NAME:James Gamble


BORN: 1803

COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS:
born, Ireland

family immigrated to Cincinnati, Ohio
(Hamilton County) in 1819

OCCUPATION: industrialist

DIED: 1891







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FAST FACTS:

Gamble learned the soap business in Cincinnati, starting his own company in 1826. He and William Procter founded Procter & Gamble. The two started their partnership with the encouragement of their mutual father-in-law, Alexander Norris.

By 1859, their company had eighty employees.


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