.

Eight children were born to them: Marth Jane (Mrs. Thomas Edwards); Harriet Ellen (Mrs. Andrew Hinchliffe); Emily Celia, who died at the age of eight years; Adelaide Hannah, (Mrs. Ellsworth Schofield); Estella Ann, (Mrs. John Saunders); Edith Mary (Mrs. Edwin Jacksono); Emma Blanche, (Mrs. George Clark) and one son, Lewis Henry, who married Louise Sheard.

Lewis Noble united with the English Settlement church in 1857 and in 1903 joined the Congregational Church at Rochester. He was at one time a school teacher, superintendent of the Sunday School at English Settlement and examined teachers for certificates. He was superintendent of the Sunday School at English Settlement for several years and for a time of the Belleville Sunday School. He was a lover of music and at one time taught the singing school He was called to the draft in November, 1863, but was dismissed on account of disability. He was also an ardent worker in the cause of temperance.

At the time of the Centennial in 1942, there were the eight children of Lewis and Hannah Noble, 11 grandchildren, 8 living, 21 great grandchildren, 18 living and 8 great great grandchildren.

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Henry Noble celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary on December 22, 1941. Three of the Lewis Noble grandchildren have served as Sunday School Superintendents. Mrs. Edwin Hinchliffe, Walter Hinchliffe and Forest Jackson.

Mrs. Lewis Noble died December 16, 1903 at the age of 67. Lewis Noble died October 16, 1916 at the age of 85.

The only surviving children were Lewis Henry Noble of Rochester, Mrs. Stella Saunders and Mrs. Edith Jackson of Big Bend.

From "Joseph Henry Noble and Annie Haigh Noble Family History and Genealogy" 
2909 I20752  Allen Noble was born in England, January 18, 1840, and settled with his parents, brothers and sisters in Wisconsin in 1842. He married Ada Crowther, and their home was in Rochester, Wisconsin. Their son, Howard Allen, lived in LaJolla, California, and was for many years connected with the Great Northern Railroad. Another son, Elmer, died at the age of 13 years. A daughter, Ida May, married Mr. Jones, and they lived in Milwaukee several years. She was a Christian Science healer. She then moved to New York State and lived with her son, Howard, and wife and daughter, Patricia Ann. A daughter, Clara, married Richard Watrous, and they lived in Milwaukee for a time and then moved down east. Three children were born to them and four grandchildren.

Allen Noble died January 30, 1878, age 38 years, and Mrs. Noble died March 2, 1915 at the age of 75.

From "Joseph Henry Noble and Annie Haigh Noble Family History and Genealogy" 
2910 I20754  Martha married Simeon Whiteley after James Sutliffe's death. 
2911 I2076  Three brothers, Felix, Jacob and John, immigrated from Mannheim to PA in 1717. Felix and Jacob stayed in Lancaster Co, PA, but John moved to Bucks Co.

1730 - Signed a petition to form the township of Richland from M ilford Township.
1730 - Signed a petition for a road in Richland, Penn. (Bucks C o. website)
1734 - Petitioned for naturalization in Bucks County
1743, Dec 21 - Bought 125 acres in Richland Twp. from Wm. Alle n next to Jacob Musselman.*
1747, Sept. 26 - Wrote will Probated May 1, 1751 (Phila. Co., W ill Book 1:397, File #255).

*"Allen acquired his land holdings in many different ways. Afte r his return from England in 1725, young Allen purchased ten-tho usand acres of land from William Penn, the son of the founder o f Pennsylvania, for £741.15. [40] These lands, located above t he forks of the Delaware at Easton, had not as yet been purchas ed from the Indians. [41] James Logan, the proprietary secreta ry, objected to the sale. He believed that once the Indians fou nd out that Allen had claimed the area, they would raise the pur chase price. Penn had wasted the colony's money in order to rew ard Allen with prime real estate without any competition from ot her colonists, since the colony did not even own the land yet. Allen profited quickly from the sale, surveying the land, the n dividing and selling it in small lots. [42] "William Allen an d the Search for Economic Security in Eighteenth Century Pennsyl vania" by Augustine Nigro. http://earlyamerica.com/review/2001
 
2912 I2077  Hans (or John) Jacob Landis has sometimes been confused with Benjamin Landis who was believed to be one of the three brothers who came to Philadelphia in 1717. Benjamin was actually the son of Jacob Landis. Jacob died at lampeter Township in 1730, he left no will and there is no record of his children. He was taxed at Lancaster County as Jacob Landis or sometimes John Jacob Landis. He warranted land in Lampeter Township in 1718 which was later patented by Benjamin Landis (his son.) Jacob lived near his brother Felix in Lampeter. 
2913 I20792  A Poem written for the 1842 Centennial by Edith Noble Jackson. Taken from "Joseph Henry Noble and Annie Haigh Noble Family History and Genealogy".

