1882 History of Linn County, Missouri

BIOGRAPHY

JOSEPH GAMBLE                                                   Brookfield and Brookfield Twp., page 758

“proprietor of the city garden, Brookfield, Missouri, was born in Leicestershire, England, July 24, 1828.  His father was a shepherd, and as such our subject was reared and spent his younger days.  After receiving a fair education, he was put out to service when thirteen years old, his parents receiving his wages until he was nineteen.  He began for himself by working on the Rugby & Stamford Railroad, on which he was employed three years.  He was employed as a game-keeper for Colonel George Anthony Lee Keck, Esquire, of Stonghton Hall, three and one-half years, and as a shepherd for William Gifford, Esquire, of Leicestershire, for six and one-half years.  In 1863 he came to America, and located at Fort Wayne, Indiana, securing employment as groom and gardener for Hon. Samuel Hanna until 1869.  That year he came to Brookfield and established the city garden.  Mr. Gamble has been twice married.  His first wife was Sarah Pollard, of England, to whom he was married in June, 1850, and of whom he was deprived by death before he left England in 1863.  There were born to them three children by this union, Joseph, Caroline, wife of Solomon Johns, of St. Catharine, Missouri, and David, now living in Iowa.  His second marriage was to Anna Robinson, of Brookfield, formerly of England, in 1869l by whom he has two children, Horace Hanna, and Lizzie, both at home.  Mr. Gamble and wife are both members of Grace Episcopal Church, at Brookfield, and he is a member of Hope Lodge, No. 29, Ancient Order of United Workmen, of Brookfield.”

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