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Note: Noah Herbert Defabaugh came to Harrington, Washington in 1910 with some of his brothers to work on the L. P. Turner Ranch.
Herbert was born in Kempton, Missouri and was raised in Raymore, Missouri.
In 1917, Herbert married Hazel Mae Burge, who was the only child of a farmer who lived in the Duck Lake area west of Harrington. Right after the wedding they took a train to Seattle, Washington where they lived for 2-3 years. Herb worked for the Shipyards in Seattle during WWI and was on the list of Lincoln County young men to be called up, but his job building ships was considered vital to the war effort, so he never served during the war.
Herb and Hazel moved back to the Harrington area in the early 1920's and farmed. Upon the death of Hazel's father in 1927, they took over the family farm. They lived there and raised their children until 1953 when they retired and moved into a newly built brick home in the south part of Harrington.
Herbert was a school bus driver for a time. He was an enthusiastic basketball fan. He suffered from severe arthritis and according to notes by his wife suffered a stroke in the early 1950's. He was an active member of the Evangelical United Brethren Church and served as treasurer. Toward the end of his life, he walked with 2 canes and went to Soap Lake to use the mineral baths there in an attempt to get some relief from his arthritis.
Herbert died of a gunshot wound to the chest on April 13, 1959. His Harrington grandchildren had been told it was accidental, but others later stated it was self-inflicted and a suicide. Herbert died in the living room of the house in Harrington.
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