On Friday afternoon, November 18, C. W. Noble, an old and prominent citizen of Holton and Jackson county, died at his home in this city. Mr. Noble had been in failing health for the past year and a half with heart trouble.

Cyrus W. Noble was born in Henderson county, Ill., January 4, 1845. Here he grew to manhood and on February 29, 1864, at the age of nineteen, enlisted in the Union army, being assigned to Co. K., 28th Ill., from which regiment he was discharged March 20, 1866, at Brownsville, Texas. He was in the last battle of the war, May 13, 1865, at Palmetta Ranch, Texas, which was after Lee's surrender, but before the news of this event had reached this distant point. He returned to his native state where he attended Monmouth Academy and taught school until 1870 when he came to Kansas and settled in Jackson county on a farm near Whiting.
On February 25, 1875, he was married to Alice C. Spangler, at Oquawka, Ill., and in 1878 they moved from the farm to Holton where they have since resided.
To them were born four children, James B., of Des Moines, Iowa, Floyd W., of Oketo, Kans., Tina A. Myers, of Holton, and Bessie V. Birkett, of Mayetta.
After coming to Kansas Mr. Noble continued to teach in the public schools until 1880, when he was admitted to practice law. In 1883 he was elected county superintendent, and in 1896 he was elected county attorney. He also held the office of city attorney of Holton. For many years he was the junior member of the law firm of Keller & Noble. The last few years he had retired from the practice of law and devoted his time to looking after his farm just northeast of this city. He was a breeder of Shorthorn cattle and held a sale of this stock only about two weeks before his death.
Mr. Noble joined the M. E. church of Holton in 1901. He was a member of the I. 0. 0. F. and M. W. A. lodges of this city, and belonged to the G. A. R. Post.
In politics he adhered to the Democratic faith, and the fact that he was twice elected to office in a county that was strongly against him politically is an evidence of the good character and esteem felt for him by his neighbors.
He leaves to mourn his death a wife, four children, and two brothers, one in Monmouth, Ill., and the other in Bait, California.

The Holton Recorder, November 24, 1910