General Notes

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Jonathan Cable married Elizabeth Crise
About 1811
Jonathan was born June 15, 1782 in Pennsylvania. Jonathan Cable, a pione
er settler of Pike Township, came to Pike Township in 1811 and bought Gove
rnment lands on which U.S. Quarry Tile Company is located. U.S. Quarry Ti
le Company is now U.S. Ceramics, which is a customer of Standard Plumbi
ng and Heating Company, which is run by the descendents of Jonathan and El
izabeth.
The early spelling of the Cable name places it in Germany. (Kable) T
he pioneer families also spoke German. Their family tradition classes th
em as "Pennsylvanian Dutch."  While living in Somerset county PA, this fam
ily spelled the name Kable, as was the custom of other German families liv
ing in other parts of the state of PA. After settling in Ohio this fami
ly changed the spelling of the name to Cabell as found in the will of Jona
than Cabell, dated 1845. Soon after the death of Jonathan Cable in 1847 t
he name was always spelled Cable as was the English spelling of this fami
ly as found in England since the Norman Conquest. Since Jonathan Cable le
ft no written family record of real history of his life, tradition must su
pply less concrete information. All markers in cemeteries in the vicini
ty of Sandyville, Ohio use this English spelling of the name with one exce
ption, that of a child who died in his fifth year and whose marker among t
he earlier burials of this family has the name, Charlie E. Cabell carv
ed on a white marble slab. This is probably that of a son of Jonathan a
nd Elizabeth Cabell and not otherwise recorded. This marker has been brok
en and defaced making identification family relation impossible. The na
me seems to have been mutated from the name of "Von Kobell" as indicat
ed by its different spellings. The 'Von' was omitted as a matter of conven
ience. the other mutations followed in an effort to substitute a suitab
le spelling to represent the umlaut 'o' as found in the original name.
Early in 1803 he married Barbara Specht of Somerset county, PA, of wh
ose parentage family tradition fails to note their names. many of the Spec
ht Family settled in Carrol County, Ohio early in the history of the count
y. Jonathan Cable was a cabinet maker and carpenter as well as a farmer. F
rom U.S. Census reports he lived in ShaDe Twp., Somerset Co, PA during t
he years of his first marriage, which seems to have been terminated by t
he death of his wife early in 1810 soon after the birth of Joseph her thi
rd child. His three young children were cared for by relatives, her paren
ts or his brother Jacob until his second marriage in 1811.
Early that year or late in 1810 he married Elizabeth Crise (Krise), d
aughter of Frederick Krise of this same vicinity. A little later membe
rs of the Krise family settled near Mineral City, Ohio a few miles from t
he home of Jonathan Cable.
In the early Spring of 1811 Jonathan Cable migrated with his second w
ife and three children by his first marriage to Carlton, a small settleme
nt near Yellow Creek, Jefferson County, Ohio, where his wife kept inn a
nd tavern while her husband prepared a home in the wilds of Pike Townshi
p, Stark County, Ohio. During the Summer of 1811, Jonathan and a hired m
an built a log house and cleared five acres for the first sowing of whea
t. After the wheat was sown Jonathan returned to Carlton to spend with Geo
rge Young and early settler in this hilly part of Pike Township often call
ed the 'Switzerland of Stark County, Ohio. Here on the North siDe of San
dy Creek he lived and died.
At this time, Pike Township was considered a "Howling Wilderness". He
re they began life in all it's frontier ruggedness. Here in their Weste
rn home they were not forgetful to entertain the stranger. The native Amer
ican Indians found hospitable entertainment at the home of the settlers.
He had bought a strip of land extending along the Southern bord
er of Pike Township from