Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Richard Keeney Gamble and Mary M. Herring




Husband Richard Keeney Gamble 1

           Born: 7 Feb 1824 1
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         Father: George Gamble (1795-      ) 2
         Mother: Anna Keeney (1798-      ) 2


       Marriage: 21 Dec 1852 1



Wife Mary M. Herring 1

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Children

General Notes: Husband - Richard Keeney Gamble


After leaving college he accepted a position in the home of a Southern planter.
He married the daughter of a planter, and became a planter, owning a number of slaves. He was drafted into the Confederate army, but remained loyal to the cause of the Union and escaped service on account of being a justice of the peace.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 269.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 269, 347.


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