Brief Life History of James Benjamin
When James Benjamin Gamble was born on 13 October 1820, in Pine Creek Township, Clinton, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Gamble, was 34 and his mother, Sarah Blackwell, was 29. He married Rebecca Gamble on 3 February 1848. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Bastress, Bastress Township, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900. He died on 25 October 1907, in Nippenose Township, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Jersey Shore Cemetery, Jersey Shore, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- James Gambell, "United States Census, 1870"
- James Gamble, "Find A Grave Index"
- James Gamble in entry for Willard Newton Gamble, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
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1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
1839
Historical Boundaries 1839: Clinton, Pennsylvania, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: from the personal name Gamall, Gamal (Old Norse gamall ‘old’). The medial [b] has developed as a transitional consonant between [m] and [l], as in thimble (from Old English thȳmel).
Altered form of German Gambel .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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