Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Noble, Charles A ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.org/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com October 4, 2007, 8:56 pm Author: Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County CHARLES A. NOBLE, county recorder, is one of the popular men of Joliet. He represents an old eastern family, whose members have always displayed the greatest loyalty to our government. His father, R. S., was a son of Hugh Noble, who removed in early life from eastern New York to Dorset, Bennington County, Vt., where the former was born and reared, and whence he removed to Illinois about 1840, settling in St. Charles. In a short time he came to Wilmington, this county, and here engaged in the marble business until his death, in 1862. He married Ellen N. Richards, who was born in Claremont, N. H., and died in this county in 1878. They were the parents of eight children, all but three of whom are still living. The oldest son, W. S., enlisted in Company A, One Hundredth Illinois Infantry, and served until he was captured at Chickamauga, after which he was imprisoned for eighteen months at Danville, Andersonville, Florence and Libby. He is now an engineer in Joliet. The second son, Henry, enlisted in Company I, One Hundredth Illinois Infantry, and was captured at the same time with his brother, enduring eighteen months of prison life. He was finally released on a sick parole, but did not long survive, dying in the Union hospital at Wilmington, N. C., early in 1865. The third son, James R., served in the Thirty-ninth Illinois Infantry until the close of the war; he is now living in Leavenworth, Kans. The fourth son, Edward H., is a locomotive engineer, in Leadville, Colo., and the only daughter, Mrs. Mary Slouson, lives in Denver, Colo. The youngest of the family was Charles A., who was born at Wilmington, in this county. When he had finished his schooling he came to Joliet and secured a position as bookkeeper and conveyancer in the real-estate office of L. E. Ingalls. He soon established a reputation for skill and accuracy with a pen, and ability as an office man which made him available for a better place. This advancement came in 1884 by his selection to fill the position of chief deputy in the office of circuit clerk and recorder of the county. This appointment was for four years and was renewed in 1888 for another term of four years. He was a courteous and capable official and acquired a large acquaintance and popularity throughout the county, so that at the expiration of his deputyship, in 1892, he was looked to as the proper man to organize the newly created office of recorder of deeds. The Republicans nominated him and he was elected by a nice majority in the close election of that year, running ahead of the state and national ticket. He was re-elected in 1896 by a majority of over two thousand. His term will expire December 3, 1900. With over twenty years' experience in a real-estate office, as clerk of the court and as recorder, he has gained a fund of practical knowledge about real- estate matters which not only makes him a very useful official, but a safe and conservative adviser, whose counsel is often sought. He buys and sells considerable real estate and is the proprietor of one of the principal subdivisions adjoining Joliet. In St. Paul, Minn., in 1887, Mr. Noble married Miss Lillian Reid, who was born in Waukegan, Ill., and died in Joliet in 1888. His second marriage took place in Crete, this county, in June, 1899, his wife being Miss Florence Smith, daughter of A. H. Smith. Prominent in Masonry, Mr. Noble is past master of Mount Joliet Lodge No. 42, A. F. & A. M.; past high priest of Joliet Chapter, R. A. M.; past Thrice Illustrious master of Joliet Council; member of Joliet Commaudery No. 4, K. T., and Medinah Temple, N. M. S. He was the first secretary of the Union Club and later was its president for several years. During the building of the Silver Cross hospital he was president of the board of trustees, and afterward continued in that capacity for some years, assisting in placing upon a firm basis an institution that has been an active agent in philanthropic work in Joliet. In 1891 he organized the Noble Masonic Relief Society, of which he has been president from the first and which, through a system of his own, is organized so as to furnish relief promptly and systematically to the worthy poor. The Joliet Relief Association has the benefit of his assistance as one of its directors. He is also active in the Joliet Business Men's Association, and is serving upon its directorate. Additional Comments: Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County Illinois Containing Biographies of Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present, Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, 1900 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.org/il/will/bios/noble972gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 5.2 Kb