They had following children: Samuel, Permelia, Patrick Kinchen Jr., John, William, Clarissa, Henry, James, Levi Jackson, Josiah, Elizabeth and Nancy Gamble.
Served in the West Tennessee Militia 28 Jan 1814 - 10 May 1814 in the War of 1812 under his middle name Kinchen. He is recognized by the United States Daughters of 1812 and is listed with them as ancestor #10443.
Legends about Paddy Kay:
One story of Paddy Kay was that he was found in the woods as a baby by some woodcutters and they tossed dice to see who would keep him and thus the name Gamble came about. Another story is that he came down from Tennessee with some gamblers to Blount Springs, Alabama. It was a gambling town back then. When the game was over, the men wondered what to do with Paddy Kay, so they put him on a stump and told him to choose his new master. He looked around and chose Josiah McCollum because he was big and fat and looked like he had plenty to eat.
*Josiah McCollum was an actual close friend of the Gamble family, as is seen on the 1850 census. Josiah and his wife Elizabeth lived about ten houses down from the Gambles that year, and Paddy Kay and Fannie had Josiah's father, John McCollum, living with them during that time.
They had following children: Samuel, Permelia, Patrick Kinchen Jr., John, William, Clarissa, Henry, James, Levi Jackson, Josiah, Elizabeth and Nancy Gamble.
Served in the West Tennessee Militia 28 Jan 1814 - 10 May 1814 in the War of 1812 under his middle name Kinchen. He is recognized by the United States Daughters of 1812 and is listed with them as ancestor #10443.
Legends about Paddy Kay:
One story of Paddy Kay was that he was found in the woods as a baby by some woodcutters and they tossed dice to see who would keep him and thus the name Gamble came about. Another story is that he came down from Tennessee with some gamblers to Blount Springs, Alabama. It was a gambling town back then. When the game was over, the men wondered what to do with Paddy Kay, so they put him on a stump and told him to choose his new master. He looked around and chose Josiah McCollum because he was big and fat and looked like he had plenty to eat.
*Josiah McCollum was an actual close friend of the Gamble family, as is seen on the 1850 census. Josiah and his wife Elizabeth lived about ten houses down from the Gambles that year, and Paddy Kay and Fannie had Josiah's father, John McCollum, living with them during that time.
Family Members
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Samuel Gamble
1819–1895
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Permelia Gamble McMurry
1820–1885
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Kinchen Gamble
1824–1913
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William Marion Gamble
1825–1900
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Pvt John Gamble
1826–1904
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Clarissa Jane Gamble Ward
1828–1912
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James Gamble
1834–1895
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Thomas Jackson Gamble
1837–1901
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Henry Gamble
1839–1871
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Josiah "Bud" Gamble
1840–1905
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Elizabeth Gamble Sapp
1842–1891
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