Noble, James

Noble, James, a Senator from Indiana; born near Berryville, Clarke County, Va., December 16, 1785; moved with his parents to Campbell County, Ky., in 1795; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; moved to Brookville, Franklin County, Ind., in 1811; member of the convention to draft the constitution of the State in 1816; member of the first State house of representatives in 1816 which elected him to the United States Senate; reelected in 1821 and again in 1827 and served from December 11, 1816, until his death in Washington, D.C., on February 26, 1831; interment in the Congressional Cemetery.