Person:Burton Gable (1)

"Our County and It's People", by Bates, page 923.

Burt G. Gable, proprieter of the New Gable House, Meadville, was born April 2, 1870, a son of Charles and nancy (Stainbrook) Gable. Mr. Gable the father, was for thirty-five years owner and manager of the Gable House. He reomved from Mead township to Meadville in 1863 and open this wellknown hostelry, which he conducted until three years prior to his death, January 29, 1898. He was a Pennsylvanian by birth and spent the greater part of his active life in Crawford county. He was born in 1830.

His only son, Burt G., continues the management of the hotel, and reorganized the same under the name of the New gable House, refitting and refurnishing it throughout, making a modern hostelry with many features unexcelled only in the larger cities. Mr. Gable has had experience as a clerk in the new Colt House, and four years as chief clerk in the Liebel House at Erie, Pennsylvania. He was educated in the public schools of Meadville and Allegheny College, and is a member of Meadville Lodge, No. 219, B.P.O.E.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Stainbrook, Margaret Collins, compiler. "The Stainbrook-Steinbrook Family", 1983, page 132.
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Gable Family File, Crawford County Genealogical Society Library, Meadville, Pennsylvania.
3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 United States Government, Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of the Census. 1880 Census, Pennsylvania, Crawford County, Meadville - Charles Gable. (Name: 1880 Census, Series T9, Roll 1120, Page 329; Pennsylvania, Crawford County, Meadville, Ward 4, Page 5A, Supervisor's District 10, Enumeration District 107, 8 June 1880, Line 45, 885 Water Street, Dwelling 54, Family 54;).