Calvin L. Noble

Calvin L. Noble (born October 13, 1813 in

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, United States), is known primarily for spelling the name of

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incorrectly. Noble learned printing and founded a Democratic newspaper in Cleveland, the Cleveland Advertiser, in 1830, when he was but 17. As the type was too wide for his display head-line he left out one letter and changed the spelling from "Cleaveland" to "Cleveland," and the public adopted the change. In September, 1833, he located to Fort Defiance, when all the

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was "a howling wilderness inhabited by Indians". Mr. Noble was employed as a

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buyer for the

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, fur being the principal source of revenue in northwestern Ohio at the time. He later became an agent for the American Land Company, and then laid out the city of

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, which became the county seat of Williams County, Ohio. He served in the Ohio House of Representatives, then as

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and

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of Williams County. In 1856, Noble moved to Paulding, and became a probate judge. For 12 years, he also collected the leases of the

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, the canal having ceased operations. Judge Noble died in Paulding on April 10, 1889. Source: Howe's Historical Collections of Ohio, by Henry Howe, 1903. {{DEFAULTSORT:Noble, Calvin L. 1813 births 1889 deaths County commissioners in Ohio Politicians from Cleveland History of Cleveland Ohio state court judges 19th-century American newspaper publishers (people) People from Trumbull County, Ohio Democratic Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives 19th-century American journalists American male journalists 19th-century American male writers Journalists from Ohio People from Paulding, Ohio 19th-century American legislators 19th-century American judges