BIO:  S. M. 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 Borough, Pg 19

S. M. GABLE, wholesale and retail druggist, was born in Windsor Township, York 
County, March 21, 1847, to Valentine and Mary (Miller) Gable.  Subject's father 
was born in Hopewell Township in 1809, and his mother the same year in Windsor 
Township.  This family has been prominently connected with the history of York 
County for more than a century.  The early life of our subject was spent in his 
native township.  At eighteen years of age he began teaching school in Spring 
Garden Township.  There he remained two years and then went to Lancaster County, 
and continued teaching for a number of years, and in the meantime he attended 
the State Normal School at Millersville.  In 1872 he came to York and taught one 
year, and then went to New Albany, Ind., remained two years and then returned to 
York and in 1879 began the drug business.  He has one of the choicest lines of 
drugs to be found in York, and his store is a credit to the town.  In 1883 he 
graduated from the Maryland College of Pharmacy, at Baltimore.  He was married 
Centennial year to Miss Alice Peeling, a native of York Township, and daughter 
of John Peeling.  Mr. Gable was for many years one of the leading teachers in 
Pennsylvania.  He still manifests great interest in the cause of education.  Mr. 
and Mrs. Gable are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.