Individual Details

John Cable

(April 22, 1847 - December 5, 1924)

John Cable was born in Somerset County Pennsylvania, the first child of Jonathan Cable and Eliza Frey. By 1850 the Cable family was in Wisconsin, then in Iowa, they farmed. John was a railroad contractor and is listed as an inventor in his obituary. He married Frances Allen they had a son Chauncey. John died December 5th, 1924 at the Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago and is buried at Peasant Grove Cemetery, headstone not yet found summer 2020

Events

BirthApril 22, 1847Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States
Census1850Jefferson, Green, Wisconsin, United States
Census1880Edson, Chippewa, Wisconsin, United States
Census1885Haven, Sherburne, Minnesota, United States
MarriageFebruary 13, 1890Ramsey, Minnesota, United States - Frances E. Allen
Census1910Seattle, King, Washington, United States
ResidenceJune 5, 1917Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
DeathDecember 5, 1924Cook, Illinois, United States
BurialDecember 8, 1924Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Floyd, Iowa, United States
OccupationInventor
OccupationRailroad contractor

Families

SpouseFrances E. Allen (1848 - 1901)
ChildChauncey Jerome Cable (1891 - 1973)
FatherJonathan Cable (1807 - 1895)
MotherEliza Frey (1823 - 1857)
SiblingChancey J. Cable (1850 - 1910)
SiblingWilliam Smythe Cable (1852 - 1926)
SiblingSarah Cable (1855 - 1912)
SiblingViolletta Cable (1857 - 1942)

Notes

Residence

Son Chauncey's WW1 draft registration, exempt as he is taking care of aged father

Occupation

Inventor is his occupation in Iowa Recorder obituary, probably written by Mary Fries Cable, sister in law.

Endnotes

1. State of Illinois, Department of Public Health, Division of Vital Statistics. Vital certificate. Cable, John 1924, Chicago, Illinois death certificate no. 30114. Cookcountygenealogy.com, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago, IL, Certificate number 30114.

2. Iowa Recorder, The Digital Archives of the Greene (Greene, Iowa) Public Library, 1924 Dec 10 page 9 of 16 column 4 midway.

3. United States Census 1850 database, FamilySearch.org, 14 June 2016. Citing NARA microfilm publication M432, Washington, D.C., FHL 444986, Digital Folder 004206485, Image 00035 (12 of 17).

4. Ancestry.com, 1880 US Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com, 2010), Year: 1880; Census Place: Edson, Chippewa, Wisconsin; Roll: 1419; Family History Film: 1255419; Page: 336D; Enumeration District: 186.

5. Ancestry.com, Minnesota, Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905 (Ancestry.com: Provo, UT, USA, 2007), 1885.

6. , , FHL 001314517, Digital folder 005193351, image 00382 (382 of 715), , ; Database with images, FamilySearch.org (FamilySearch.org : accessed ).

7. Ancestry.com, 1910 US Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com, 2006), Year: 1910; Census Place: Seattle Ward 2, King, Washington; Roll: T624_1658; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0070; FHL microfilm: 1375671.

8. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital image, National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards (https://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww1/draft-registration : accessed ); citing Microfilm publication M1509.

9. State of Illinois, Department of Public Health, Division of Vital Statistics. Vital certificate. Cable, John 1924, Chicago, Illinois death certificate no. 30114. Cookcountygenealogy.com, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago, IL, Certificate number 30114.

10. Iowa Recorder, The Digital Archives of the Greene (Greene, Iowa) Public Library, 1924 Dec 10 page 9 of 16 column 4 midway.

11. State of Illinois, Department of Public Health, Division of Vital Statistics. Vital certificate. Cable, John 1924, Chicago, Illinois death certificate no. 30114. Cookcountygenealogy.com, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago, IL, Certificate number 30114.

12. Iowa Recorder, The Digital Archives of the Greene (Greene, Iowa) Public Library, 1924 Dec 10 page 9 of 16 column 4 midway.

13. Iowa Recorder, The Digital Archives of the Greene (Greene, Iowa) Public Library, 1924 Dec 10 page 9 of 16 column 4 midway.