Clinton, Iowa newspaper that was not identified. Thomas's son Thomas and John were mayors of Clinton, Iowa and Muscatine, Iowa, respectively.
Thomas Wilson Gobble was born in Washington County, Virginia, August 20, 1818. His father, Isaac Gobble, was the son of George Gobble, one of the first settlers of the Holston River neighborhood in Virginia. His mother was Elizabeth Musick. He married Mary Smith McCulloch, October 18, 1838. On September 5, 1844, he started for Iowa, in a two-horse wagon, and landed safe in Jefferson County, October 9, 1844. Here he built a log house on a tract of land in Locust Grove Township, which he obtained from the United States Government in 1845, and held until his death. He established a grocery store at Abingdon in 1853, in which all of his sons were trained in the mercantile business.
The children of Thomas Wilson Gobble and Mary Smith McCulloch Gobble were : Mary, who died in infancy, in 1840; Margaret Jane, who was born April 19, 1843, married George Schriner, and died in March, 1928; Thomas McCulloch, whose name heads this review, married Delilah Ream, May 26, 1870, and died January 31, 1926; John McCulloch, who was born October 10, 1849, died in 1913; Charles Hardy, who was born July 23, died March 12, 1924.
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Andrew Michaelsen
Clinton, Iowa newspaper that was not identified. Thomas's son Thomas and John were mayors of Clinton, Iowa and Muscatine, Iowa, respectively.
Thomas Wilson Gobble was born in Washington County, Virginia, August 20, 1818. His father, Isaac Gobble, was the son of George Gobble, one of the first settlers of the Holston River neighborhood in Virginia. His mother was Elizabeth Musick. He married Mary Smith McCulloch, October 18, 1838. On September 5, 1844, he started for Iowa, in a two-horse wagon, and landed safe in Jefferson County, October 9, 1844. Here he built a log house on a tract of land in Locust Grove Township, which he obtained from the United States Government in 1845, and held until his death. He established a grocery store at Abingdon in 1853, in which all of his sons were trained in the mercantile business.
The children of Thomas Wilson Gobble and Mary Smith McCulloch Gobble were : Mary, who died in infancy, in 1840; Margaret Jane, who was born April 19, 1843, married George Schriner, and died in March, 1928; Thomas McCulloch, whose name heads this review, married Delilah Ream, May 26, 1870, and died January 31, 1926; John McCulloch, who was born October 10, 1849, died in 1913; Charles Hardy, who was born July 23, died March 12, 1924.
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Andrew Michaelsen
Family Members
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Margaret Jane Gobble Shriner
1843–1928
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Thomas McCulloch Gobble
1846–1926
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John McCulloch Gobble
1849–1914
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Charles Hardy Gobble
1853–1924
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Harriet M. Gobble
1858–1860
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Lee Taylor Gobble
1859–1930
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Annie Mosely Gobble Linder
1862–1934
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Hester L Gobble Mowery
1864–1942
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Frank Gobble
1868–1954
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Nellie Gobble
1870–1872
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Wilson Berton Gobble
1874–1952
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Mabel E. Gobble Hawthorne
1881–1935
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