Person:Hugh Gamble (1)

From A History of Richland County, Ohio

GAMBLE, HUGH, was born in Saratoga Co., N.Y., Oct. 21, 1789. His father, James Gamble, was a farmer, and Hugh received his early education as farmers' sons of those days usually did. He immigrated to Richland Co., in 1823 and entered the farm on which he now resides; he returned to New York some time afterward, and remained until 1828, when he returned; his brother John came about 1823, and his father about 1825. Mr. Gamble has held very many trusts, and was honored with many positions in the State and neighborhood; he was elected Justice of the Peace in 1834; this office he filled nine years; he was elected to the Ohio Legislature in 1835, and re-elected in 1838 and 1839; he was on several important committees; he was appointed by the Legislature Assocate Judge of Richland Co., in which capacity he served seven years, presiding as Presdent Judge for five terms; he was one of the Board f Directors of the Sandusky & Mansfield R.R., and was appointed a committee by that board to receive the transfer of the Sandusky and Monroeville R.R. to the Sandusky & Mansfield road; he was appointed by the Legislature to lay out numerous State roads, and has helped to lay out many of the county and township roads. He was a man of muscle as well as brain, as he cleared a large part of the farm he now occupies. He was an enthusiastic agriculturist; he has also given horticulture considerable attention and study, and a number of the ladies of Shelby remember the beautiful flowers he brought to town; he was the third President of the Agricultural Society of Richland Co. He has been three times married, and has several daughters who are married, and who reside in the neighborhood.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Ohio, United States. Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997
   v 1 p 188, 02 Oct 1880.

   Hugh Gamble, b. 1790 in New York, a married farmer, d. 02 Oct 1880 in Sharon Township, Richland County, Ohio.

2. ↑ Hugh Gamble, in Find A Grave.

   No date of birth on marker. Masonic symbol.

3. ↑ Richland, Ohio, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   p 187.

   Hugh Gamble, 90, b. 1790 in New York, head of household, living in Sharon Township, Richland County, Ohio, with his wife, Mary, 80, b. in New Jersey, & child, Catharine Gamble, 30. Father b. in New York. Mother b. in Rhode Island. Retired farmer.

4.   Sharon Township Biographies, in Graham, Albert Adams. History of Richland County, Ohio (including the original boundaries): its past and present, containing a condensed comprehensive history of Ohio, including the outline history of the Northwest; a complete history of Richland County, miscellaneous matter; map of the county; biographies and histories of the most prominent families, etc. etc. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972)
   882-883.