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ERNEST QABLER, manufacturer, born in Glogau, Germany, Jan. i, 1824, died
in New York city, Feb. 27, 1883. While not so famous as several other of the piano
manufacturers of New York, he was a very successful man, and by quiet and persever¬
ing industry gained an excellent fortune. He came to America in 1852, and two years
later began the making of pianofortes. The factory is now on East 2 2d street, and a
large establishment. When his brother Emil became a partner, he adopted the firm
name of Ernest Gabler & Bro., which is yet retained. His wife, one son, and several
daughters inherit his property.

THOMAS W. QALE, merchant, a native of Goshen, N. Y., died in New York
city, May 14, 1880, at the age of ninety. Coming to New York while a young man, he
became a partner in one of the pioneer wholesale grocery houses of this city, long
known as Wisner, Gale & Co. They lost their store in the great fire of 1835. Mr.
Gale was a bachelor, and so were his partners, Gabriel Wisner, and Mr. Gale's twin
brother, Benjamin. Mr. Wisner died about 1847, and Mr. Gale then retired with a
fortune, which he increased afterward by investments, largely in securities of various
railroads. He was a veteran of the War of 1812, and for fifteen years was a director
of The Erie Railroad, and for along time a director of The Phoenix National Bank and
The Howard Fire Insurance Co., and had large interests in railroad securities.

ALBERT ROLAZ GALLATIN, banker, son of Albert Gallatin, United States
Senator and Secretary of the Treasury under President Jefferson, born in 1800, died
in this city, Feb. 25, 1890. His mother was a daughter of James Nicholson, first
Commodore of the LTnited States Navy. Educated at Princeton College, the young
man was admitted to the bar in Uniontown, Pa , near New Geneva, a town founded
by his father. The law did not greatly attract him, however, and he abandoned prac¬
tice, removing to New York, where he entered Wall street as one of the first members
of the Board of Brokers. At one time, he transacted business with John Jacob Astor.
He had an extended acquaintance among public men, and accompanied his father to
France in 1815, and to England in 1826, when the latter was American Minister to those
countries, and became the personal friend of the Duke of Wellington and many of the
leaders of the French Revolution. Mr. Gallatin inherited means, was the proprietor of
much real estate in the city, and during his life honored the city of his home by his
sterling character, public spirit, and excellent example. The names of his three sons
are, Albert H., Frederick, and James Gallatin, the latter now deceased.

JAMES GALLATIN, banker, son of Albert Gallatin, once Secretary of the
Treasury, died in Paris, Mass., May 28, 1876, at the age of eighty. During his earlier
life he dealt in stocks in Wall street, in partnership with his brother, Albert R. Gallatin,
but in 1838 succeeded his father as president of The Gallatin Bank, and then gave up
everything which would interfere with the management of this family institution. ■ He
held the position for thirty years, acquitting himself with credit, and retired in 1868,
thereafter spending his time in Europe. Although prominent he never held public
office.    His wife, Josephine, and several grand children survived him.