This gentleman is a pioneer of 1849, having arrived in San Francisco July 19 of that year. He is a member of the Santa Cruz County Pioneer Association, and a resident of the Soquel district, of Santa Cruz County, having purchased in 1856 a part of the Soquel and Augmentation Rancho, upon which he has since resided, engaged in farming and fruit raising.
Mr. Noble was born of English parents, in Baltimore, Maryland, December 28, 1823, and while quite young moved with his folks to Salem, Massachusetts, at which place he resided until the date of his leaving for California, in December, 1848. He obtained passage on the bark Elisa, bound from Salem, Massachusetts, to San Francisco and the Sacramento River, visa Cape Horn, carrying a cargo of provisions. Mr. Noble thinks that this is the first cargo of provisions that left the Eastern coast for California.
After arriving in San Francisco he remained a few days, then proceeded to Sacramento. In November, 1851, he left Sacramento, and going to San Francisco, embarked on the steamship Pacific for New York, via Nicaragua.
He was married in 1852, and returned the same year to California. From this date until his arrival in Santa Cruz county he resided in Sacramento and San Francisco.
History of Santa Cruz County, California
by E.S. Harrison
Published by Pacific Press Publishing Company
San Francisco, Cal., 1892
Transcribed by Yvonne Valentine
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