Yuma County, Colorado
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Yuma County Pioneers:
William A. and Minnie (Colby) Noble, 1 South 48 West
William P. Davis, 35, born in Pennsylvania to George W. Davis and Elizabeth Edewis,
married Maggie R. Noble on April 20, 1890 in Webster County, Nebraska.
In 1900 Webster County, Nebraska, Walter S. Noble is 42,
Sarah E. Noble 34, Elmer M. Noble 20, Mabel Noble 18, Sadie E. Noble 14,
William Noble 13, Carrol Noble 8, Ray D. Noble 5, Mildred G. Noble 2,
Sarah M. Noble 2, and Ella Noble
4 months. Stepchildren are Louis Landers 17, Cora A. Landers 15, and
Minnie M. Landers 12.
William A. Noble and Minnie E. Colby married in Washington County Colorado on Dec 23, 1914.
William A. Noble proved up a quarter in 1, 1S 48W, Yuma County,
Colorado in 1915. He claimed another in 34, 2S 47W in 1923.
August 1914 "W. P. Davis, who had been visiting with his nephew,
Wm. Noble, south of Yuma,
departed Tuesday evening for his home at Ossawatomie, Kansas."
In 1920 Yuma County, William is farming, 32, with Minnie 28 and Merrill 4.
William is buried in Yuma # 74075064, dying January 27, 1974
"William Noble was born at Inavale, Nebraska April 5, 1887. As a young man, he traveled through the Yuma area and was impressed by all the lush grass that grew everywhere. When the land wa opened for settlers, he came to Yuma in 1911 and homesteaded eight miles south of town. Later he purchased additional land from the Griffins, who were moving to Iowa.
On December 23, 1914, Minnie and William Noble along with her brother Ernest Colby and Flossing Hefty took the train to Akron, Colorado and had a double wedding. Minnie sold her homestead when she married. William and Minnie celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1964 at the Yuma Methodist Church. They had two children, Merrill and Marleen."
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