Charles P. Noell
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Politician
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Charles P. Noell was born in Bedford County, Virginia
Bedford County, Virginia
As of the census of 2000, there were 60,371 people, 23,838 households, and 18,164 families residing in the county. The population density was 80 people per square mile . There were 26,841 housing units at an average density of 36 per square mile...
February 20, 1812. He came to California
California
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in November 1848 and was a San Francisco merchant, but lost all in a fire in 1850. He moved to San Diego in 1850 and built a store, the first wooden building in the city.
Noell served as one of the city's first council man in 1850. While councilman he tried to prevent looting of the city treasury, with limited success. The city went bankrupt and control went to the State of California. He was appointed President for the San Diego city Board of Trustees (informally called "Mayor") during 1852, after the elected city government was abolished during bankruptcy. Noell served in the California State Assembly
California State Assembly
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in 1854.
Noell never married and died December 30, 1887. His tombstone reads:
- An Honest Man is the Noblest Work of God