(From another list -- Rosemary)
Source: CO-ROOTS-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: RALPH A. CABLE.
"History of Colorado", edited by Wilbur Fisk Stone, published
by The S. J.
Clarke Publishing Co. (1918) Vol. II
p. 468
RALPH A. CABLE.
Ralph A. Cable is ably filling the position of postmaster at
Windsor, to which office he was appointed on the 16th of
December,
1915, and is also identified with commercial pursuits as a
member of
the Cable Brothers Merchandise Company. His birth occurred in
New
Boston, Missouri, on the 14th of December, 1876, his parents
being J.
C. and Frances F. (Stone) Cable, the former a native of
Frankfort,
Kentucky, while the latter was born at New Boston, Missouri.
The
maternal grandfather of R. A. Cable resided on a farm near New
Boston,
Missouri, for sixty-five years and when he died there were
five
generations of the family living in the neighborhood. He
settled on the
place when a young man of twenty-five years and continued
thereon until
he passed away at the notable old age of ninety-one years. J.
C. Cable,
the father of R. A. Cable, devoted his attention to general
agricultural pursuits near New Boston, Missouri, until 1902,
when he
came to Colorado, taking up his abode at Brighton, where he
was engaged
in the hotel business until 1906. In that year he came to
Windsor, Weld
county, and here embarked in general merchandising in
partnership with
his three sons, M. T., J. S. and Ralph A., establishing the
Cable
Brothers Merchandise Company, under which style a profitable
and
growing business has since been conducted. Mr. and Mrs. Cable
and their
sons are all active in the management of the enterprise and
are well
known and highly esteemed as representative residents of their
section
of the state.
Ralph A. Cable, whose name introduces this review, was reared
and
educated at Chillicothe, Missouri, and after putting aside his
textbooks turned his attention to mercantile pursuits, being
employed
as a clerk in that connection for a period of seven years. At
the end
of that time he became associated with his father in the
conduct of the
latter's store at Windsor, this state, and has since remained
a factor
in its successful control. On the 16th of December, 1915, he
was
appointed postmaster of Windsor and since assuming the duties
of the
office on the 14th of February, 1916, has discharged them with
capability and fidelity. His office is of steel equipment and
one of
the best appointed and most modern in the state.
In September, 1899, Mr. Cable was joined in wedlock to Miss
Mary
J. Adamson, by whom he has four children: Vaughn H., Alonzo
R., Prances
M. and James P. The three first named are attending school.
Mr. Cable
gives his political allegiance to the democratic party and
while
residing in Brighton, Colorado, served as town alderman for
one term.
He has also served in that capacity at Windsor and enjoys an
enviable
reputation for trustworthiness and ability as a public
official. His
religious faith is that of the Christian church and his
upright and
honorable life has commended him to the confidence and esteem
of those
with whom he has come in contact.
--
Rosemary Miller
Johnstown, PA