ALFRED FRED NOBLE
Alfred "Fred" Noble was the son of Keziah (Crapnell Jr) and William B. Noble. He was born in 1846 in Mercer County.
Fred's mother died Oct. 29, 1846 after his birth and his father died in 1849. After the death of thier parents Fred and Emily were raised by their mother's family.
Fred died during the Civil War at Memphis, Tennessee. He enlisted on 5/12/1864 in Company F of the 140th Illinois Infantry and died of wounds at Memphis, Tennessee on 7/24/1864. Records state that He was originally buried at Memphis but was moved to the Mississippi River National Cemetery in Tennessee on the Memphis and Ohio Railroad intersection with the Memphis and Raleigh plank road - 6 miles from Memphis..... He has a tombstone is in the New Boston Cemetery next to sister Emily, with the rest of his family, but many Civil War participants have tombstones in Mercer County that are actually not buried there, so.....
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE ATTACHED ARTICLE FROM THE 8-4-1864 Keithsburg Observer IT APPEARS HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN BURIED AT NEW BOSTON BECAUSE THE FAMILY BROUGHT HIM BACK FOR BURIAL.
Fred is listed on the National Roll of Honor and on the Soldiers' Monument in Aledo. He enlisted for 100 days along with his cousin, John Wesley Noble.
FRED'S CIVIL WAR RECORDS
(From History of Mercer County in the 1800's Website)
The History of Mercer County errs in stating that Company F of the 140th saw no action until August 8th at Lafayette where Alfred F. Noble of New Boston was mortally wounded. A letter was published in the Aledo Weekly Record on July 13, 1864, signed H. S. (probably Sgt. Harrison Scott). He reported a picket skirmish in which a number of Mercer boys were engaged, including Fred Noble "They had proceeded about two miles from camp, marching through a timber country, with rail fence on either side, with thick undergrowth, when they were fired upon by a band of guerrillas lying in ambush, supposed to be from 75 to 100 in number. The result was the wounding of Fred Noble, in thre places: one shot through the neck, the breaking of one arm, and one shot thro' the body supposed to be fatal. The latter wound was inflicted after he was taken prisoner; they presented a pistol to his head for the purpose of blowing out his brains - he entreated them to spare his life - the pistol was withdrawn when up stepped another fiend of h__l, and discharged his piece as above stated, through the body of as brave a boy as ever shouldered a knapsack, Poor Fred!"
The date of this story compared with the death date in the Adjutant General's Report and on his tombstone indicate that his wound was not fatal on the day of the skirmish but that he died later of wounds, probably in the Memphis hospital. Other Mercer County boys in that fateful skirmish were Charles Davis, E. A. Rollins, R. Mitchell, M. T. Mitchell, Reuben Willits, Lew Swafford, John Green, Robert Brakey, Milton Jones, and Levi McManus. Milton Jones and Robert Brakey received flesh wounds and Lewis Swafford, their drummer, was taken prisoner.
Alfred "Fred" Noble was the son of Keziah (Crapnell Jr) and William B. Noble. He was born in 1846 in Mercer County.
Fred's mother died Oct. 29, 1846 after his birth and his father died in 1849. After the death of thier parents Fred and Emily were raised by their mother's family.
Fred died during the Civil War at Memphis, Tennessee. He enlisted on 5/12/1864 in Company F of the 140th Illinois Infantry and died of wounds at Memphis, Tennessee on 7/24/1864. Records state that He was originally buried at Memphis but was moved to the Mississippi River National Cemetery in Tennessee on the Memphis and Ohio Railroad intersection with the Memphis and Raleigh plank road - 6 miles from Memphis..... He has a tombstone is in the New Boston Cemetery next to sister Emily, with the rest of his family, but many Civil War participants have tombstones in Mercer County that are actually not buried there, so.....
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE ATTACHED ARTICLE FROM THE 8-4-1864 Keithsburg Observer IT APPEARS HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN BURIED AT NEW BOSTON BECAUSE THE FAMILY BROUGHT HIM BACK FOR BURIAL.
