Cable Family Collection 1866-1972 1895-1916
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Cable, Laurence
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Cable, Frank T., 1863-
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Cable Family
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Cable, Edward
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Cable
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Laurence Cable (Lorenz Kobul) was born on 9 April 1824 along the Franco-German border in Siegen, Alsace-Lorraine. Following an older brother's footsteps, Laurence emigrated to the United States on 29 March 1843 to avoid conscription into the French military. Approximately fifty-seven days later, the nineteen-year-old immigrant arrived at New Orleans, where he soon departed for Washington, Indiana to visit his brother. Following a visit to Sandusky, Laurence worked during the next fe...