The Gamble Family in the USN and USMC: Major William Gamble, the Father

In the last post, I wrote about William Gamble being a Marine veteran of the American Revolution and having four sons who followed him into service, building a bit of a Gamble dynasty.

What about this patriarch?

From Find-A-Grave

MAJOR WILLIAM GAMBLE

BIRTH:  Unknown

DEATH:  15 January 1833

BURIAL:  Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

From the Congressional

In this city, on Tuesday morning, the 15th instant, Major William Gamble, an officer of the Revolutionary war, aged 78 years.  The funeral will proceed from Mrs. Arguelles', Pennsylvania avenue, at one o'clock this afternoon.

The friends of the deceased, and those of his son,  Col. Gamble,  of the U.S. Marine Corps, are respectively invited to attend without further invitation.

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This would explain why John M. Gamble became a Marine after initially being a midshipman in the Navy.

--Brock-Perry