1. “Mary … was born on 19th of November. 1869,” Luff, Journal of George Palmer, 43. Born May 1843 OH, Mary P. Noble, born November 1869 IL, had had three children and two were alive, Palmer R., born 1894 IN, C. H., Jr., born October 1891 ID. "U.S. Federal Census," Ancestry > 1900  > IN > Marion > Indianapolis > district 50 > image 8, lines 97–100, entry for Charles H. Noble.  “Utah, Select County Marriages, 1887–1937,” Ancestry, entry for Mary E. Palmer, age 21, spouse Charles H. Noble, married 21 August 1890 Salt Lake. A newspaper announcement gives the date, location and Mary’s father's name, Capt. G. H. Palmer, same regiment, “Personal Items,” Army and Navy Journal (New York), 23 August 1890, 958. Her death date is on her gravestone (digital image), “Mary Palmer Noble,” Findagrave, 49297224. The names of Charles's father and his wives are found in Robert Allan Stevens, Bracken Rangers: Company K, 28th Regiment, 1st Indiana Cavalry (Miami: Three Star Press, 2010), 87–89. His birthdate and state are found in “U.S., Select Military Registers, 1862–1985,” digitized book, Ancestry  > Army > 1916 > image 555, citing United States Military Register (Salem, OR: State Library, 1916), 553. The years of Charles's birth and death are found on his gravestone (digital image), “Gen. C. H. Noble,” Findagrave, 45981254. Charles's birthdate and place and parent's names and Charles and Mary's marriage date and the names of her parents are found in Jacob Piatt Dunn, Memorial and Genealogical Record of Representative Citizens of Indiana (Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen & Co., 1912), 403–8.

2. Stevens, Bracken Rangers. "U.S., Select Military Registers," Ancestry, entry for Charles H. Noble.

3. "U.S. Federal Census," Ancestry > 1900; 1910 > IN > Marion > Indianapolis Ward 3 > district 62 > image 24, lines 54–56, entries for Charles H. Noble.

4. Dunn, Memorial and Genealogical Record Indiana, 403–8.

5. Dunn gives Palmer’s name and death place. The birthdate and place for Palmer is in "U.S. Federal Census," Ancestry > 1900, entry for Charles H. Noble. "California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records," Ancestry, entry for Palmer R. Noble, age 7, b. Indianapolis, d. 9 Feb. 1899 Honolulu K T.

6. Charles Henry Noble of Terrell Hills, Bexar, son of Charles H. Noble and Mary Palmer, b. 30 Oct. 1898 Idaho, d. 12 Aug. 1979 Fort Sam Houston, Bexar, bu. Mission Burial Park San Antonio, “Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982,” database with images, Ancestry > Bexar > 1979 > Jul.–Sept. > image 994, citing Texas Department of State Health Services, Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982. Elsie Pancoast Noble of Terrell Hills, Bexar, daughter of Aaron Cooper Pancoast and Mary Soper, b. 11 July 1900 Texas, d. 13 April 1978 San Antonio, bu. Mission Burial Park, “Texas. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982,” Ancestry Bexar > 1978 > Apr.–Jun. > image 287. Noble, Charles H., Lt. Cav., b. Boise, ID, wife Elsie N., b. San Antonio, TX, “Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at San Francisco, California,” Ancestry > M1410 > roll 227 > image 333, lines 19–20.

7. “Col. Noble Retires,” San Antonio Light, 1 July 1949, 17.