George Cable Biography
As published in
"The City of Kenosha and Kenosha County Wisconsin: A Record of Settlement,
Organization, Progress and Achievement"
by Frank H. Lyman Vol. 2, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, 1916.
George Cable is the owner of a rich and productive tract of land of about
twenty-four acres on Selma avenue in Kenosha, where he is engaged in market
gardening, and his products are of such size, quality and flavor that he finds a
ready market for all that he produces. He was born in Suffolk, England, February
16, 1848, a son of James and Harriet (Riches) Cable, who spent their entire
lives in England. It was in that country that George Cable attended school and
after his textbooks were put aside he stared out to earn his living and spent a
number of years in the vicinity of London. He learned the butcher's trade and in
addition to work along that line he was employed in a hotel. The opportunities
of the new world attracted him and in 1871 he crossed the Atlantic, making his
way to Kenosha, where he remained for a year or more. He afterward entered the
employ of O. S. Head and subsequently became bath man at Gatchel's Water Cure,
where he continued for a year and a half. Subsequently he worked on a farm and
at length he built a fine home at the edge of Kenosha on Selma avenue, where he
planted large numbers of trees. He now has nine hundred evergreens upon his
place, which comprises about twenty-four acres of land. His home is one of the
attractive dwellings in his part of the city, built in modern style of
architecture and supplied with all the equipments, accessories and conveniences
known to the model home of the present day. He is engaged in market gardening
and so thoroughly understands and manages the business that success in large
measure is crowning his efforts.
Mr. Cable was married in Kenosha, about 1878, to Miss Minnie Cable and they
became the parents of four children, namely: Clara, Isabelle and Edna, all at
home; and Louisa, who is the wife of Samuel Sorensen, of Kenosha. The wife and
mother has passed away.
Mr. Cable was reared in the Church of England and his daughers are members of
the Congregational church. Since becoming a naturalized American citizen he has
given his political allegiance to the republican party and has filled the office
of town supervisor for two terms. He also served as school treasurer for three
or four years and he has cooperated in many movements and plans for the
upbuilding and improvement of the district in which he lives. His has been an
active and useful life frought with good results in the attainment of success,
while his many sterling traits have gained for him the confidence and goodwill
of all with whom he has been brought in contact.
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