Brief Life History of Jacob Francis
When Jacob Francis Cable was born on 27 November 1867, in Dorsey, Swain, North Carolina, United States, his father, William Daniel Cable, was 28 and his mother, Elizabeth Moore, was 29. He married Harriet Ingledove Pilkington on 20 April 1902, in Forneys Creek Township, Swain, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Yellow Creek, Graham, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years and Stecoah, Graham, North Carolina, United States in 1930. He died on 26 December 1932, at the age of 65, and was buried in Dorsey, Swain, North Carolina, United States.
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- J F Cable in household of William Cable, "United States Census, 1870"
- J. F. Cable, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Jake Cable, "Find A Grave Index"
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1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
1877 · Last Troops Leave
In 1877, the last of the troops that were occupying North Carolina left.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English: probably from the personal name Kabell', which may be a survival of Anglo-Saxon Ceadbeald, a compound of an originally Brittonic element cad ‘battle’ + Old English beald ‘brave, bold’.
English: metonymic occupational name for a maker of rope, especially the type of stout rope used in maritime applications, from Middle English cable ‘cable’ (from Late Latin capulum ‘halter’, a word of Arabic origin, but associated by folk etymology with Latin capere ‘to seize’).
English: metonymic occupational name for a horseman, from Middle English cabal ‘horse’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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