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Elizabeth Ann (Norris) Gamble had ten children, including James Norris Gamble (9 August 1836 – 2 July 1932) who became Vice President of Procter & Gamble and was the chemist who devised the formula for
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689:A.G. Lafley
236:Berea, Ohio
199:Family life
149:Enniskillen
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