Rev. John Gamble and Eliza Dixon

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Husband Rev. John Gamble ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1777 - Belfast, Ireland 4
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           Died: 30 Jan 1845 - Pennsylvania 4 5
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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Eliza Parr (1785-1871) 4

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Wife Eliza Dixon ⁶

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           Born: 
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           Died: Abt 1813 - Ireland
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Children

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1 M John D. Gamble ⁷

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           Born: 15 Mar 1813 - Ireland 7
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           Died: Aft 1885
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         Spouse: Mary Baird (      -      ) 6
           Marr: 2 May 1837 6

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. John Gamble

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He and his wife immigrated to America in about 1807. Being educated for the ministry of the United Presbyterian Church, he adopted the profession of teaching and was engaged in Jamestown and Greenville Academies, making a specialty of classics and higher mathematics. [HCC 1885, 846]

He came to America in 1821, as a missionary for the Presbyterian Church of Ireland, and being a classical scholar he turned his attention to the profession of teaching for a part of his time. He first landed in Newfoundland, where he remained for a time; next he came to Boston, Massachusetts, and then to Crawford County, Pennsylvania, where he was the founder of the Jamestown Seminary, and the original source for Bible instruction.

He came to America from the North of Ireland in 1821, and gave considerable time to teaching. He conducted for a time a private school at Boston, Massachusetts, and afterward was the head of a similar school at Baltimore, Maryland. From that city he removed to Franklin, Pennsylvania, where he established Franklin Academy. He finally settled at Jamestown, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, where he founded the Jamestown Seminary. [PAH, 352]

He had six children with his first wife; she died shortly after the birth of John D., leaving three children.
He and his second wife had nine children.

1 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 846, 994.

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

3 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 352.

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

5 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1207.

6 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 994.

7 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 993.