He served as a first sergeant in Company A of the 58th Indiana Infantry Regiment (Union) during the Civil War. [3][4]
Jacob married Mary Wallace [5] and they had nine children. [6][7][8][9]
He passed away in 1905 [10] and is buried at Wilson Cemetery in Clay County, Kansas. [11]
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJ6-TJT : 4 April 2020), Jacob Gudgel in household of Wm Gudgel, Montgomery, Gibson, Indiana, United States; citing family 862, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F9PP-4WB : 4 December 2014), Jacob Gudgel, First Sergeant, Company A, 58th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M540 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 29; FHL microfilm 881,750.
↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VH45-HGH : 10 December 2017), Jacob Gudgel and Mary J Witherspoon, 21 Mar 1861; citing Gibson, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004646692.
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH9M-FBB : 24 August 2017), Jacob Gudgel, Columbia, Gibson, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 106, sheet 198C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,279.
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMTH-4TZ : accessed 6 August 2020), Jas Gudgel, Clay Center Township Clay Center city Ward 3, Clay, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 5, sheet 1A, family 6, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,474.
↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #68357435 for Jacob Gudgel (12 May 1833–7 Nov 1905), citing Wilson Cemetery, Clay County, Kansas, USA ; Maintained by Sharon Risner (contributor 46830548) .