Harry Polk Noble, Jr.

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Columnist for the San Augustine Tribune.

Three Retired Native Sons Join Ranks of Rotarians-At last Wednesday's noon meeting, Rotary Club President Charles Bradberry welcomed three new members into the group and presented to them member information packets. All have returned in the past few years to their home town after careers in surveying, merchandising and data management.They have remained active in retirement and are taking part in local affairs. Pictured are Bobby Legrand, Burnice Blackstock and HARRY NOBLE. (San Augustine Tribune, Thursday, March 29, 2007).

Mr. Harry Polk Noble, Jr., age 90, departed from this life surrounded by family on Friday, March 13, 2020, in College Station, Texas.

Harry was born December 6, 1929, in Wichita Falls, Texas, to Maizie Vincent and Harry Polk Noble, Sr. A fifth generation Texan, Harry's childhood was centered in the San Augustine, Rosevine, and Ford's Corner areas. After graduating from San Augustine High School, Harry honorably served in the United States Army during the Korean War as a Corporal in the 19th Combat Engineers. He later graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and earned a Master of Business Administration Degree from the University of Houston. Harry later retired in San Augustine after a long career in information analysis systems, which included work at NASA, the University of Houston, and Lamar University.

A devoted father and family man, Harry suffered with Parkinson's disease. He was a steadfast pillar to those around him. Harry loved to share stories of history and humor. A dedicated writer and historian, he provided weekly articles to the San Augustine Tribune and various magazines. He also wrote and published multiple books. Harry found significance and humor in the ordinary everyday historic and modern life; and enjoyed sharing it with others.

Harry was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Madelyn "Jean" (Cartwright) Noble; sisters, Laverne (Noble) Mathews and Bobbie Lou (Noble) Thompson; and a son, Daniel Greer Noble.

He is survived by his wife, LaVaughn "Kelly" (Oates) Noble of College Station; brother, David Noble and his wife Mary Ann (Lacy) of San Augustine; his sons, Robert Alan Noble and wife Michelle (Pearce-Dove) of Manvel, and George David "Dave" Noble and wife Deborah (Killingsworth) of Cleveland; and daughter, Madelyn Ann (Noble) Galloway and husband Donald of Iola. He is also survived by six grandchildren, Autumn Noble, Anabeth (Noble) Hall, Rylee Galloway, Avery Galloway, Joe Penn, and Troy Manning; and 13 great-grandchildren.

A graveside service is set for 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 21, 2020, at McMahan's Chapel Cemetery near Geneva, Texas, in Sabine County.

Visitation will be held from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 21, 2020, at Wyman Roberts Funeral Home, located at 316 W. Columbia Street in San Augustine, Texas.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to McMahan's Chapel (2240 McMahan Chapel Road, Bronson, TX 75930); Parkinson's Foundation; or the National Wounded Warriors aka Disabled Sports Eastern Sierra, P.O. Box 7275, Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546.

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Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, April 1, 2020, Page 7

Harry married Madelyn Jean Cartwright before 1951. Madelyn (daughter of Americus Holman "Top" Cartwright, Jr. and Nelda Greer) was born on 22 Jul 1933 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; died on 2 Aug 1997 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in San Augustine City Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Daniel Greer Noble was born on 10 Nov 1951 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; died on 5 Dec 2016 in Silsbee, Hardin County, Texas.

Harry married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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San Augustine Tribune
November 2, 2006

Sleeping in the Attic
Harry P. Noble, Jr.

Harry P. Noble, Sr., when he was a young man in his early twenties, moved ot Wichita Falls, Texas to make his fortune. While working a short period for his uncles in Noble Hardware, he met and married Maizie C. VINCENT. Like many young couples they soon started a family. Their first child was a girl and they named her Della Laverne. Another daughter was born and they name her Bobbie Lou. Then on December 6, 1929 their first son was born and they named him Harry P. Noble, Jr. Meanwhile, Harry Sr. a native of San Augustine and Sabine Counties, had borrowed money and opened his own business, a small radio shop....By the winter of 1934 the (great economic) depression had such a stranglehold on the economy, Harry Sr. had to close his radio shop. Since he owned a 270 acre farm in San Augustine County, he and Maizie decided to move to East Texas and ride out the depression there. On March 31, 1935, Laverne's tenth birthday, the family crowded into their small Ford car with all their earthly possessions and began the 380 mile trip to Robert S. and Della Noble's house in the northwestern part of Sabine County. They arrived at 11 a.m. the next day. The family's dog, Ginger, had ridden on the running boards all the way...Dad worked at a number of jobs to keep us fed. He had slaughtered, butchered and sold beef; developed and operated a cream route that extended all the way to Hemphill, and opened a radio repair shop. By 1938 a branch of the REA had headquarted in San Augustine (and) electrical lines were being constructed and houses wired for electricity. That's when Dad and I appeared in attics across the countryside wiring houses.

