James Bable - Bishop Post, G.A.R.

Born in 1839, James Bable spent most of his life in Paulding County, first with his parents, Joseph and Jane Bable, and later with his wives, Caroline Matty and Diana (Diadama) Forsyth.  

He first enlisted as a private in Company G, 14th Ohio Infantry on April 22, 1861, for a three month term.  After being discharged from that in August, 1861, he reenlisted in Company C, 68th Ohio Infantry in November of that year and he served until the end of the war. Company C was made up of mostly Paulding County men. In the 1890 veterans census, James noted that he had suffered from sunstroke on July 5, 1863; his unit would have been at the battle of Vicksburg in Mississippi.

James Bable married his first wife in July, 1860, before his enlistment.  When she died in July, 1866, he married again rather quickly, perhaps because a young child was left motherless.  In September of that year, he married Diana Forsyth. (Diadama on the wedding record.)  The couple settled in Auglaize Township, Paulding County where they can be found on censuses through 1910.  Diana had 14 children, but in 1900, only 10 were living.  

James worked as a day laborer here and there.  For awhile, he was a road supervisor in Paulding County and a cemetery sexton.  His children included Martha Ellen, Eva Estella, Emma Celestial, William Edmund, Edith, John, Hubert, Hollie F., Ray V., who were all named on the censuses.  In 1912, James and Diana moved to 1124 Perry Street in Defiance when they were quite elderly.

James died on January 31, 1922 and is buried in Riverside Cemetery.

 

James Bable at www.findagrave.com

On June 2, 1966, this photo, brought in my Mrs. Ray Kochel, a granddaughter of James Bable, was placed in the Crescent-News by Lloyd Tuttle.  Her information is a little wrong in that her grandfather moved to Defiance in 1912 and died in 1922, living in Defiance but 10 years.  Since, James Bable is the only one identified, maybe a reader will be able to identify another Civil War veteran.