Biographical Sketch of G. A. Riblet, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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G. A. Riblet, of the firm of Niles, Riblet & Co., proprietors of the
Vulcan Machine Shop, was born in West Virginia, July 14, 1846, and
there reared, educated and learned his trade.  In 1869, he came to
Nebraska, and for three years conducted a blacksmith shop at Tecumseh.
In 1873, he took up his abode in St. Joseph, Missouri, and for six
years was in the employ of the Union Foundry, after which he became
one of the firm of Chase, Riblet & Co., which was changed to the 
present firm name.  He is an accomplished workman, and numbered among
the leading iron workers of the city.

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