A CENTURY IN AMERICA

With six generations of Noble descent
Can anyone realize what it has meant?

If we have given our best to the progress of life
Standing like rocks in a world of strife.

If we have been lending a hand along the way,
With faith in God growing from day to day.

If those we have met in our work and our play,
Have been made better for our passing their way.

If we have given comfort in sunshine and rain
Then the lives of these Nobles have not been in vain.
 
2914 I2082  Imprisoned at Othenbach, he was not given anything to eat for many days, so that even some criminals that were confined near him in another place, took pity on him and managed to get some food to him...But when the doorkeeper perceived this, he was put into another prison. Finally, however, they gave him some food: but he was so impaired in his body that he could not bear food any more. Yet in his greatest distress he was carried to church, during the sermon, where he, O dreadful inhumanity! was thrown under a bench; but he soon after gave up the ghost, which he had commended into the hands of God.

His wife Adelheid Egli, who was also imprisoned in Othenbach, was kept there almost four years...she afterwards, with a good conscience, escaped from her bonds. But in the meantime the authorities had broken up their family, put out the children among strangers, and then sold house and furniture.

Felix was an Anabaptist minister at Horgenberg, Switzerland.

Felix had been married 3 times, first to Margareth Streler, then to Magdalene Hess, then to Adelheid Egli. It is assumed that his first 2 wives predeceased him. 
2915 I2083  Adelheid was also imprisoned in Orthenbach, for nearly four years. During this period they treated her not only unmercifully, but disgracefully: they threw her into several offensive places, stripped her twice in irons, and for a time took her clothes from her every night. She afterwards escaped from prison with a good consicinece.Meantime, authorities dispersed her family, drove the children among strangers, and then confiscated her house and furniture, and sold them for 5000 florins. From Martyr's Mirror. 
2916 I2085  There were either two sisters named Barbara and Margaretha Hochstrasser that Hans married in succession, or the same woman had both names. It is not clear if he had two spouses or one.

Archives in Zurich contain the following document: "In the matter of the widow of the beheaded Hans Landis and their children of Horgenberg. Confiscation of the household of Hans Landis...When the head governors of Horgan met with Margaretha Hochstrasser, the widow of the late Hannsen Landis of the Horgenberg, after long imprisonment (they) admonished her to leave her beliefs and return to the church. Although these men spoke kindly and gently with her, she would not reconsider...It is to be considered what to do. She cannot be talked to or interviewed. She will not be converted and it would not be good to let her stay single. That is why she shall be taken to the Spital (hospital) in the death room and bound and only the most necessary provisions given. No one will be allowed to speak to her or enter the room, in hopes that she may in this wise be listening and converted." Sources for this information: date: Abt 1554 (Ref: Bittinger LANDIS p 29) 
2917 I2087  In 1637, "Hans Landis the second, a steadfast minister of the church in Horgerberg and his daughter Margaretha" were confined for more than a year at Othenbach, during which time the authorities confiscated their property selling it for 7000 florins. Hans was an ordained minister. 
2918 I20877  Johann Jacob Joachim (Yocum) son of Michael Joachim and Anna Maria, was born in Herxheim, Germany circa 1733 and died 1822 in Catawissa, Columbia County, Pennsylvania. He married Maria Christina Mulhaus, daughter of Peter Mulhaus on December 30th 1755 in Lutheran Church, Trappe, Montgomery County Pennsylvania. Jacob and Maria's first three children were baptized at Augustus Lutheran church, 1756-1760. Their names appear in the records of Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Pottstown, Pennsylvania in 1770, when their son Jacob was baptized and again in 1782 and 1783 when grandchildren were baptized. A 1785 record shows Jacob Yocum, wheelwright, owner of 235 acres,3 horses, and 3 cows residing in Union Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The 1790 census for Union Township lists Jacob as head of household consisting of 3 males over 16 years of age, 2 mailes under 16 years of age and one female. In 1796 Jacob appears in the first known records of the German Lutheran congregation in Catawissa township, Northumberland County (now Columbia). He continued to appear in the 1800 - 1820 Census records as a resident of Catawissa township. Jacob Yocum's will was written in German January 24th, 1822 and was probated on November lst, 1822 in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. His will was translated for recording in the Will Books of Columbia County at Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. There are no known birth or death dates for Jacob and his wife Maria Christina. Their place of burial is assumed to be in the old section of the Union Cemetery, Catawissa Township, Pennsylvania. Jacob Yocum and his wife Maria Christina Mulhaus had the following children shown on their family page who are mentioned in his will.
By Chuck Ebert 
2919 I2090  Another incident of interest, recited in the Martyr's Mirror, is the presecution and death of Verena Landis in 1643. The name Verana is no doubt a variant of Veronica, or Fronica, the latter being a family name carried by the Landis and intermarried branches in America through many generations.

