The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-09-17
THE GABLE REUNION
Happy Mother Presided At Table
With us Descendants

New Sharon Star: The Gable fam
lily reunion. held at the E. L. Gable
home last Wednesday and Thursday,
was certainly a notable and an in.
teresting gathering.
The happy , mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Gable, OF Ollie, la, who is now in
her eighythird year, presided at
the table where were seated at each
meal. nearly one hundred of her di.
rect descendants. The twelve child
rem were all present and the bonds
of fellowship and love between them
and their numerous relatives were
drawn just a little tighter by the
happy meeting.
Probably no other family in the
state could assemble 80 large a body
of direct descendants as was pres.
ent at this reunion. The Ingerson
family of Clinton county are the
nearest competitors, they having -
children and about 100 direct de
scendants.
Mrs. Elizabeth Gable, the head of
this remarkable family, built the
foundation of health and strength for
her children. She fought against the
causes that lead to sickness and ner.
vousness with vigilence that with
stood all danger Her eight children
we're raised to adult years without a
doctor ever entering the home, eX.
cept once when one of the boys had
broken his arm. Temperance in all
things was a virtue which she prac.
ticed herself to no less a degree than
she enforced upon her children. And
today, although she is in her eighty.
third year, Mrs. Gable is as healthy
and hearty as any member of the
family.
Mrs. Gable and her husband who
died in 1902, were of Pennsylvania
Dutch stock. She was born in
Franklin county, Pa They moved
to Illinois in 1864, and to Clinton
county, Iowa, in 1867. In 1884, Mr.
and Mrs. Gable moved with their
family to a farm which they bought
four miles southeast of New Sharon,
the place now owned by Tom Gosnell.
Here they lived for ten years, when
they moved to Ollie, where Mrs. Ga.
little home.
The elder John Gable was one OF
six children and Mrs. Elizabeth Gable
was OIe vi SeNtu anu she
| is the only surviving number of both
families.
This was the third reunion of the
! family. The first was held IA years
ago at Ollie, when 81 were present.
The second was held at the Z. L.
Gable home three years ago, when 81
were present AT the gathering last
week there were 10S members of the
family, representing four genera
| tons, and distant relatives and
friends which brought the total mum
Der present up to about 1875. Since
the first reunion only two deaths
nave occurred in the family-the
| father, John Gable, and a daughter
| of J. f. Gable. Since the second re
union, there have been two marriages
and nine births.
| The twelve children were all pres
ent and are as follows:
J. +. Gable, Cedar Rapids. la, who
| is the oldest child and honorary pres
ident of the reunion.
Jacob n. Gable, DenisOn, la, who
| is travelling passenger agent for the
c. & N. w. Ry.
Mrs. Anna T. Peck, DIN, la.
w. A. Gable, Bellingham, Wash.
r. NJ Gable, Lost Nation, Iowa.
Mrs. Mary Gillian, Ollie, Iowa.
Mrs. S. Ella Hammer, Ruthven, la.
Mrs. Emma Eby, Monmouth, la.
Geo. A. Gable, New Sharon.
Ira A. Gable, Salmon, Idaho.
f. l.. Gable, New Sharon
B. J. Gable, Searsboro, la.
A telegram was received from Mrs.
Carrie Eby LETTERS and her brother
John S. Ely. of Newport, Pa, who
expressed the wish that they might
be with their cousins at the reunion.
A telegram of greetings was sent in
reply.
For the entertainment and instruc.
tions of those attending the reunion,
Charles f. Spann and wife of Oska.
loOsa We're invited to the Gable home
and they brought with them hundreds
of curios from British East Africa
where they were located as Friends
missionaries for three years.