Fred is listed on the National Roll of Honor and on the Soldiers' Monument in Aledo. He enlisted for 100 days along with his cousin, John Wesley Noble.
FRED'S CIVIL WAR RECORDS
(From History of Mercer County in the 1800's Website)
The History of Mercer County errs in stating that Company F of the 140th saw no action until August 8th at Lafayette where Alfred F. Noble of New Boston was mortally wounded. A letter was published in the Aledo Weekly Record on July 13, 1864, signed H. S. (probably Sgt. Harrison Scott). He reported a picket skirmish in which a number of Mercer boys were engaged, including Fred Noble "They had proceeded about two miles from camp, marching through a timber country, with rail fence on either side, with thick undergrowth, when they were fired upon by a band of guerrillas lying in ambush, supposed to be from 75 to 100 in number. The result was the wounding of Fred Noble, in thre places: one shot through the neck, the breaking of one arm, and one shot thro' the body supposed to be fatal. The latter wound was inflicted after he was taken prisoner; they presented a pistol to his head for the purpose of blowing out his brains - he entreated them to spare his life - the pistol was withdrawn when up stepped another fiend of h__l, and discharged his piece as above stated, through the body of as brave a boy as ever shouldered a knapsack, Poor Fred!"
The date of this story compared with the death date in the Adjutant General's Report and on his tombstone indicate that his wound was not fatal on the day of the skirmish but that he died later of wounds, probably in the Memphis hospital. Other Mercer County boys in that fateful skirmish were Charles Davis, E. A. Rollins, R. Mitchell, M. T. Mitchell, Reuben Willits, Lew Swafford, John Green, Robert Brakey, Milton Jones, and Levi McManus. Milton Jones and Robert Brakey received flesh wounds and Lewis Swafford, their drummer, was taken prisoner.
ALFRED FRED NOBLE
Alfred "Fred" Noble was the son of Keziah (Crapnell Jr) and William B. Noble. He was born in 1846 in Mercer County.
Fred's mother died Oct. 29, 1846 after his birth and his father died in 1849. After the death of thier parents Fred and Emily were raised by their mother's family.
Fred died during the Civil War at Memphis, Tennessee. He enlisted on 5/12/1864 in Company F of the 140th Illinois Infantry and died of wounds at Memphis, Tennessee on 7/24/1864. Records state that He was originally buried at Memphis but was moved to the Mississippi River National Cemetery in Tennessee on the Memphis and Ohio Railroad intersection with the Memphis and Raleigh plank road - 6 miles from Memphis..... He has a tombstone is in the New Boston Cemetery next to sister Emily, with the rest of his family, but many Civil War participants have tombstones in Mercer County that are actually not buried there, so.....
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE ATTACHED ARTICLE FROM THE 8-4-1864 Keithsburg Observer IT APPEARS HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN BURIED AT NEW BOSTON BECAUSE THE FAMILY BROUGHT HIM BACK FOR BURIAL.
Fred is listed on the National Roll of Honor and on the Soldiers' Monument in Aledo. He enlisted for 100 days along with his cousin, John Wesley Noble.
FRED'S CIVIL WAR RECORDS
(From History of Mercer County in the 1800's Website)
The History of Mercer County errs in stating that Company F of the 140th saw no action until August 8th at Lafayette where Alfred F. Noble of New Boston was mortally wounded. A letter was published in the Aledo Weekly Record on July 13, 1864, signed H. S. (probably Sgt. Harrison Scott). He reported a picket skirmish in which a number of Mercer boys were engaged, including Fred Noble "They had proceeded about two miles from camp, marching through a timber country, with rail fence on either side, with thick undergrowth, when they were fired upon by a band of guerrillas lying in ambush, supposed to be from 75 to 100 in number. The result was the wounding of Fred Noble, in thre places: one shot through the neck, the breaking of one arm, and one shot thro' the body supposed to be fatal. The latter wound was inflicted after he was taken prisoner; they presented a pistol to his head for the purpose of blowing out his brains - he entreated them to spare his life - the pistol was withdrawn when up stepped another fiend of h__l, and discharged his piece as above stated, through the body of as brave a boy as ever shouldered a knapsack, Poor Fred!"
