Son of Henry Thomas Gudgel & Sarah Ann Johnson Gudgel. At the age of 16 enlisted in Company B, IN 10th Cavalry Regiment, mustering out 51 weeks later. At the age of 19, in 1866 he married Sarah Jones. In 1875 they followed his wife's family to Texas. In the late 1880's they moved to Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory [OK], which wasn't far across the Red River from Texas. He leased land from the Indians and ran cattle, his property was known as Picket Farm. You could have as much land as you could cover on horse in a day. After his wife died and left with small children, he went to the Indian Reservation for a housekeeper, and instead married Mary Myers in about 1885, and she died nine years later. His third wife was a widow with five children, Martha Jane Drisskill Allen. He died six years later at the age of 51. Thomas Gudgel, his wives and children by the wives, are buried in the Preston Bend Cemetery on the bank of Lake Texoma. As of 1944 the Gudgel farm was covered by Lake Texoma.
On Mar. 27, 2012 Greg Kimberley said: I searched the entire cemetery and only found the Martha Gudgel marker. The Cemetery said their records were destroyed years ago.
Son of Henry Thomas Gudgel & Sarah Ann Johnson Gudgel. At the age of 16 enlisted in Company B, IN 10th Cavalry Regiment, mustering out 51 weeks later. At the age of 19, in 1866 he married Sarah Jones. In 1875 they followed his wife's family to Texas. In the late 1880's they moved to Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory [OK], which wasn't far across the Red River from Texas. He leased land from the Indians and ran cattle, his property was known as Picket Farm. You could have as much land as you could cover on horse in a day. After his wife died and left with small children, he went to the Indian Reservation for a housekeeper, and instead married Mary Myers in about 1885, and she died nine years later. His third wife was a widow with five children, Martha Jane Drisskill Allen. He died six years later at the age of 51. Thomas Gudgel, his wives and children by the wives, are buried in the Preston Bend Cemetery on the bank of Lake Texoma. As of 1944 the Gudgel farm was covered by Lake Texoma.
On Mar. 27, 2012 Greg Kimberley said: I searched the entire cemetery and only found the Martha Gudgel marker. The Cemetery said their records were destroyed years ago.
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