James Noble
Noah Noble
James
Noble and Noah Noble
Brookville,
Franklin County, Indiana
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Erected
by:
Franklin County Historical Society
Located:
Southeast corner of High and Wallace Streets, Brookville, Indiana
History:
James Noble, (1785-1831) of
Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind. Brother of Noah Noble and Benjamin Sedgwick Noble (1809?-1869);
father of Benjamin
Sedgwick Noble (1805-1837). Born near Berryville, Clarke
County, Va., December
16, 1785.
Lawyer; member of Indiana
territorial House of Representatives, 1813-14; member
Indiana territorial council, 1815; circuit judge, 1815; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1816; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1816-31; died in office 1831. Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
26, 1831.
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Noble County, Ind. is named
for him.