Descriptive summary
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creator:
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Gable, Asenath
Hampton (1840-1907) |
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title:
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Papers |
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dates:
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1901, 1907 |
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extent:
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0.21 linear ft.
(1 half-document box) |
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collection number:
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MS
112 |
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repository:
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Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.
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Administrative
information
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access:
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Open for research
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publication rights:
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Consult Head, Special Collections Department
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preferred
citation:
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Asenath Hampton Gable Papers, MS 112, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.
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Biographical
note
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Asenath Hampton Gable was
born to Carey and Emily Hampton in Virginia on 2 July 1840. She
moved to Ohio when an infant and in 1855 went to Black Hawk County,
Iowa. She married Solomon Levi Gable on 12 June 1856, and they had
eleven children. The Gables farmed in Black Hawk and Van Buren
Counties before settling in Crawford County in 1858.
Asenath Hampton
Gable died on 8 July 1907 in Denison, Iowa, following a brief
illness. |
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Collection description
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The collection (1901, 1907) contains two obituaries of Asenath
Hampton Gable and a copy of her "Biographical Sketches of the
Hampton and Gable Families." She wrote these sketches in 1901 and
gave a handwritten copy to each of her children as a token of her
love. The copy in this collection was presented to her second
youngest child, Mearl Arthur Gable.
The biographical
sketches tell not only of the Gables' ancestry, but also of their
life including the hardships as well as the high points and how they
were sustained by courage and by faith. A substantial portion of
this family history was published in the book Pure Nostalgia,
edited by Carl Hamilton (Ames, Ia.: Iowa State University Press,
1979; Archives call no. CT 234 P87). |
Container list
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Folder |
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Dates |
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Obituaries |
1907 |
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2 |
"Biographical Sketches of the Hampton and Gable Families"
Contents:
Ancestors, p. 4
My Parents, p. 7
Early Recollections, p. 15
Uncle William and Aunt Asenath Doan, p. 19
My Step Mother, p. 24
Religious Experience, p. 28
Moving West, p. 36
Courtship and Marriage, p. 48
My Husband and His Relations, p. 54
My Brothers and Sisters, p. 68
House Keeping, p. 84
Amos Byron, p. 88
Moving and Visiting, p. 95
First Year in Crawford Co., p. 103
Ida Alice, p. 115
Renting another Farm, p. 117
George Harvy, p. 124
Buying a Farm and Indians, p. 129
Mary Emily, p. 149
Sore Eyes, The Draft, Close of the War, p. 151
Walter Hampton, p. 156
The Rail-Road, p. 160
Lewis Martin, p. 161
Sickness. New House, p. 164
Myrtle Effie, p. 170
Solomon Levi, p. 175
Edward Elery, p. 179
Grasshoppers, p. 183
Mearl Arthur, p. 185
Charles Hugh, p. 189
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1901 |
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