The date of this story compared with the death date in the Adjutant General's Report and on his tombstone indicate that his wound was not fatal on the day of the skirmish but that he died later of wounds, probably in the Memphis hospital. Other Mercer County boys in that fateful skirmish were Charles Davis, E. A. Rollins, R. Mitchell, M. T. Mitchell, Reuben Willits, Lew Swafford, John Green, Robert Brakey, Milton Jones, and Levi McManus. Milton Jones and Robert Brakey received flesh wounds and Lewis Swafford, their drummer, was taken prisoner.
Alfred "Fred" Noble was the son of Keziah (Crapnell Jr) and William B. Noble. He was born in 1846 in Mercer County.
Fred's mother died Oct. 29, 1846 after his birth and his father died in 1849. After the death of thier parents Fred and Emily were raised by their mother's family.
Fred died during the Civil War at Memphis, Tennessee. He enlisted on 5/12/1864 in Company F of the 140th Illinois Infantry and died of wounds at Memphis, Tennessee on 7/24/1864. Records state that He was originally buried at Memphis but was moved to the Mississippi River National Cemetery in Tennessee on the Memphis and Ohio Railroad intersection with the Memphis and Raleigh plank road - 6 miles from Memphis..... He has a tombstone is in the New Boston Cemetery next to sister Emily, with the rest of his family, but many Civil War participants have tombstones in Mercer County that are actually not buried there, so.....
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE ATTACHED ARTICLE FROM THE 8-4-1864 Keithsburg Observer IT APPEARS HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN BURIED AT NEW BOSTON BECAUSE THE FAMILY BROUGHT HIM BACK FOR BURIAL.
Fred is listed on the National Roll of Honor and on the Soldiers' Monument in Aledo. He enlisted for 100 days along with his cousin, John Wesley Noble.
FRED'S CIVIL WAR RECORDS
(From History of Mercer County in the 1800's Website)
The History of Mercer County errs in stating that Company F of the 140th saw no action until August 8th at Lafayette where Alfred F. Noble of New Boston was mortally wounded. A letter was published in the Aledo Weekly Record on July 13, 1864, signed H. S. (probably Sgt. Harrison Scott). He reported a picket skirmish in which a number of Mercer boys were engaged, including Fred Noble "They had proceeded about two miles from camp, marching through a timber country, with rail fence on either side, with thick undergrowth, when they were fired upon by a band of guerrillas lying in ambush, supposed to be from 75 to 100 in number. The result was the wounding of Fred Noble, in thre places: one shot through the neck, the breaking of one arm, and one shot thro' the body supposed to be fatal. The latter wound was inflicted after he was taken prisoner; they presented a pistol to his head for the purpose of blowing out his brains - he entreated them to spare his life - the pistol was withdrawn when up stepped another fiend of h__l, and discharged his piece as above stated, through the body of as brave a boy as ever shouldered a knapsack, Poor Fred!"
The date of this story compared with the death date in the Adjutant General's Report and on his tombstone indicate that his wound was not fatal on the day of the skirmish but that he died later of wounds, probably in the Memphis hospital. Other Mercer County boys in that fateful skirmish were Charles Davis, E. A. Rollins, R. Mitchell, M. T. Mitchell, Reuben Willits, Lew Swafford, John Green, Robert Brakey, Milton Jones, and Levi McManus. Milton Jones and Robert Brakey received flesh wounds and Lewis Swafford, their drummer, was taken prisoner.
Inscription
My Brother
Fred Noble
A Member of Co. F
140th Illinois Infantry
Wounded at Lafayette
June 29
Died at Memphis, Tennessee
July 24, 1864
Aged ?18 YRS, 10 MOS & 4 DYS
(Stone is worn...Not sure if I'm reading age correct)
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