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Charles Gable

(11/03/1830 - 01/28/1898)

branch.gif (1966 bytes)John George Gable
Charles Gable
Marriage(s)Sarah Frankenfield
 1 Nancy A. Stainbrook on:
   Children:
  - Arthur E. Gable
  - Charles E. Gable
  - Frank P. Gable
  - Emmett E. Gable
  - Carrie Belle Gable
  - Georgia Gable
  - John Grant Gable
  - William Henry Gable
  - Burton G. Gable
  - Harriet Gable
 
  Siblings:
  - Unknown Gable
  - Rebecca Gable
  - Sophia Gable
  - John Gable
  - Thomas Gable
  - Frances Gable
 
Born:Woodcock Township, Crawford County, Pa
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Died: Meadville, Crawford County, Pa
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Notes:
CHARLES GABLE, proprietor Gable House, Meadville, was born November 3, 1830, in Woodcock Township, this county, on his father's farm, son of Jo hn G. and Sarah (Frankfield) Gable, natives of Lehigh County, Penn., and w ho came to this county in 1825, locating in Woodcock Township. John G. Gab le first engaged in agriculture, which he followed two years, when he remo ved to Meadville and began the business of teaming between Erie and Pittsb urgh, an enterprise he conducted for six years and then returned to agricu lture, which vocation he continued to follow until his death. To the uni on of John G. and Sarah Gable were born seven children, five of whom are n ow living, residents of this county. Charles Gable, our subject, the young est surviving child, remained on the farm with his father until he arriv ed at the age of nineteen, when he was employed with his brother John, w ho was conducting the Crawford House in Meadville. His engagement with h is brother extended over a period of two years, and on April 1, 1852, he a ssumed exclusive control and management of the hotel, and retained this re lation until 1856, when he formed a co-partnership with C. S. Eyre, and co nducted a general store on corner of Chestnut and South Main Streets, whe re now stands the stone Methodist Church. Business was continued at this s tand five years, when it was removed to Tidioute, Penn., and in 1863 the p artnership was dissolved. Our subject then embarked in the, transportati on of oil from Pit Hole, Venango County, to Scott's Landing, Warren Co., P enn., by flat-boat. This was in the spring and summer of 1863. The followi ng winter he owned teams and engaged in the transportation of oil from O il Creek to Titusville, Penn. On March 1, 1864, our subject purchased in M eadville the property which he now occupies and conducts, known as the Gab le House. After nine years of prosperity he leased out his city property a nd moved to the farm, formerly owned by his brother John, on the old State road, which farm of 170 acres is beautifully situated and has been much improved. In 1873 Mr. Gable retook possession of the Gable House, and s ince that date has continued to conduct it with success. Our subject was e lected in 1882 to a seat in the City Council. He was married April 27, 185 7, to Nancy A. Stainbrook, of Meadville, Penn. To this union have been born ten children, nine now living: Arthur E.; Charles E., married in 188 3, to Miss Florence Archer, of Meadville, Penn. (have one son, an infant ); Frank P.; Emmett E.; Carrie; Georgia, married in 1884, to A. H. Steele, of Meadville, Penn. William H.; Burton and Hattie May.

Taken in part from: History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, Chicago: War ner, Beers & Co., 1885, pages 739-740.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Monday, January 31, 1898, Page 4
Charles Gable, Sr., proprietor of the Gable House, Meadville, Pa., died suddenly from apoplexy yesterday.
 
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