BIOGRAPHIES

Source:
History of Seneca County : from the close of the Revolutionary War to July, 1880 :
embracing many personal sketches of pioneers, anecdotes,
and faithful descriptions of events pertaining to the organization of the county and its progress
Published: Springfield, Ohio: Transcript Print. Co., 
1880

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	MR. JOHN M. NAYLOR was born at Wooster, Ohio, on the 9th of December, 1822.  When a boy he became a clerk in a store in Wooster, then carried on by Messrs. Jacobs and Kanke.  This was in 1834.  In 1847 Mr. Naylor, in company with Mr. Harvey Howard, of Wooster, opened a hardware store in Tiffin, which they carried on here until 1851, when Mr. Howard sold his interest, in the store from that time was conducted in the name of Naylor & Pittenger up to 1855.  From that time to 1857 Mr. Naylor conducted the business alone, for three years, when he was joined by a brother, W. W. Naylor, and the firm was called Naylor & Bro.  This firm was continued to Mar. 4, 1866, when William W. Naylor died, and the immense establishment ahs ever since been carried on by Mr. Naylor alone.      On the 11th day of December, 1849, Mr. Naylor was married on Cornelia, daughter of Judge Pittenger.  In 1857 he built the beautiful villa on Melmore street, where he still resides.  The mother of Mr. Naylor was a sister to Judge Musgrave, of Crawford county.  An uncle by marriage was Judge Dean, of Wayne county, and my esteemed friend, Judge E. V. Dean, of Ironton, Ohio, is a full cousin of J. M. Naylor.      Mr. Naylor's life is a fine specimen of a self-made, successful career, based upon industry, economy, ability and honesty.  Ever busy, late and early, with a friendly word for everybody, it is a matter of perfect wonder where he ever found time to make himself master of history, civil government and universal geography. Source:  History of Seneca County : from the close of the Revolutionary War to July, 1880 - Springfield, Ohio: Transcript Print. Co., 1880 - Page 403
	HARRISON NOBLE was born in Wayne County, Ohio, on the 28th of January, 1826, and was admitted to the bar in 1849, when he located in Tiffin.  He was city solicitor four years, and is now the mayor of the city. SHARON WICK'S NOTES: 1870 Census - Seneca Co., Ohio - 1st Wd. Tiffin - Film Series M593 Roll 1266 Page 324 - Dwelling 249 Family 273 - Harrison Noble age 42 - attorney-at-law; Manirva age 40 - Keeping house; Harrison H. age 10; Berthland age 6; James Ely age 21. Lucretia Albaugh age 20 - Housekeeping. 1880 Census - Seneca Co., Ohio - 5th Wd. Tiffin - Film Series T9 Roll 1065 Page 239 - Dwelling 12 Family 28 - Harrison Noble age 55 - Atty-at-law; Manerva age 50 - wife; H. age 19; Bert age 16; James Ely age 30 - Nephew - Atty-at-law; _ Armstrong age 15 - Niece; Josephine _etter? age 20 - Servant. 1900 Census - Seneca Co., Ohio - Clinton Twp. - Film Series T623 Roll 1320 Page 109 - 15 Adams Street - Dwelling 57 Family 58 - Harrsin Hedges Noble age 40 b. March 1860 - Physician; Retta M. age 37 - b. Dec. 1862 - Wife; Minerva age 73? - Mother; Mary Calmes age 35 - b. Sept. 18_4 - Servant. 1920 Census - Cuyahoga Co., Ohio - 19th Wd. Cleveland - 10506 Cedar - Dwelling 90 Family 153 - Harrison H. Noble age 59 - Physician; Ratta M. age 52 - Wife. Source:  History of Seneca County : from the close of the Revolutionary War to July, 1880 - Springfield, Ohio: Transcript Print. Co., 1880 - Page       - SEE MORE BELOW
Harrison Noble	HARRISON NOBLE Source:  History of Seneca County : from the close of the Revolutionary War to July, 1880 - Springfield, Ohio: Transcript Print. Co., 1880 - Page  323
Warren P. Noble	WARREN PERRY NOBLE was born in Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, June 14, 1820.  His father's name was William Noble, and his mother's maiden name Rebecca Lytle.  The parents moved to Wayne county, Ohio, when they had three little children, and located in Salt Creek township, some ten miles east of Wooster.  In 1834 the family moved to Medina county, where father Noble had bought a farm.  He lived there about two years, when he sold the farm, and taking with him his oldest son, came to Jackson township, where he had previously entered 120 acres, and built a small cabin upon it.  Then he returned for the family and brought them here in 1836.  The cabin proved to be too small for so large a family, and some of the boys had to sleep in the wagons until another adjoining cabin could be constructed.  By this time they had nine sons and one daughter.  The daughter, Mary, is the wife of Mr. Histe, one of the present county commissioners.  