One of a Thousand/Cable, George Washington

 

Cable, George Washington, son of George Washington and Rebecca Boardman Cable, was born in New Orleans, La., October 12, 1844. His mother was of New England stock.

The private academy and high school gave him his educational training on the bookward side; and mingling with the business world as brander of goods in the United States customs warehouse, and as cashier, book-keeper, financial secretary, and reporter, gave him the key to those practical formulas, the solution of which is so necessary to "Mr. Cable, the Author and Lecturer."

Mr. Cable was married in New Orleans, La., December 7, 1869, to Louise Stewart, daughter of William Allen and Louisa Stewart Bartlett. Of this union are seven children: Louise Bartlett, Mary Boardman, Lucy Leffingwell, Margaret Bartlett, Isabel Stewart, William Noble, and Dorothea.

Mr. Cable began writing for the "New Orleans Picayune," and was soon regularly attached to the editorial staff. The contributed articles on Creole life to "Scribner's Monthly" (now the "Century") brought him prominently before the literary world.

Among the published works of Mr. Cable are "Old Creole Days" (New York, 1879); "The Grandissimes" (1880); "Madame Delphine" (1881); "Doctor Sevier" (Boston, 1883); "The Creoles of Louisiana" (New York, 1884); "The Silent South" (1885), and "Bonaventure," (1888).

Mr. Cable has prepared for the United States government an elaborate report of the social statistics of New Orleans. His residence is Paradise Road, Northampton.