"The house of Verena Landis, an elderly sister, was attacked in the night with such a noise and tumult, that being greatly alarmed, she grew faint and sick, and in consequence of which could not go with the beadles. As she could not accompany them, she was compelled to make a promise that she would remain a prisoner in her own house, which promise she accordingly fulfilled. However, as they treated her very harshly, and supplied her with very bad provisions, death was, in a very short time, the consequence: thus she departed her life, full of hope and joy; and because she suffered this for the name of the Lord, he will reward her hereafter with a crown of everlasting bliss, and free her from eternal death." 
2920 I20912  The Springfield News-Leader, Friday October 11, 2002.

LETHA ELLEN JAGEARS

Letha Ellen Jagears, 88, Springfield, Missouri, passed away October 8, 2002 in her home surrounded by her family after a long illness. Letha was born Deceember 12, 1913 in Rocky Comfort, MO, to William and Mary Garris. She was married to Holmes Jagears, who preceded her in death. Letha was a homemaker who was active in McGregor FTA and Temple Baptist church. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Shirlene and John Allman of bella vista, AR; a son and daughter-in-law, Ben and Becky Jagears of Garrison, MO; four granchildren; and six gret grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, October 12, 2002 in Walnut Lawn DeGraffenreid-Wood Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Guy Lawyer officiating. Interment will be in White Chapel Memorial Gardens. Friends may call after 8 a.m. Friday in the chapel where the family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. If desired, memorials may be made to Community Hospices of America. On behalf of the family, we wish to convey a special thanks to Letha's friends from Hospice, Sandy, Candy and Barb.
Received from Keth Owens


 
2921 I2095  His home was said to be the scene of one of the Zurich's first adult baptisms.

The oldest known Landis homestead is located in Hirzel and was built in 1488 and is still kept by a Landis descendant, Alvin (Alwin) Landis, in the area now known as Oberhirzel, near Wadenswil, Canton Zurich, Switzerland. Address: Dorfstrasse 53, 8816 Hirzel, Canton Zurich, Switzerland. Others at the address include: Dieter, Hedy, Peter and Werner Landis.

Much of the early history of the Landis family centers on Rev. Hans Landis, the Anabaptist preacher from Hirzel, Switzerland, who was executed in 1614. Documents from this era are understandably difficult to verify, so future researchers must be cautious. Four sources appearing in the footnotes have provided a little more detail:

1372- A Heansen Landos of Uerikon is recorded. The name Landis comes from land and oesen which means land destroyer. The original spelling was Landoes.

1412-Heine Landos, "the fisherman from Uerikon," became a citized of Zurich.

1415-Rudi Landos is recorded.

1424-Heini Landos also became a citizen of Zurich.

1488-Another Heini Landos became a citizen of Zurich.

1538-A Landis is one of the names joining when Menno Simon founded the Mennonite Church in 1538.

The children listed for Hans and Katharine Schinz are taken from excerpts from the Hirzel Chart, which Henry Landis of Richterswil, Switzerland sent to Daniel M. Landis of Perkasie and Philadelphis, PA in 1913. 
2922 I2101  Went to Amsterdam about 1639. 
2923 I21011  Keith Owens has Natthan listed as only a possible son of Daniel Duncan Jaggers b. 1792. 
2924 I21030  Hannah Jaggers, b. Chester Co., South Carolina; d 1803, will Nov. 1, 1802 Chester Co., SC; m (1) Thomas Garrett, second marriage for Hannah and probably Thomas; d. Abt. 1795, Chester Co., SC will signed Jul. 20, 1795; (2) m. Strange. Per Keith Owens. 
2925 I21033  Will proven 1 June 1804 Chester County, South Carolina per Keith Owens. 
2926 I21034  Will proven 1 June 1804 Chester County, South Carolina Per Keith Owens. 
2927 I21040  Will 12-11-1811 - proved 6-13-1813. Per Keith Owens 
2928 I2105  In 1525 one of the first adult baptisms took place in the home of Hans Landis in Zurich.