Of the sons but four are still living; the subject of this sketch, Warren Perry Noble, Harrison Noble, the present mayor of Tiffin, Captain Montgomery Noble, and John Noble, clerk of the court in Clay county, Kansas.      Warren P. lived with his father on the farm, and as he grew up to boyhood, received such school education as the country afforded;  but nature had endowed him with a good physique, with a more than average amount of brain, and above all, with a spirit of industry and perseverance that knew no tiring.  He applied himself to his books, and was soon enabled to teach school in the neighborhood of his home, embracing Fostoria,  Mr. John Lawrence, Hon. Charles Foster, Rev. Jacob Caples, Junius V. Jones, were among his scholars, and others who have also become eminent in life.  In February, 1842, he entered the law office of Rawson and Pennington, in Tiffin, and in 1844 was admitted to the bar.  From that time to this day he has faithfully applied himself to the practice.      In 1847, on the 17th day of August, he married Mary E., oldest daughter of Mr. F. Singer, of Tiffin.  Mrs. Noble died on the 9th of March, 1853, leaving Mr. Noble with three little children; two little girls and a baby boy but a few days old.  He raised and educated his children, and the girls are both married.  Belle is Mrs. William L. Bates, of Dayton, Ohio; Mary Ellen is Mrs. Silas W. Graff, residing at Tiffin, Ohio; Warren Frederick, the son, is a graduate of the Ohio State university, of the class of 1879, and is now reading law in his father's office.      After living the life of a widower more than seventeen years, and raising his children until they were able to take care of themselves, Mr. Noble was married to Miss Alice M. Campbell, of Tiffin, Ohio, on the 27th day of September, 1870, and two most interesting little girls are the fruit of this marriage.      In 1846 Mr. Noble was elected a member of the house of representatives of the general assembly of Ohio, and re-elected in 1847.  In the fall of 1848 he was elected prosecuting attorney for Seneca county, and re-elected in 1850, serving four years, except a short time before the expiration of his term, when he resigned.  In 1860 he was elected to the thirty-seventh congress over Judge Carey, the Whig candidate for his second term, and was re-elected to the thirty-eighth congress over Judge Wooster, of Norwalk, who was his colleague in the previous term, having been thrown into this district by the change of districts prior to the election.  Mr. Noble was a war Democrat, and served as such during the war to March 4th, 1865.      He was one of the trustees of the Ohio state university for ten years, having been first appointed by Governor Hayes.  After the death of John T. Huss and the failure of the First National bank of Tiffin, Mr. Noble was appointed as its receiver.  He settled claims against the institution, amounting to $240,000, paying sixty cents on the dollar, and settled up the concern with the least litigation and in the shortest time of any bank that failed sine the inauguration of the present banking system.  He has been the president of the Commercial bank ever sine it started, in June, 1876, and is the president also of the Tiffin Mutual Aid association, and a member of the Tiffin board of education.  During the construction of the Baltimore and Ohio and the Mansfield Cold Water railroads, he took a very active part, as he always did in all public enterprises.      Mr. Noble owes his great success in life to that indomitable industry, integrity and perseverance that have marked his whole life from his boyhood. Source:  History of Seneca County : from the close of the Revolutionary War to July, 1880 - Springfield, Ohio: Transcript Print. Co., 1880 - Pages 380-381
	JOHN NOEL was born October 15th, 1777 in Adams county, Pennsylvania.  He was married to Elizabeth Beamer (who was born in the same state, July 21st, 1780.) on the 15th day of June, 1801.  They moved to Ohio in 1822, and located near Massilon, Stark county, and in April, 1830,   located in this township, on the farm where their son Nicholas now lives, fifty years ago.      John Noel and his wife were the parents of fifteen children, seven boys and eight girls, of whom four boys and three girls are still living John Noel died October 29th, 1863, aged eighty-six years and fifteen days.  Mrs. Noel died in September, 1847, at the age of sixty seven years, three months and twenty-seven days. Source:  History of Seneca County : from the close of the Revolutionary War to July, 1880 - Springfield, Ohio: Transcript Print. Co., 1880 - Page