Louisa (Alt) Kable, St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Liberty Township, Mercer County, Ohio. (2023 photo by Karen)
This is the tombstone of Louisa (Alt) Kable, located in row 1 of St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Liberty Township, Mercer County, Ohio. The marker is inscribed:
Louisa
Kable
1878-1918
CHRIST IS MY HOPE
Louisa Alt was born in Mercer County, Ohio, on 30 April 1878, the daughter of Frederick and Ursula (Koch) Alt. Louisa was baptized on 13 June 1878 by the minister of St. Paul Lutheran, Liberty Township. [1] Louisa’s parents were both immigrants from Germany.
Louisa, age 2, in 1880, living with her family in Liberty Township: Frederick Alt, 58; Ursula, 39; Catherine, 17; Barbara, 15; Sophia, 13; Phoebe, 10; Frederick J, 7; Caroline, 5; and Louisa, 2. The father Frederick was a farmer. [2]
Louisa Alt married Philip William Kable Jr. on 7 February 1895 in Mercer County, married by St. Paul Liberty’s minister S. Hunziker. [3] Groom Philip W. Kable Jr. (1874-1947) was the son of Philip W. Sr. (1850-1915) and Caroline (Koch) (1849-1923) Kable.
A daughter, Mathilda Louisa Kable, was born to Philip Jr. and Louisa Kable on 15 September 1895 (calculated) and died 22 April 1897, aged 1 year, 7 months, 8 days. [4]
In 1900, Philip Jr., 25, wife Louisa, 22, and daughter Clara, 10 months, born August 1900, lived in Liberty Township, Mercer County. The couple reported that they had been married five years, that Louisa had given birth to two children but only one was living, all of them were born in Ohio, and the Philip worked as farm labor. [5]
The Philip Kable Jr. family in 1910: Philip Kable Jr, 35; Louisa, 31; Clara, 10, daughter; and Lawrence, 8, son. Louisa had given birth to 3 children and 2 of them were living. Louisa’s husband Phillip Jr. was a farmer. [6]
Louisa (Alt) Kable died from tuberculosis on 7 August 1918 and was buried on the 10th. She left behind her husband and two children. [1] [7]
Louisa’s widowed husband Philip W. Kable Jr. married Gertrude C. Maurer (1895-1973) in 1919.
[1] Records of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Liberty Township, Mercer County, Ohio, p.137, newer book, Louisa (Alt) Kable death; p.120, older book, Louisa Alt baptism.
[2] 1880 U.S. Census, Ohio, Mercer, Liberty, ED 188, p.478C, dwelling 119, family 126, Frederick Alt; Ancestry.com.
[3] Records of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Liberty Township, Mercer County, Ohio, p.234, old book, Philip Kable Jr & Louisa Alt. And Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Mercer Marriages 1887-1904, p.88, Philip Kable & Louisa Alt, 7 Feb 1895; Ancestry.com.
[4] Records of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Liberty Township, Mercer County, Ohio, p.278, old book, Mathilda Louisa Kable death.
[5] 1900 U.S. Census, Ohio, Mercer, Liberty, ED 85, p.209A (stamped), dwelling 244, family 250, Philip Kaleb [sic]; Ancestry.com.
[6] 1910 U.S. Census, Ohio, Mercer, Liberty, ED 119, p.9B, dwelling 165, household 167, Philip Kable Jr; Ancestry.com.
[7] Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, 1958-2007, Louisa Kable, 7 Aug 1918; Ancestry.com.
