BIO:  Amos Gable, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, York Township, Pg 203

AMOS GABLE, son of Valentine and Mary (Miller) Gable, is the second in a family of nine 
children, and was born in Windsor Township, York Co., Penn., June 10, 1838.  At eighteen years 
of age he began learning the blacksmith’s trade, which he followed for about twenty-five years.  
In 1878 he purchased his present residence and thirteen acres of land in Longstown, and here 
has since resided.  Mr. Gable was married, in 1865, to Miss Leah Erb, daughter of Jacob Erb, of 
Spring Garden Township.  They have two children:  Levi E. and Solomon E.; another son, Jacob, 
died on June 17, 1868, aged two years, five months and eighteen days.  Mr. and Mrs. Gable are 
members of the United Brethren Church at Longstown.