Source Information

Ancestry.com. Noble County, Ohio History and Biography [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: History of Noble County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men. Chicago, IL, USA: L. H. Watkins, 1887.

About Noble County, Ohio History and Biography

This database contains historical and biographical information for Noble County, Ohio. Topics covered in this work include exploration, Indians, territorial government, war, pioneer life, county formation, professions, townships, and important events. Biographical sketches of some of the more prominent residents of the area are interspersed with the historical subjects.

Historical works such as this contain valuable information that can be a great addition to your genealogical research. Although historical works will generally not mention your ancestors specifically (unless they were prominent individuals in the community), they do provide information on the time and place in which your ancestors lived, which in turn will help you place your ancestors in a historical context.