Harry married Maizie Carman Vincent before 1925 in Wichita County, Texas. Maizie was born after 1902; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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At the time of the 1900 San Augustine County, Census, they were enumerated as follows:

ED 74, #170-170
Noble, Ike M Head W M Feb 1861 39 M 9 Texas Miss Texas Saw Milling and ???
Noble, Nannie Wife W F Apr 1869 31 M 9 4/4 Tx Ga Miss
Noble, Thomas SOn W M Feb 1892 8 Tx Tx Tx
Noble, Arthur Son W M APr 1893 7 Tx Tx Tx
Noble, Leonard Son W M Jun 1896 4 Tx Tx Tx
Noble, J.O. Son W M Jul 1899 11/12 Tx Tx Tx

Isaac married Nannie Curren Watson on 5 Mar 1891. Nannie (daughter of Jacob Moore Watson and Nancy Curren Rowan Day) was born in Apr 1869 in Texas; died on 21 Sep 1905. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In his column titled "Haints", Harry P. Noble writes that "My grandmother, Nancy (Nannie) Curren Watson, married Isaac (Ike) Monroe Noble on March 5, 1891. She died September 21, 1905, shortly after the birth of her sixth child, all boys. My Dad, Harry P. Noble, Sr. was their fifth child and was three at his mother's death. My Dad's uncle and aunt, Robert Scurlock Noble and Della Cobb Noble, took Harry Sr. in and raised him to manhood. So I always considered Bob and Della as my grandparents. Bob and Della lived in Sabine county, a quarter mile west of McMahan's Chapel."

Isaac married Frances Snead Scurlock. Frances was born on 10 Feb 1840 in Geneva, Sabine County, Texas; died on 12 Aug 1897 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Michael Watson, b ca 1798 in Ga., m Pensey Raiford b 1798 in Ga., moved to Texas ca 1836, rec'd a second class land grant, and settled in Sabine County. He was a charter member of the Jackson Masonic Lodge at Milam. A son, JACOB MOORE WATSON, b Feb 11, 1835, d Sept 6, 1872, m Oct 15, 1857 at Milam, NANCY CURRAN ROWAN DAY. (White and Toole, p 68).

FindAGrave shows that Michael and Pensey were buried at McMahans Chapel Cemetery.

(Research):Census Listings:

1860 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Housan Bayou, P.O. Hemphill
Enumerated 21 Jun 1860
Page 13
95-95
J.M. Watson 25 M Merchante $250 Ga
N.C.R. Watson 23 F Miss
O.M. Watson 1 M Texas


1870 Federal Census
Texas, Sabine County, Hemphill
Enumerated 27 Jun 1870
Page 1
1-1
Watson, J. M. 35 M W Lawyer $1000 $1000 Ga
Watson, Nancy C. R. 24 F W Keeping House Mississippi
Watson, Thomas R 9 M W Texas
Watson, Lucinda C 8 F W Texas
Watson, Jacob A 6 m W Texas
Watson, Roberta S 4 F W Texas
Watson, Eddie 3 M W Texas
Watson, Nannie J 1 F W Texas
Elizabeth BROWN 21 F W Widow Mississippi

1880 Federal Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sub Distr. 84
Page 12, SD 1, ED 84, Stamped 14
Enumerated 26 Jun 1880
116-123
Watson, C. R. W F 44 Keeping House Miss Ga Ga
Waston, Thomas W M 20 Son Merchant Tx Ga Miss
Watson, Luly C. W F 18 Dtr Tx Ga Miss
Watson, Jacob W M 16 Son Farmer Tx Ga Miss
Watson, R. W F 14 Dtr Tx Ga Miss
Watson, Eddy W M 12 Son Tx Ga Miss
Watson, Nannie W F 11 D Tx Ga Miss
Watson, Dora W F 7 D Tx Ga Miss
Davis, W. R. W M 25 Boarder Merchant Miss Ala Miss

Jacob married Nancy Curren Rowan Day on 15 Oct 1857 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas. Nancy was born on 17 Jul 1835 in Mississippi; died on 23 Feb 1909 in Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

White and Toole instead show her as as the daughter of Ortton Day, who they say was also the father of Daniel and Stacy Day. (White and Toole, p 68). On the annotated transcription of the Hemphill City Cemetery, Kay Parker McCary also lists her as a daugher of Ortton Day, and addes that her tombstone was inscribed "Wife of J. M. Watson Her many virtues form the noblest monument to her memory." On her FindAGrave memorial, created by Kay Parker McCary, she is shown as the daughter of Ortton DAY (died 1868, b. Hemphill Cemetery) and Elizabeth PENNINGTON.

On the death certificate of her youngest daughter, Dora, her maiden name was listed as Hale.