PIONEER
Horace SHEBLE
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| birth | 28 Jan 1869, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| death | ............ |
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| marriage | married abt 1898 to:
 Grace A. ....... b. 12 Dec 1870, Philadelphia, PA |
PARENTS
| father | George Henry SHEBLE (wool merchant) b. Apr 1835, ......... - .............. |
| mother | Ann Elizabeth JONES b. .. June 1838, ............. |
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LIFE
1894 and 1896 (sugar merchant) and again 1896 (merchant) visited England
In 1900: Cheltenham, Montgomery, PA
In 1908: 4326 Spruce Street, Philadelphia (ELLIS ISLAND)
In 1911, 1928, 1930, 1934,
In 1938: 3056 Garden Court, Philadelphia, PA
With Ellsworth A. Hawthorne founded the American Record Company 1904-1908
see: PRESCOTT, John Osgood
Starr records and phonographs until 1910 (Columbia take-over)
1910 CENSUS Noran (sic = Horace) Sheble: Manager GRAPHOPHONE
Factory Manager for COLUMBIA
1916: Founder of the Domestic Talking Machine Corporation in Philadelphia
1920 CENSUS:
occupation: Stamping metal
New York Times Oct 25, 1936 ?
salesman (power transmission)
1900 CENSUS: manufacturer (Pat (=patent?) M........?)
NOTES
- The Origins of Okeh by Allan Sutton (internet)
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