James Gamble (industrialist)
| James Gamble | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
April 3, 1803 Enniskillen, Ireland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[1] |
| Died |
April 29, 1891 (aged 88) Cincinnati, Ohio, USA |
| Nationality | British-American |
| Occupation |
Soapmaker and industrialist Co-founder of Procter & Gamble |
| Relatives | William Procter (brother-in-law) |
James Gamble (April 3, 1803 – April 29, 1891) was an Irish soap maker and industrialist.[1][2] He was the co-founder and co-eponym of Procter & Gamble Company in 1837, along with William Procter.
Early life
Gamble was born near Enniskillen in present-day Northern Ireland and went to Portora Royal School.[3]
Gamble went into business with Wiliam Procter after they became related by marriage. Gamble's wife Elizabeth Ann Norris was the sister of Procter's wife Olivia Norris. The pair's father-in-law, Alexander Norris, first suggested that the two go into business together in 1837 and consequently Procter & Gamble was born.[3][4]
Gamble died on April 29, 1891 from natural causes.[2] He is interred in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati.[5]
Procter, who preceded his partner Gamble in death, is also buried at Spring Grove Cemetery.[6]
Family life
Gamble and Elizabeth Ann (Norris) Gamble had ten children,[1][3] including James Norris Gamble (August 9, 1836 - July 2, 1932) who became Vice President of Procter & Gamble and was the chemist who devised the formula for Ivory soap.[1] James Norris Gamble married Margaret Penrose; he died in his sleep on July 2, 1932 in Cincinnati and is interred in Spring Grove Cemetery.[7][8]
Gamble's grandson William married Franzeska Wilhelmina (Fanny) Nast, the daughter of the Rev. William Nast, a German-American Methodist preacher. Fanny was the first woman to graduate from German Wallace College in Berea, Ohio.[9]
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 "James Gamble". NNDB. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
- 1 2 "James Gamble grave burial information" (PDF). Spring Grove Cemetery. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
- 1 2 3 "Typhoid Mary and other curiosities in Irish biography". BBC News. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
- ↑ "James Gamble". Ohio Biography. Archived from the original on January 24, 2010. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
- ↑ "Spring Grove Cemetery". news.cincinnati.com. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
- ↑ Stradling, David (Oct 1, 2003). Cincinnati: From River City to Highway Metropolis. Arcadia Publishing. p. 35. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
- ↑ "James Norris Gamble grave burial information" (PDF). Spring Grove Cemetery. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
- ↑ "Spring Grove Cemetery interment information". Spring Grove Cemetery. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
- ↑ Wittke, Carl Frederick (1959). William Nast, patriarch of German Methodism. Wayne State University Press. pp. 218–219.