John Noble 1841-1890
John Noble
Born: June 05,1841, Died: October 25, 1890
1875 Lockport City Directory: Noble, John Jr. baker 69 Market St., r. over 69 Market.
1876-77 Lockport City Directory: Noble, John Jr. baker 69 Market, 3 pine, and 9 cottage; r. 4 Chestnut.
1878 Lockport City Directory; Noble, John Jr. baker 69 Market, 25 Pine, and 3 Cottage; r. 20 Chestnut
(The following is from the Biographical & Portrait Cyclopedia of Niagara County
Gregham Publishing 1892, pages 249 & 250)

John Noble. It has been truly said that Death has at all times to claim his own, but never more unexpected was any ofhis calls than when he suddenly summoned John Noble from the scene of his labors in Lockport, October 25, 1890. He was born in Bampshire, in the north of Scotland, June 5, 1841, and received his education in the Scottish schools of that day. As a boy he was remarkable for his pluck and energy, and at an early age learned the trade of baker, which he followed until 1866, when he came to Lockport, where he purchased Charles Carnall's bakery on Cottage street. With his accustomed energy he soon built up the extensive and prosperous business which he was conducting at the time of his sudden and unexpected death in 1890. He was a member of Lockport Council, No. 307, Royal Arcanum, Columbia Lodge, No. 20, Ancient Order of United Workmen, and the Knights of Honor, and the Royal Templars. At the time of his death he left two brothers, William and Alexander, and two sisters, Mrs. David Jones and Mrs. James Cornie.

On June 13, 1877, Mr. Noble married Libbie M. Scofield. To Mr. and Mrs. Noble were born five children, three sons and two daughters: John Horace, Edith May, Albert Garfield, Libbie Scofield, And Raymond Myers. Mrs. Noble is a pleasant and amiable lady, and resides in the handsom brick residence on Chestnut street, which was erected by Mr. Noble in 1884. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church, in which she is never neglectful of any movement for the good of religion or the moral improvement of the community. She is a daughter of John D. Scofield of Huddersfield, England and E. Myers.

John Noble was physically very strong, and could do the work of two ordinary men. He was apparntly in the best of health when, on the evening of October 25, 1890, he walked into his Pine street store, where he fell suddenlt dead while conversing with a lady customer. The post-mortem examination revealed that he suffered from hyperthropy, or enlargement of the heart, and the sudden bursting of one of the large blood vessels of the left auricle had caused his death. His remains were placed in a beautiful casket in his parlor, where hunreds of citizens and freind of the family came to view all that was motal of stout, honest, and warm-hearted John Noble. The different organizations of which he was a member attended in a body the funeral, which was held on Tuesday, October 28, 1890, at two o'clock, at the family residence on Chestnut street, after which the remains were interred in Glenwood cemetery.

  The Lockport Journal, speaking of Mr. Noble's sudden death, said: " The city loses, in the death of John Noble, one of its foremost and progressive citizens. In both public and private walks of life he was an indomitable worker. A jovial, pleasant man his society always lent a pleasure to every gathering. In his home life he was greatly beloved. His success in business and other enterprises, as well as his death, was due to his great capacity for work. He was an earnest christian, and a member and trustee of East avenue Congregational Church, which organization has one of its founders and strongest pillars. In good and charitable deeds he was foremost, and many remember, with tears and sorrow, to-day, the kind heart of John Noble in their troubles." Popular, generous, ans sympathetic, he had won a large circle of friends and admirers, when the Master's summons came so swiftly and unexpectedly to call him, in the very prime of life, from the field of his active and useful labors.