Bio of GAMBLE, Stewart (b.1861), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

STEWART GAMBLE - Vol II, pg 70-73
No man knows the real value of wealth unless he has himself earned it.
Self-reliance, a hopeful disposition, intelligence and ambition were the
youthful patrimony of Stewart Gamble and with these he has worked and won. For
forty-one years he has made his home in Minneapolis, which has greatly profited
through his activities, and he is now numbered among the largest paint dealers
of the city, while he is also at the head of other important business interests,
all of which contribute to the industrial prosperity of his community. He was
born in Belfast, Ireland, September 14, 1861, a son of Edward and Sarah Jane
(Sharp) Gamble, who were also natives of the Emerald isle. In 1885 they
emigrated to Canada, settling in Sarnia, in the province of Ontario, where the
father turned his attention to the grocery business. He was successful in the
conduct of his mercantile interests and spent his later years in retirement. His
brother, James Gamble, came to the United States as a young man, acquiring a
farm near Galena, Illinois, where he resided until 1849, when he started for
Minneapolis, making the journey with ox team and wagon. He preempted a farm on
Eden prairie, near this city, and continued to live on that property until his
death, bringing his land to a high state of development.
The public schools in the vicinity of his native city afforded Stewart Gamble
his early educational opportunities and later he completed a course in pharmacy,
attending college in a village near Belfast. In 1881 he sought the opportunities
offered in the United States to the young man of enterprise and determination
and at once made his way to Minneapolis, where he has since resided. He secured
employment in the drug store operated by T. K. Gray at No. 108 Hennepin avenue
and remained in his service for eleven years, acquiring a thorough knowledge of
the trade. Having carefully saved his earnings, he was then able to embark in an
independent venture and in 1892 entered the drug and paint business as a member
of the firm of Gamble & Ludwig, opening a store at No. 301 Hennepin avenue,
where they remained until 1910. They then purchased a lot at No. 901 Hennepin
avenue, on which they erected their own building, and for more than forty years
they have been engaged in business on this thoroughfare. Mr. Gamble is the
president of the firm, which conducts both a wholesale and retail business in
paints, and theirs is one of the largest and oldest undertakings of the kind in
the city. When they moved to their present location their friends predicted
failure, as there was no business west of Seventh street at that time and the
site was covered with trees, which were removed by the park board in order that
they might commence building on the property. Mr. Gamble has also extended his
efforts into other directions, being president of the John Day Land & Lumber
Company, a director of the Lincoln National Bank and a member of its discount
board, while he is likewise president of the Goodrich-Gamble Manufacturing
Company, engaged in making druggists' supplies. Opportunity has ever been to him
the call to action and he never stops short of the successful accomplishment of
anything he undertakes. Throughout his business career he has been a persistent,
resolute and energetic worker, keeping his hand steadily upon the helm of his
interests and manifesting at all times strong executive power.
On the 14th of October, 1885, Mr. Gamble was united in marriage to Miss Mary
Lucas of Minneapolis, and they have become the parents of two daughters: Mildred
and Margaret. Mr. Gamble is a member of Grace Presbyterian church of Minneapolis
and is serving as one of its trustees. He has gained high standing in Masonry,
the honorary thirty-third degree having been conferred upon him in recognition
of his services to the order. He is president of the Minnesota Masonic Home and
is a member of the committee appointed to raise a half million dollars for the
erection of a new home at Savage, this state. He is also a member of the
Minneapolis Athletic Club, the Inter-lachen Club and the Automobile Club. He has
always been a zealous supporter of any measure conducive to the welfare of his
city and his name is prominent among those whose enterprise and industry typify
the spirit of progress in Minneapolis. His commercial transactions have always
balanced up with the principles of truth and honor and his individual qualities
are such as have gained for him deep and enduring regard.