A Landis is one of the names joining when Menno Simon founded the Mennonite church in 1538 in Zurich. It would be assumed that it was this Hans Landis because his children were too young at this time. 
2929 I21050  Will probated 4 Aug 1830 per Keith Owens. 
2930 I21063  Will probated 10 June 1844, Chester County, South Carolina per Keith Owens. 
2931 I21076  Age listed as 71 in Chester County, South Carolina 1850 Census per Keith Owens. 
2932 I21081  Per Keith Owens: 1850 Census age 63 b. 1787 Maury County, TN, will probated 3 May 1869.
Was he born in South Carolina or Tennessee? 
2933 I21083  Possible son of Levi and Julia Jaggers per Keith Owens. 
2934 I21095  Lived in Chester County, South Carolina per 1810 census per Keith Owens. 
2935 I2113  Heine Landoe, "the fisherman from Uerikon," became a citizen of Zurich. Heini Landos who fled from Schwyz to Hirzel is most likely the son of Hansen. It is recorded that Heini Landos of Pfaffikon, Canton Schwyz and of the village Menzinger, fled the Pfakkikon leaving 24 July 1424 and east of Lake Zurich to Zug. He moved from Canton Zug into the Hirzel region of Horgen by 1467. He is undoubtedly a son of Hensen Landos, settler of Menzinger on the 8th January 1393. He may also be a brother of Rudolph Landis who was in the Uerikon by 1415. 
2936 I2114  A Hansen Landoes of Uerikon is recorded as early as 1372. He was probably born and married there. Hansen Lados appears in the records of Menzinger on 8 January 1393. He was probably married about this date, this may have been his second marriage. 
2937 I21145  Per Keith Owens, Mrs. McConnell's date is January 7, 1818. 
2938 I2134  1820 census records, in Pulaski Co, KY

1830, 1840, 1850: Lawrence Co, IL census records. 
2939 I2135  Levisy's ancestry can be traced back to William the Conqueror of England. 
2940 I2138  Served in the Civil War in MO. 
2941 I2143  8/14/1862- enrolled in Company 9, 130 regiment. 
2942 I2146  Sold land inherited from his father in 1782 and moved to Bertie County where he bought land. He appears on the tax lists through 1787. He moved to Wayne County in 1789 and died there in 1806. 
2943 I21524  Notes from Lothar Teikemeyer of Bonn, Germany, to Morris Huck:
Johann Herm Hueck b. 1726 and alive in 1170 married Anna Elisabeth Spilcker (von Clauss Staette in Eickhorst), probably Eickhorst 10. They married 1745 and lived in Unterluebbe 1. Spilcker is probably a child of Johan Ernst Spilker or Claus or Clausmeyer from Hilferdingsen 13 (Unterluebbe) originally, later marrying to Eickhorst 10, borne 1693, whose parents were Spilker or Clauss Meyer and Ann Margret Hilgenbrink. This earlier Spilker came from Ernst Spilker, Schurbusch 6 (Unterluebbe), the Hilgenbrink came from Volmardingsen 27 (an ancedstor of Cowley). Ernst Spilker, + 1693 with 78 years, had 7 children, and four of them had been the ancestors of my grand-grand-mother Caroline Huck, he's a rather remarkable figure:-) A sister of this Ernst Spilker is known with their descendants. Also it is known, that an evangelical pastor from Bergkirchen, Erich Spilker, died 1647. Also it is known, that Schuerbusch 6 was in possession of a Nolte Spilker (1511 + 1545), of a Toenniess Spilker or Spielcker (1596 +1531). Other Spilker-families had been in Unterluebbe 3 and 7 since 1511.
Johann Herm Hueck was a twin-child, his brother died at birth. HIs father, who married twice (first woman dying young after the first dead son), had totally 11 children, but only 2 survived youth, one becoming 12 years, the other 8 dying tin the first year of their lives. The only surviving sister of Johann Herm married a Priess of Elfte 1, Oberluebbe (also ancestor of J. B. Cowley, as it seems), which should have been also a "rich farmer" in the region. The father lived from 1680 - 1743, marrying his 2nd wife Anna Margaretha Boene (1695 - 1754) in 1715. Boene's parents were Herman Bohne, Eicksen 3 (Rothenuffeln) (1655 - 1718) and Marla Tilemann (1669 - 1750) from Lohof 8, Oberluebbe. The parents and partly grandparents of these are also known, Herman Bohne being child of another Herman Boene and a Gretge Peper, Tilemann being daughter of Erik Tilemann + Engel Trin Kurrelbaum, Erik being son of Erik + George Tilemann (Lohof 8), Engel Trin Kurrelbaum being daughter of Johan + Anneke Kurrelbaum (Luebbe 19, Oberluebbe).
Johan Herm Huecks father was Hinrich Huck (1680 - 1743). He was the son of Hinrich Meyer called Huck, Koehlterholz 1 (1652 - 1737). He married 1673 Wolbrig Spetmann (1642 - 1732), with whom "he was married 62 years". She was the daughter of Johan Spetmann (1600 - 1680), auf der Heide 15, Rothenuffeln. Hinrich Huck was son from Caspar Meyer called Huck, who was dead before 1671, and had 5 chidlren with an unknown woman, who died with 79 years in 1695 (Unterluebbe 11, one of the son married to Rothenuffeln and took the name Isemann. Caspar Meyer was son of a Meyer called Huck and had a sister, whose name is unknown, who became ancestor to other related lines.
As earlier owners of Unterluebbe 1 are known
1545 Hiuk, Richert up dem Koltenholtz
1596 Herman im Kolterholze
1631 Hinrich Huecke
But it is doubtable, that these all are real ancestors, because the later appearing name "Meyer called Huck".
In Unterluebbe 2 is a Hartke Meyer (more than one person) in 16th/17th century, later the name developed in Harckemeyer. Unterluebbe 4 is 1631 in possession of a Hinrich Meyer (before in the possession of a Volckman). Unterlubbe 5 belongs earlier than 1545 to a Rentgemeier, and later is called Reinicke Meyer or Reincke Meyer. Unterlubbe 13 belongs 1545 to a Hinnerk Meyer, and is later called Clauwes Meyer and later Claussmeyer or Claus Meyer or Claus or Klaus.
So probably one of these Meyers once married a daughter of the original Hucks, or got the household by another relations or actions (eventually a childless Huck gave the house to a son of a sister or something like this), therefore the name "Meyer called Huck" developed and was later again changed into "Huck". 
2944 I21557  Caspar had 5 children with an unknown woman, who died with 79 years in 1695 (Unterluebbe 1). One of the sons married to Rothenuffeln and took the name Isemann. Caspar Meyer was son of a Meyer called Huck and had a sister, whose name is unknown, who became ancestor to other related lines.
Lothar per Morris Huck 
2945 I21558  Weighed 6 lbs. 9 oz. at birth. 
2946 I21560  Last residence, Riverview, HIllsboro County, Floria. Family tradition states John immigrated from Prague with his family ca. 1885-6 (father names John, uncle named Michael) to Rush Center, Rush County, Kansas. He volunteered, ca 1898-0, underage and served as Private, Troop C, lst Cavalry, Camp #110, shippping out of Los Angeles, CA, where he served to quell the Philippine Insurrection. He received 100% disability for the remainder of his life with reoccurring episodes of Yellow Fever. He was Post Commander of VFW Post #1485, Cicero, Illinois. Pension File #XC2, 522, 860. Sometime later, abt. 1905 or earlier he is living in Chicago, Illinois.
per Jo Anne Mackby 
2947 I21561  She worked in a pickle factory in Chicago. Last known address was Riverview, Florida where she had remarried JOhn A. Pixton. Anna Emma Hanus was sister to Charles Hanus and her mother (name unknown) was living with Anna and John Jicka near St. Ludmilla R. C. Church, located at that time at 1408 S. Albany Blvd. bet. 26th and Cermak Blvd in Chicago, (Berwyn) Illinois. John and Anna may have been married at St. Ludmilla's and their four children may all have been baptised there. Charles and Anna Hanus were sponsors at the baptism of John Calres Jicka b. 13 Feb 1910; bapt. 10 Feb 1910. This family's known addresses were 2316 South Cuyler Avenue, (Berwyn), Chicago, Illinois (ca 1917), Wisconsin Avenue, Berwyn, Illinois, and Riverview, Florida.

Per Jo Anne Mackby 
2948 I21584  Per David Alan Stapp, Fred Christian's father is Fred M., not Frank as was listed in the 1910 census. 
2949 I21584  Chicago Daily News, Monday, April 12, 1926, page 38]

EULER Fred Euler, suddenly, April 10, 1926 in his 51st year, beloved husband of Anna (nee Petersen), fond father of Fred, Marie, Anna and Helen, residence 4240 Potomac-av. Funeral from chapel 4041 W. North Ave. Wednesday April 14 at 2 pm; interment Mount Olive. Member of Cement Finishers? union local 502.

[Death certificate: Died: 1926-04-10. Cook County, Chicago. ID# 6013600 ] 
2950 I21601  Social Security Number 341-20-0219. 


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