Jacob Cable (abt. 1730)

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Jacob was born about 1730. He is the son of Philip Cable and Maria Brady. ^[1]

Jacob married Mary Walker ^[2]

"About this time (1834) came the Cable brothers, Silas, Benjamin, and Issac from Morrow county. One of them settled about a mile below New Rochester on the Daniel Fish farm, one on the opposite side of the river about a quarter of a mile below there, and the other on the Eisenhour Ridge. The land was given them by their father. They evidently were not accustomed to the hardships of pioneer life, and had probably left homes of luxury and ease as the howling wolves, the shaking ague, the "pesky" mosquitoes, and various early privations were too much for them, and they resolved to return to their first love. They loaded their families and household goods in canoes and "set sail" down the Portage. But their voyage like their stay in the wilderness was attended by disaster. When they arrived about one mile below where Pemberville now is, one canoe containing their wives, children and clothing capsized and of course spilt the whole cargo into the river. Fortunately, none were drowned but they lost all their clothing. The three brothers are said to be the sons of Jacob and Mary (Walker) Cable."^[3]

Sources

• Roger Wehr, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Roger and others.

1. ↑ Entered by Roger Wehr, Feb 7, 2012
2. ↑ H. Austin Cooper, p. 150.
3. ↑ Wood County Sentinel," Thursday April 3, 1884

• H. Austin Cooper, Two Centuries of Brothersvalley, p. 150.

• Wood County Sentinel," Thursday April 3, 1884, Pioneer Notes - Freedom township...Three Cable brothers settled about the year 1834 in New Rochester.