JOHN M. GAMBLE, the original
of this sketch is a well-known farmer, residing on section 35, range
26, Dover Township. He is a native of that State which has
given so many noted men to the service of its country, and which is
now proud to claim as citizens William McKinley and Secretary
Foster, as he was born in Holmes County, Ohio, September 22,
1845.
John M. is a son of Jams and Nancy (Wood)
Gamble, both natives of the Buckeye State. His mother was
a daughter of John Wood, who was a native of Maryland.
Comparatively little is known of the ancestry of either side of the
family, but our subject's paternal grandfather, Maj. Gamble,
was a native of Ireland, and he has mixed Scotch and Irish blood in
his veins.
When John Gamble was eight years of age, his
parents removed to Springfield, Ill., or the immediate vicinity.
That was our subject's home until 1876,and during the interval he
attended the common school and helped his father to develop the home
farm. At the date last mentioned, Mr. Gamble removed to
Missouri and settled in LaFayette County on a farm, and has devoted
himself to the improvement of the same until the present time.
His tract comprises two hundred and sixteen acres, all of which is
under cultivation, and which bears the impress of modern
agricultural evolution. The best agricultural machinery is
here found, and the methods employed in cultivating and fertilizing
are such as are approved by the latest science. His house and
barn are well built an answer all requirements.
It is fitting, considering his birth and bringing up,
that Mr. Gamble should be a follower of that party which since the
war has developed the resources of this country and produced an
unparalleled affluence. In May of 1886, our subject married
Miss Ida, a daughter of James T. Campbell, of
Higginsville, this county. She has since presided over her
home with dignity and capability, and has brought into it a happy
influence, which only the presence of a woman can diffuse.
(Source: Portrait & Biographical Record of Lafayette & Saline
Counties, Missouri - Chicago: Chapman Bros.: 1893 - Page 479 |
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