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LAY NOBLE. 



Lay Noble was born in New Lisbon, Otsego Co., 

 N. Y., Sept. 17, 1800. His father, Martin Noble, was 

 a native of Litchfield Co», Conn., born June 18, 1774. 

 Married Abigail Lane, born July 29, 1792 ; was a car- 

 penter and joiner by trade, and about the year 1795 

 removed to Otsego Co., N. Y., where he worked at his 

 trade, and where he subsequently purchased a farm, on 

 which he resided until his death, Feb. 23, 1828. His 

 wife survived him many years, residing with her son in 

 Bath prior to her death, which occurred Aug. 21, 1857. 



Mr. Lay Noble is second in the family of six children, 

 two of whom are living, the subject of this narrative 

 and Mrs. Crittenden, of Chippewa Falls, Wis. At the 

 age of sixteen he was apprenticed to learn the cabinet- 

 maker's trade, at Geneva, N. Y. Upon reaching his 

 majority he began as a journeyman at his trade, which 

 he followed in various places. 



In 1826, Oct. 22, he married Lucinda, daughter of 

 Lemuel and Amelia (Blakslee) Brooks, of Butternuts, 

 Otsego Co., N. Y., having in the fall of 1824 settled in 

 the town of Bath, this county, and established the cabinet 

 business. 



He was engaged in business in Bath as a cabinet manu- 



facturer and dealer in that class of goods until 1832, 

 and during the same year purchased a farm of two hun- 

 dred acres in the town of Bath, which he carried on until 

 1865, when he retired from active business. As an ap- 

 prentice or journeyman he was industrious, and known 

 for his honesty ; as a business man and farmer he was 

 enterprising and successful. 



In politics he was a Whig, and afterwards a Republi- 

 can. Ever interested in church and kindred interests, 

 he early in life became a member of the Episcopal 

 Church, and for many years has been a vestryman and 

 warden of that church, and a member of the same for 

 nearly half a century. 



His wife died Feb. 1, 1867, and he married his present 

 wife, who was a sister of his first wife, Mrs. Fanny 

 Bergen, Oct. 24, 1868. His children are Martin Wil- 

 liam, Edward (deceased), Mrs. Jacob W. Velie; her 

 husband is secretary of the Academy of Science, Chi- 

 cago. 



The eldest son, Martin William Noble, is a thrifty 

 and prominent farmer in the town of Bath. The family 

 of Edward Noble reside on the farm purchased by Mr, 

 Noble in 1862. 



