GABLE, Jacob H.

GABLE, EBY, CLOUSER, SCHWARTZ

Posted By: Nettie Mae
Date: 1/18/2003 at 15:23:03

SOURCE: "Biographical history of Crawford, Ida and Sac Counties, Iowa" Lewis Pub. Co., Chicago, 1893

JACOB H. GABLE, of Denison, Iowa, is one of the enterprising citizens of Sac county,
where he located in 1876, settling in Clinton township before a railroad had entered the
county. Mr. Gable is a native of Newport, Perry county, Pennsylvania, having been born
there July 10, 1854, son of John and Elizabeth (Eby) Gable, of Pennsylvania, but direct
descendants of German ancestry. Both the father and mother of our subject are residents
of Mahaska county, Iowa, where Mr. Gable, Sr. is a farmer and minister of the German
Baptist (Dunkard) Church, having served in that capacity for a number of years since
1868.

Our subject came to Clinton county, Iowa with his parents from Carroll county,
Illinois, where they had resided for two years, having come to the Prairie State from
Pennsylvania. He was reared to farm life and educated in the public schools of that day.
Upon attaining his majority he came to Sac county, Iowa, and spent his first year in
farming. He then assisted in constructing the grade for the Northwestern railroad, after
which he clerked at Odebolt in a general store for about a year. Prior to this he taught the
first school in Odebolt, Iowa, in a hall which was used for that purpose and the school was
conducted under the subscription plan. In 1879 he accepted the position of telegraph
operator for the Northwestern railroad at Odebolt, May, 1879, and remained here until
September 14, 1879, when he was at Sac City for two months, and in December, 1881,
when he was transferred to Denison, remained until 1888, when he was again promoted to
the office of traveling passenger agent for the F.R. & M. V. and S. C. & P. R. R., his
territory comprising eleven States, and at times he is called upon to look after outside
territory. Long experience, as well as natural adaptability, has made Mr. Gable very
proficient in his work.

Mr. Gable was married in Pennsylvania, December 28, 1880, to Miss Fannie A.
Clouser, a native of New Bloomfield, Perry county, Pennsylvania, of German descent.
Mrs. Gable was the daughter of Francis B. and Mary (Schwartz) Clouser, now deceased.
Mr. and Mrs. Gable are the parents of four children, namely: Francis J., Blanche E., Vida
and an infant; the two latter are deceased. Politically Mr. Gable is a Republican of the
stanchest type. Socially he is a member of the A. F. & A. M., being connected with
Diamond Lodge, No. 422, Ark Chapter, No. 89, Dunlap; Mt. Zion Commandery, No. 49;
K. of P., Dawdell Lodge, No. 90. He is also a member of the Inter-national Order of
Railway Ticket Agents. Mr. Gable has always faithfully performed all the duties assigned
him and is now giving entire satisfaction in his present capacity.