6 Feb 1858 – 13 Jun 1936
Husband of Emma Jane Guild
DANIEL GAMBLE, VET RAILROAD WORKER, PASSES
Daniel Gamble, 78, one of the oldest employes of the Union Pacific railroad company, for 55 years a station agent, died at 8:00 p.m. Saturday at an Ogden hospital following an internal hemorrhage.
He took ill last Wednesday at his home in Peterson and was brought to Ogden, where he suffered a relapse Saturday.
He was first employed by the Union Pacific as a messenger boy in the Ogden yards. Later, he was transferred to Carter, Wyo., as station agent. He held this position for twenty-five years.
Mr. Gamble was then made station agent at Peterson, in which capacity he served for thirty years before his retirement in 1923. His wife was given the position in recognition of Mr. Gamble’s long service at the time he was pensioned. She still carries on the duties of the position.
The veteran railroader was born in Ogden February 6, 1858, the son of Daniel and Elizabeth Cook Gamble, who were among the first Weber county pioneers.
He was educated in Ogden city schools, and September 27, 1887, he married Miss Emma Gill of Piedmont, Wyo.
Mr. Gamble is survived by his widow and the following children: Mrs. Daniel Williams, Morgan; Lester Gamble, Spokane, Wash.; Daniel Gamble Jr.., Peterson; James Gamble, Peterson; twelve grandchildren and the following brothers and sisters; Mrs. Rachael Miller, San Diego, Calif.; Mrs. D. W. Ellis, Ogden; Mrs. James A McCulloch, Ogden; Barnabas Gamble, Denver, Colo.
He was a charter member of Union Pacific Old Timer’s club No. 6.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. in the Larkin chapel, Ogden. Members of the Union Pacific Old Timer’s club attended in a group and a representative of the club was one of the speakers.
-Published in the Morgan County News, Morgan, Utah, Thursday, June 18, 1936, page 1.
– Also published in the Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah, Monday, June 15, 1936, page 10.
-Also published in the Ogden Standard-Examiner, Ogden, Utah, Sunday, June 14, 1936, page 7-A
Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, Plot R-14-21
Death Certificate from archives.utah.gov
