Israel Cale grew up on a farm in Sugar Grove Twp., Warren Co., PA.* The name of his father is unknown but his mother Malitta Cale (1793-1893) married second a man named Rowley. Both husbands were deceased by 1850 and Malitta was living with her son and two younger daughters. By the mid-1850s Israel had married Harriet Matilda Dean (1830-1873) and the couple (along with mother Malitta Rowley) moved to a small farm in the LaBoeuf Twp., Erie Co., PA. Israel and Harriet had at least one child: Edwina (b. ca. 1855). On March 6, 1865, at the end of the Civil War, Israel was mustered into the U.S. Army as a private in Company B, 98th Pennsylvania Volunteers. After short service, he returned to his family and farm in Erie Co.
Harriet Cale died in 1873 and on February 27, 1877 Israel married Esther Rockwood Hackett (1837-1898), the widow of Lewis Hackett and mother of two sons. Israel and Esther had two children: Anna Gertrude (b. 1878) and James Harold (b. 1883).
*Date of birth calculated from age as noted on grave marker: 61 years & 4 months.
Harriet Cale died in 1873 and on February 27, 1877 Israel married Esther Rockwood Hackett (1837-1898), the widow of Lewis Hackett and mother of two sons. Israel and Esther had two children: Anna Gertrude (b. 1878) and James Harold (b. 1883).
*Date of birth calculated from age as noted on grave marker: 61 years & 4 months.
Israel Cale grew up on a farm in Sugar Grove Twp., Warren Co., PA.* The name of his father is unknown but his mother Malitta Cale (1793-1893) married second a man named Rowley. Both husbands were deceased by 1850 and Malitta was living with her son and two younger daughters. By the mid-1850s Israel had married Harriet Matilda Dean (1830-1873) and the couple (along with mother Malitta Rowley) moved to a small farm in the LaBoeuf Twp., Erie Co., PA. Israel and Harriet had at least one child: Edwina (b. ca. 1855). On March 6, 1865, at the end of the Civil War, Israel was mustered into the U.S. Army as a private in Company B, 98th Pennsylvania Volunteers. After short service, he returned to his family and farm in Erie Co.
Harriet Cale died in 1873 and on February 27, 1877 Israel married Esther Rockwood Hackett (1837-1898), the widow of Lewis Hackett and mother of two sons. Israel and Esther had two children: Anna Gertrude (b. 1878) and James Harold (b. 1883).
*Date of birth calculated from age as noted on grave marker: 61 years & 4 months.
Harriet Cale died in 1873 and on February 27, 1877 Israel married Esther Rockwood Hackett (1837-1898), the widow of Lewis Hackett and mother of two sons. Israel and Esther had two children: Anna Gertrude (b. 1878) and James Harold (b. 1883).
*Date of birth calculated from age as noted on grave marker: 61 years & 4 months.
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ISRAEL CALE / Died Oct. 14, 1885. / Aged 61 yrs. & 4 mos. / ....
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