Benjamin Arthur Noble

Brief Life History of Benjamin Arthur

When Benjamin Arthur Noble was born on 27 September 1882, in Riverton Township, Floyd, Iowa, United States, his father, Wesley McCollum Noble, was 38 and his mother, Mary Ellen Blackburn, was 25. He married Lula Bernice Cagley on 8 February 1905, in Nashua, Chickasaw, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Bradford Township, Chickasaw, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Floyd, Floyd, Iowa, United States in 1910. He died on 24 September 1957, in Charles City, Floyd, Iowa, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Nashua, Chickasaw, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Arthur Noble
1882–1957
Lula Bernice Cagley
1886–1926
Marriage: 8 February 1905
Alice Bernice Noble
1906–1989
Burton Edward Noble
1908–1965
Doris May Noble
1910–1977

Sources (24)

  • Ben Noble, "Iowa State Census, 1925"
  • Ben Arthur Noble, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
  • Ben A Noble, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"

World Events (8)

1884 · There is now a Capital Building

The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

Name Meaning

English, Scottish, and French: status name or nickname from Middle English, Old French noble ‘high-born, distinguished, illustrious’ (from Latin nobilis), denoting someone of lofty birth or character, or someone who poses as a nobleman, or perhaps also ironically someone of low station. The surname has been established in Ireland since the 13th century, but was re-introduced in the 17th century and is now found mainly in Ulster. Compare French Lenoble .

Americanized form of Jewish (Ashkenazic) and German Knöbel, Knobel , and Nobel .

Spanish: nickname from noble ‘noble’ or ‘courteous, kind’ (see 1 above).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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