Sharon, The following appears in the HISTORY OF CRAWFOR COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA, pages 993 - 994 under the heading of South Shenango Township. JOHN D. GAMBLE, farmer, P.O. Hartstown, was born March 15, 1813, in Ireland, and is a son of John and Eliza [Dixon] Gamble, who had a family of six children, of whom our subject was the younges, his mother dying soon after his birth. His father was married twice, and had eight children by his last wife, a Miss Parr. Our subject was married May 2, 1837, to Mary, daughter of Thomas Baird, who had nine children, five now living, Mrs. Gamble being the third child in the family. Mr. and Mrs. Gamble have had twelve children of whom six survive: Eliza J., now Mrs. Atkinson, of Fulton County, Ill.l Martha C., unmarried, living in Geneva, Ohio; Sarah A., died in 1870; James D., died leaving one daughter, Emma; Thomas R. died leaving one daughter, Mary L.; J9ohn, married Elizabeth Brown, of Adamsville [have five children: Nancy, Alda, Mary, Martha and Thomas C.]; Susan, now Mrs. Brown, residing in Kingman County, Kan. [has three children: Bessie, Annie, Wallace], Mary E., now Mrs. Willis, in Fulton County, Ill. [has three children: Ralph, J.D., and Bruce]; William A., died unmarried; Nancy H. died in 1875; Harriet, now Mrs. J.B. Davis, at home with her parents; Roberty Y., died unmarried. Our subject has been long a leading man in his township, and has held most of the township offices, has also been School Director. As he had the advantage of educated parents he was well qualified for official life. By trade Mr. Gamble was a tanner, and worked at that business fourteen years. His education was received at home under his father, who was a prominent educator of his day. In his political views he is a Democrat. He is a member of the United Presbyterian Church. His beautiful and well improved farm lies in the northern part of the township. Additionally, the following info appears on pages 994 - 995. HUGH M. GAMBLE, farmer, P.O. Jamestown, Mercer Co., Penn, was born in this township, August 14, 1829, and is a son of Rev. John and Elizabeth [Parr] Gamble. His father was a native of the north of Ireland, and was twice married, his first wife dying in Ireland, leaving three children, one of whom, John D., a farmer, still lives. His father came to America in 1821, as a missionary for the Presbyterian Church of Ireland, and being a classical scholar he turned his attention to the profession of teaching for a pert of his time. He first landed in Newfoundland, where he remained for a time; next he came to Boston, Mass., and then to this county, where he was the real founder of the Mamestown Seminary, and the originan source for Bible instruction, for which the community is so much indebted. He was found to be the right man in the right place. To him did many of the most eminent men of his day look up for instruction. His second wife, Elizabeth [Parr] Gamble, was also a native of Ireland, and by her he had eight children, seven living; Mary A., wife of James M. Snodgrass; Martha; Caroline; William J., married first Helen Beebe, who left two children, next he married Esther Bingham, who has three children; Andrew T., who is in California; Hugh M., our subject; and David, who is married to Samantha Mossman, and has three children. Our subject was educated in the Franklin Academy, where his father was Principal. He was brought up to hard labor, and when embarking out on life's career for himself he had no money--nothing but stout hands and a willing heart, and by frugality and unabating efforts he has secured a beautiful farm near the village of Jamestown. Here he lives and enjoys the confidence and re4spect of his many neighbors. Mr. Gamble was married in 1862, to Ellen, daughter of William McKee, who died in 1865, leaving one child--Wilson P. Mr. Gamble was next married to Ellen, daughter of the late William Dickey, and by this union there are four children: William D., Mary E., Maggie M. and Samuel C. In this volume apprars a portrait of our subject as a representative of the Gamble family who did so much for the village of Jamestown, in the way of educational interests. etc. It was preferable on the part of Mr. Gamble to have his father's portarit in the work, but as no likeness of the latter exists, he consents to appear himself. Mr. Gamble is a member and Ruling Elder of the United Presbyterian Church; is a sociable, affable gentleman, one who attends strictly to his own business and relies on his own judgement. W. J. Gamble and Esther Jane Gamble portraits appear on pages 348, 349. H. M. Gamble portrait appears on page 387. William Jenks Gamble is the half brother of John D. Gamble if I am interpreting the information corrrectly. Esther Jane Gamble is W. J.'s second wife. The information is a bit confusing in that it seems to indicate that both Rev. John Gamble and William Jenks Gamble are the father of the Hugh M. Gamble, the subject of the above. [Maybe it is the early morning foggy brain] There is more...........page 846 WILLIAM JENKS GAMBLE, physician and surgeon, Mosiertown, was born in Boston, Mass., December 23, 1824. His father, Rev. John Gamble, a native of Belfast, Ireland, of Scotch Presbyterian descent, born in 1777, married Miss Eliza Parr, born in 1785, in County Down, Ireland, and a descendant of the famous old Parr family of England. They immigrated to America in about 1807. Being educated for the ministry of the United Presbyterian Church, he adopted the profession of teaching and was engaged in Jamestown and Greenville Academies, makeing a specialty of classics and higher mathematics. After a long life of usefulness he died in 1844. His widow followed him in 1866. She was the mother of nine children. Our subject was educated in the Jamestown Seminary and Franklin Academy, and at the age of nineteen years he was teaching the English branches, mathematics, Latin and Greek languages. At the age of twenty-three he began the study of medicine under Dr. Gibson, of Jamestown. He graduated at the Eclectic Medical College, of Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1854. He had established himself at Mosiertown in 1851, prior to his taking the degree of M.D., and has since remained there. He married, December 12, 1865, Miss Helen M. Beebe, of Pleasantville, Venango Co., Penn., and of their three children William M. and Robert B. Survive. Mrs. Gamble died May 25, 1873. On December 18, 1876, the Doctor married Miss Esther J. Bingham, born in 1846, in eastern Pennsylvania, a daughter of Rev. Bingham, a native of Mercer, Mercer co., Penn., born in 1810, and died in Mosiertown in 1876; his widow survives. The present Mrs. Gamble has blessed her husband with three children: Eleanor, seven years old, John K., four years old, and Martha Elizabeth, *six months old. The Doctor has been averse to office, yet his neighbors, recognizing his worth and honesty, thrust upon him the position of Township Treasurer for two terms, and School Director for many years, and he has been willing to serve his share of the small offices where pay is not considered. He was firmly attached to the cause of the union, and has been a life-long adherent of the Republican party, to which he clings tenaciously. Our subject became a member of the National Eclectic Association, June 14, 1877. He is a physician of first class scientific attainments, and enjoys on of the most extensive practices in western Pennsylvania. Personally he is of splendid physizue, being six feet, three and a half inches in height and portly in proportion. Elsewhere in this volume will be found steel portraits of this worth citizen and representative physician of Crawford County and his good lady. * Born August 22, 1884 There is also a bio connected with the Snodgrass that married a Gamble woman and who studied under Dr. W. J. Gamble. I'm sorry that I don't have time to copy that at the moment. If you would like me to get you xerox copies of the portraits as well as the Snodgrass info, please send me your snail mail address and I will send those. Hope I haven't made too many typo errors. I did hurry a bit. Also hope this info is of some help to you. Karen Ahlgren Russell, PA [email protected]