Born in Brockwayville, Jefferson County, PA., on April 6, 1862. One of 12 children, he was the son of William G. and Catherine (nee Krafft) Noblit.
In 1880 he was apprenticed to a carpenter and serving his time in that trade became an expert mechanic. He moved to Tarpon Springs, on July 25, 1884, and went to work at his trade as a member of a surveying crew for the Orange Belt Railroad and helped lay out the city of Tarpon Springs.
Granville engaged in general contracting and merchandising, handling hardware and builders' supplies. In 1887 he founded the G. E. Noblit Hardware Store, which later became Peoples Hardware. He was vice president of the Sponge Exchange Bank of Tarpon Springs and was largely influential in organizing the Board of Trade of Tarpon Springs of which he was president.
He was one of the originators of a plan to divide Hillsborough County and to form Pinellas County, and one of a group consisting of W. L. Straub of St. Petersburg Times and others to carry out the plan for the division. He played a major role in bringing the railroad to Pinellas County.
Granville was a Universalist and built the Universalist Church of the Good Shepherd.
He married Emma Jane Ewing on 16 Nov 1888. Four children were born into this union.
Ruby, Roy Ewing and Granville Edwin Jr., and Frank Webster Noblit.
Granville passed away on 28 Dec 1953.
Born in Brockwayville, Jefferson County, PA., on April 6, 1862. One of 12 children, he was the son of William G. and Catherine (nee Krafft) Noblit.
In 1880 he was apprenticed to a carpenter and serving his time in that trade became an expert mechanic. He moved to Tarpon Springs, on July 25, 1884, and went to work at his trade as a member of a surveying crew for the Orange Belt Railroad and helped lay out the city of Tarpon Springs.
Granville engaged in general contracting and merchandising, handling hardware and builders' supplies. In 1887 he founded the G. E. Noblit Hardware Store, which later became Peoples Hardware. He was vice president of the Sponge Exchange Bank of Tarpon Springs and was largely influential in organizing the Board of Trade of Tarpon Springs of which he was president.
He was one of the originators of a plan to divide Hillsborough County and to form Pinellas County, and one of a group consisting of W. L. Straub of St. Petersburg Times and others to carry out the plan for the division. He played a major role in bringing the railroad to Pinellas County.
Granville was a Universalist and built the Universalist Church of the Good Shepherd.
He married Emma Jane Ewing on 16 Nov 1888. Four children were born into this union.
Ruby, Roy Ewing and Granville Edwin Jr., and Frank Webster Noblit.
Granville passed away on 28 Dec 1953.
Gravesite Details
Buried in the Noblit family plot with wife Emma and sons Frank and Granville, Jr with wife Eula Mai. Also buried in the family plot are his grandchildren, Mary Dawn (husband Raymond Dewees), William V. Noblit, Sr, G. E. Noblit, III.
Family Members
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Anna Eliza Noblit Chandler
1852–1949
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Amanda E. Noblit
1854–1862
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William Thomas Noblit
1856–1948
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John Randall Noblit
1858–1910
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George Washinigton Noblit
1860–1946
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Ida May Noblit Chaffee
1864–1942
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Edwin R. Noblit
1866–1869
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Vinnie R. Noblit Hover
1868–1933
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Rose Ella Noblit Thompson
1871–1951
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Jacob Cullin "Jay" Noblit
1873–1958
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Dell Elbert Noblit
1875–1964
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