The full biographical sketch as printed, transcribed from the public-domain book. Spelling and wording are the original author’s; a few scanning errors may remain.
GEORGE W. COBLE.
George W. Coble, who is engaged in the general practice of law in Shelby, with a large and distinctively representative clientage, was born in Sharon township, Richland county, about three miles from Shelby, October 6, 1877. His paternal grandfather, Christian Coble, came to this county from Penn- sylvania and entered as a claim from the government the farm which is now
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owned by his ^jou, Isniel Coble. Chriiitian Coble ^jecured thi^ tract about 1835. entering one hundred and ^ixty acre.s, which he began to clear and improve. He wa:? a weaver by trade and wove many coverlids for beds, which are still in exist<»nce, and not only indicate his handiwork but are also excellent s|)eeimens of a .<tyle connnon at that day. He continued to reside upon the farm until his death. His family numbered eight children: Mrs. Martha Keith, who is living at »Slie])ard, Michigan ; Mrs Su^?an Nicholeb whose home is in Alvordton, Ohio; Miv. Elizabeth Crum, decea^d; Mrs. Fannie liarga, who has also passed away; Mary, who is living in Sharon township; John, whosv' home is at Chicago Junction, Ohio; Israel, the father of our subject; and Levi, al.M) a resident of Alvordt-on.
Israel Coble wtis born in Sharon town.«hij), Richland county, and for many years wa< clcv^ely associated with agricultural pursuits, but now resides in Shelby in honorable retirement from labor. However, he still owns ninety acres of the old homestead proj^erty, which has changed hands but once since his father entered it from the government three-quartere of a century ago. He married Mi.<s Samantha Baker, a daughter of Daniel Baker, who came to Ohio from Pennsylvania and settltMl in Vernon township, Crawford county, while later he removed to Sharon township, Richland county. He was a carpenter by trade and for a long period made his honie on a farm west of Shelby but at length retired to the town, where he .spent his last days. His daughter became the wife of Israel Coble and unto them were born three children: Lulu (i., now residing with her parents; Chester, who was killed at Deshler, Ohio, about five years ago while braking on a railroad; and George A\'., of this review.
In taking up the personal history of George W. Coble we present to our readers the life record of one who is widely and favorably known in Richland county. He wiis reared on the home farm and remained with his parents until twenty-one years of age, attending a district school. He also took up the ])rofe.ssion of teaching, which he followed through five winter terms, while in the summer months his time was lai'gely devoted to the improvement of his own education as a student in the Ohio Normal, now the Ohio Northern. Taking uj) the study of law in that institution, he was graduated with the class of 1902 and at once U\gan practice, being admitted to the bar in June. In Sei)tember following he l)ecame a partner of B. J. Cattey in Shelby, under the firm style of Cattey & Coble, an association which was maintained until the L-t of October, 1907, when the partnership was dissolved, and Mr. Coble has since been alone in practice. He is accorded a liberal clientage and his devotion to his clients' interests is proverbial. He L^ also a stockholder in the Shelby Land & Improvement Company and The Buckeye Clay & Coal Company and is interested in all that pertains to the material development of the community.
On the 28th of June, 1906, Mr. Coble was married to Miss Grace Hedden, a native of Upper Sandusky, Ohio, where she was reared, her parents being George and Lovina Hedden. Prior to her marriage she was a teacher in the deaf and dumb institute at Columbus and was assigned as special teacher to John Porter Rilev, who wa« not only deaf and dumb, but also blind. Unto
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Mr. and Mrs. Coble has been born one daughter, Pauline. The parents are members of the Lutheran church and Mr. Coble gives his political support to the democracy. He is a champion of every movement for the public good, doing all in his power to advance the material, intellectual and moral progress of the community. He is well known here and in his profession ls making substantial progress.
Source: History of Richland County, Ohio. See the original pages at the Internet Archive.
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