Monterey-Yolo-Tehama County CA Archives Biographies.....Gable, S. A. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 28, 2007, 9:13 pm Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893) S. A. GABLE has been a resident of Soledad since 1873 and of California since 1852, having come to this State from Iowa. Mr. Gable was born on the Little Mohawk river, in Washington county, Ohio, and when a small boy, moved with his parents to Iowa. His father, Solomon Gable, who was of Pennsylvania birth and Holland Dutch ancestry, was by occupation a farmer. His death occurred in Iowa. The mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Holden. They had twelve children that lived to maturity. Upon his arrival in California, the subject of our sketch was engaged in farming and stock-raising in Yolo county previous to his locating in Monterey county. He was married in February, 1865, in Tehama county, this State, to Miss Ida James, and they have eight children, namely: Maggie J., Harry S., Harvey E., Herbert A., Milton J., Earnest E., Daisy M. and Ida E. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California. Illustrated. Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent Citizens of To-day. HENRY D. BARROWS, Editor of the Historical Department. LUTHER A. INGERSOLL, Editor of the Biographical Department. "A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants."-Macaulay. CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY. 1893. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/monterey/bios/gable839bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/cafiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb