Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Robert Bruce Gamble and Nella M. White




Husband Robert Bruce Gamble 1 2

           Born: 28 Jun 1871 - Mosiertown, Crawford Co, PA 2
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         Father: Dr. William Jenks Gamble (1824-1888) 1 3
         Mother: Helen M. Beebe (      -1873) 1 4


       Marriage: 5 Jul 1900 - Dunkirk, Chautauqua Co, NY 2



Wife Nella M. White 2

           Born: 4 Jul 1879 - Fredonia, Chautauqua Co, NY 2
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         Father: Charles F. White (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Jane Elizabeth Millen (      -      ) 2




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General Notes: Husband - Robert Bruce Gamble


After attending the elementary schools, he was graduated from the Meadville High School in the class of 1890, and from the Allegheny College in the class of 1893, receiving his degree of Bachelor of Arts from the latter institution. He then commenced his studies in the medical department of the University of Buffalo, and was graduated from that institution in the class of 1896 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He was the resident surgeon of the Rochester City Hospital, 1896-97, and located in Meadville, Pennsylvania, in September, 1897, opening an office in the Phoenix Block, where he was located until January, 1903. He acquired an extensive and lucrative practice, and won the affection as well as the confidence of his numerous patients. In 1903 he purchased the property at Chestnut and Park avenues, and opened an office there which he continued until his removal to Diamond Park. His political allegiance was always with the Republican party, in whose interests he was active. He served five years as health officer for Meadville, nine years as county physician, and one term as school controller. In 1889 he enlisted as a private in Company B, Fifteenth Infantry National Guard of Pennsylvania, and rose through the various grades until he was appointed captain in 1897. He served as captain of the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry during the Spanish-American war, and was mustered out with his regiment at Athens, Georgia, January 31, 1899. In 1913 he was major of the Sixteenth Infantry National Guard of Pennsylvania. He was a member of Crawford Lodge, No. 234, Free and Accepted Masons. He held the rank of past exalted ruler in Meadville Lodge, No. 219, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He was a member of Crawford Lodge, No. 734, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Iroquois Boating and Fishing Club; Meadville Country Club. [GPHWP, 1161]

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Sources


1 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 846.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1161.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1160.

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 536.


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