Benjamin Franklin Noble ^{1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11}

  General Notes:

At the time of the 1850 census, he was a laborer in Lee County, Iowa. In 1856 he was living in Troy, Monroe County, Iowa. S. L. Hamlin, 26 was part of his household. At the time of the 1860 census, Frank was a farmer in Washington, Montgomery County, Iowa. He had real estate valued at $600 and personal assets of $500. Robert Dunn, 49 born in Ohio, and Jane Dunn, 8 born in Iowa, were listed in his household. Robert Dunn held real estate valued at $9750 and personal assets of $500. James Dunn's family and William Dunn were on the same page. At the time of the 1870 census, Frank was a farmer in Washington, Montgomery County, Iowa. He had $4000 value in real estate. He was still farming in Washington at the time of the 1880 census. Nine year old Jenia Mority, born in Iowa, was part of his household. His wife's obituary says they raised this girl and listed her as Mrs. Jennie Enarson. She was listed with the surname of Noble and birthplace of Missouri on the 1885 Iowa state census. At the time of the 1900 census, Frank was living in Jackson, Montgomery County, Iowa. He owned his home free of mortgage.

A GENIAL CITIZEN GONE.

Again death has entered the camp of the early settlers in this community, this time to claim Benjamin Franklin Noble, who was born in Huntington county, Pennsylvania, October 5, 1826, and came to Iowa in November of 1845, settling on the farm which he sold a couple of years ago to Theodore Kay. He was married to Nancy Dunn, August 1, 1852, and to them six children were born, five of whom are living. They are Mrs. Lenora Moritz, Mrs. Libbie Ten Eyck, Edward and Samuel Noble of this vicinity and John of Detroit, Minnesota.

Mr. Noble had been sick for about three months and Saturday morning, October 15, passed away at his home three miles north of town. Rev. J. K. Driver conducted the funeral services from the house Sunday afternoon and the remains were buried in the Arlington cemetery.

This old gentleman, was one of the charter members of the Arlington Presbyterian church, and lived a life truly Christian. Everyone knew him and everyone seemed to be his friend. He was of a quiet disposition, but genial and obliging, and his death has occasioned a deep gloom throughout the community. The good old mother, who bravely and willingly shared the trials of her husband for more than half a century, and the children, have the sincere sympathy of all in their untold grief.

Benjamin married Nancy Jane Dunn on 1 Aug 1852 in , Lee County, Iowa.^{1 2} (Nancy Jane Dunn was born on 14 Apr 1830 in , Belmont County, Ohio,^{12 13} died on 23 Jan 1905 ^{12 13} and was buried in Arlington Cemetery, Stanton, Montgomery County, Iowa ^{12 15}.)