Gabriel Medcalf Biography Page

GABRIEL MEDCALF
Private, Co. B
1820-1895

Father: George Medcalf (d. 1875)
Mother: Elizabeth Winkler (d. 5/27/1859)
Date and Place of Birth: 12/18/1820.  Daviess County, Kentucky.
Spouse: Barzilla Medcalf (b. 4/14/1820 - d. 1/27/1901) (Gabriel's first cousin)
Children: Amanda Jane, Henry Adam, Sarah Catherine, William E., James Franklin, and an adopted daughter Cora B.
Date and Place of Death:  2/8/1895.  Dale, Indiana.
Place of Burial: Dale Cemetery, Dale, Indiana (Spencer County).

 

Military History: Wounded in the back at the Battle of Wartrace.  Discharged by reason of disability.  Re-enlisted in the 44th Indiana till end of war.  See details below.
Comments: First cousin of Cyrus Medcalf, Capt., Co. B
Submitter of Information: Carol Bartlett, Tim Beckman
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GABRIEL MEDCALF

Photo Courtesy of Carol Bartlett

Military History:
Source: NARA Military Records


BIOGRAPHY OF GABRIEL MEDCALF

Source:  Dale Indiana Sesquicentennial, 1843-1993, by Daryl Lovell and Ellen Winkler Rexing, 1993. Pages 42-43. (Originally taken from Goodspeed’s History of Warrick, Spencer, and Perry Counties, published in 1885.)

Gabriel Medcalf, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Daviess County, Kentucky, December 18, 1820, the eldest of eleven children born to George and Elizabeth (Winkler) Medcalf, who were natives of Pennsylvania and North Carolina.  In 1837, the family removed to Spencer County, Indiana, locating in Carter Township near Dale, where the mother died May 27, 1859, and the father in 1875.  Gabriel Medcalf, subject of this sketch, was raised to manhood on a farm, marrying Miss. B. Medcalf, October 12, 1843.  This lady was born April 14, 1820, a daughter of Allan and Frances Medcalf, who moved from Daviess County, Kentucky, to the county in 1828.  Six children were born to their union, only two, Amanda Jane and Henry, yet living.  The winter of 1843, Mr. Medcalf purchased eighty acres of heavy timber land which, with the help of his wife, he cleared and improved, and where they lived five years.  He then purchased property where he now lives and owns 125 acres of good land.  He served in the late war as a member of Company B, Forty-second Indiana Volunteers, and later Company D, Forty-fourth Infantry.  Mr. Medcalf is a good citizen.  Politically he is a Republican.  He is a member of the G.A.R., and he and wife belong to the United Brethren Church.

 

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