Researching James Noble
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The name James means "one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of James Noble on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for James Noble and the Noble Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Noble Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Noble family tree.
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James Noble (senator)
James Noble (December 16, 1785 – February 26, 1831) was the first U.S. Senator from the U.S. state of Indiana.
Noble was born near Berryville, Virginia and moved with his parents to Campbell County, Kentucky when he was 10. There he studied law and he became an attorney, after which he moved to Indiana and settled in Brookville around 1808.
Once settled in Indiana he became a ferryboat operator, a judge and a member of the state's first constitutional convention, in 1816, as a delegate from Franklin County.
He was elected to the first session of the Indiana State House of Representatives in 1816.
He was elected as a Crawford faction Democratic Republican (later an anti-Jacksonian Democrat) to the United States Senate in 1816. He was reelected to two more terms and served from December 11, 1816, until his death in 1831.
While in the Senate he was chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Pensions for the 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th and 20th Congresses, and chairman of the U.S. Committee on the Militia for the 16th and 17th Congresses.
He died in Washington, D.C. and is buried in the Congressional Cemetery.
Source: James Noble (senator), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaJames Noble (American football)
James Brown Noble, Jr. (born August 14, 1963 in Jacksonville, Texas) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and the Indianapolis Colts. He played college football at Stephen F. Austin State University.
Category:1963 birthsCategory:Living peopleCategory:People from Jacksonville, TexasCategory:American football wide receiversCategory:Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football playersCategory:Washington Redskins playersCategory:Indianapolis Colts playersCategory:National Football League replacement players
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