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anniversary of their happy wedded life. They are among the most respected of our pioneer citizens and scores of friends took occasion to call upon them and extend congratulations.l’be weather was ideal for the golden wedding. Upon the lawn a platform had been built, trimmed in golden colors and decorated with flowers of the same hue. Upon the platform sat the bride and groom in two of the most comfortable chairs of leather that their proud and happy children could secure. Mrs. Gable the bride was in white and many claimed the time honored custom of kissing the bride, as they tendered their sincere congratulations.The eight sons and one daughter stood near by in a receiving line and it was with great pleasure that the friends greeted as fine a family group as it has ever been our lot to see, all children to be proud of.Nearby in the June sunshine played the grand children, a winning little group. In the parlor the gifts were displayed, a beautiful china dinner set, a clock, knives, forks, spoons and silver set, all beautiful and costly gifts in honor of the day. The parlors were decorated in roses. The dining room had yellow decorations and the room was profusely trimmed in green and with flowers.The refreshments were very nice and were served by the Misses Town, Kelly, Marshall, Raine and Gillmor. The favors were bows of yellow ribbon.Mr. Thuresson presented the silver given by the members of the M. E. Church in a very beautiful and touching address.Take it all in all it was a delightful day in which the friends shared Mr. and Mrs. Gable’s happiness withIt fell upon the young lad’si. wnu is pastor 01 tne .*etnuuisLchurch at Panama, Iowa and Chas. H. , who is attending college at Lincoln, shoulders to help the motherprov.dej for the family in their frontier home.MR, AND MRS. S. L. GABLE.Mr. S. L. Gable was born in York county, Penn., in 1831. His parents were Germans, who had settled in Pennsylvania in an early day. The father was a strong energetic man, having the persevering, honest and sturdy character that has made the German settlers in this country such a power for good.The mother had the same character-istics^as the father and was a strikingly handsome woman when young.Mr. Gable’s parents moved to Denison when lie was twelve years old. This makes Mr. Gable a continuous resident of Iowa for sixty three years. There were no schools in Iowa then and what education he has acquired been since he became a man, he his own teacher. He becameDeath came and robbed the home five members in one year, still they struggled on. Three brothers had found a place to work after a tramp of fifty miles but this was for meager wages.Mr. Gable killed his first deer when fourteen years old. He always managed to keep the larder supplied with game, there being an abundance of this in southern Iowa at this time. Deer, wild turkey, ducks and geese furnished the young mimrod with line sport.After a few years the mother married again and Mr. Gable then a young man went to Black Hawk countyWhen in a reminisent mood he can01 wnom sne nas any account wasJoseph Hampton who is said to have come over with William Penn. Her grandfather John Hampton married a Miss Betts who was a descendent of the Cory family of Scotland. Her father Cory Hampton married Emily Wation. Her ancestors, as far as known, all belonged to the Quaker church and several were ministers. In recalling some family history Mrs. Gable says “In those days nearly all heavy farm work was done with oxen. Horses were scarce and highly prized. My mother had a fine horse which was a great favorite of the family. She would mount this horse, take a babe in her arms, place one child on the gentle animal’s neck, and take the other two children up behind her and thus ride to church or to call on a neighbor.’’ She tells of how her mother,unused to hardships,braved all the privations of a frontier life in Ohio. Her father was a physician and well adapted for his profession though there was but little in the practice of medicine in those days. At last the patient loving mother a short illness, died, eaving sorrowing children but by her influence in life she had left them a rich legacy which has always remained with them. Mrs. Gable was but nine years old at this time. The breaking up of the home followed the death of the mother and Mrs. Gable found a home with an old uncle and aunt and here on a farm surrounded by the grand old forests of Ohio, she attended school, rambled among the woods and read and studied and became happy in this peaceful Quaker home.“Uncle Tom’s Cabin appeared in one of the magazines, this she was wont to read to her uncle and aunt. Her uncle would become very excitedI Con tinned on paired
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Denison Review
Denison, Iowa, US
Thu, Jun 14, 1906
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