SHUBAEL NOBLES and family came from Tremont township, Rutland county, Vermont, to Marietta in 1801.  Then to the Joel Higley farm in 1804, and finally to his own farm in the northwest corner of Section No. 15, in Rutland, in 1805.
     Mrs. Nobles before marriage was Elizabeth Post.  They had three sons and six daughters.  Mr. Nobles was a tanner by trade, also a shoemaker.  Charles F. Nobles, a son, a blacksmith.  He married Sarah Fanny Winn in October, 1818.  She was a daughter of Abraham Winn, and was born July 24th, 1795, in Ontario county, New York.  She was a noble woman with great energy.  They reared a large family of sons and daughters.  Mr. Charles F. Nobles died in 1870.  Mrs. Nobles died Nov. 24th, 1890, aged ninety-five years, four months.
     Lewis Nobles, son of Shubael Nobles, married Betsy Strausburg.  He was noted as an ingenious mechanic.  He died May 26th, 1887, aged sixty-seven years, eleven months, seven days.  His wife died Mar. 1st, 1897, i her seventy-sixth year of age.
     Osmar Nobles was never married, but lived on the old farm.
     Silas Nobles went to Indiana, married and died there.
     Abigail Nobles, a daughter of Shubael Nobles, was married to Phineas Matthews, of Gallia county.  Julia married Jacob A. Winn, lived in Rutland, and died in 1882, at the age of eighty-five years.  Eliza was married to Jacob Swisher and lived in Gallia county.
     Esther Noble was married to Abel Chase, of Rutland, Ohio.  She was born Mar. 26th, 1808.  Eunice Nobles died Mar. 17th, 1878, aged seventy-eight years.  Mary Nobles died in 1854, aged ninety-one years.  His wife died in 1855, aged eighty-eight years.
Source: The Pioneer History of Meigs County by Stillman Carter Larkin - One Volume with Illustrations - Publ. Columbus, Ohio: The Berlin Printing Company - 1908 - Page 56