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Sgt. Stephen W. Gaskill (1813-1888) - Barnsback's Brigade of Mounted Volunteers
 
 
 
Stephen W. Gaskill (1813-1888)
REGIMENT: Julius L. Barnsback's Co.
------------------ Brigade of Mounted Vol.
RANK: Sergeant
BORN: March 31, 1813
WHERE: Madison Co., Illinois
DIED: July 7, 1888
WHERE: Collinsville, Madison Co., IL
SERVICE: Black Hawk War
ENLISTMENT: April 18, 1832
END OF SERVICE: May 28, 1832
 
Stephen Wilder Gaskill was born March 31, 1813 in Madison County, Illinois. He was of English ancestry and the third child born to Sylvanus Gaskill and Hannah Pickering.

He enrolled as a Sergeant in Julius L. Barnsbacks Company of the Brigade of Mounted Volunteers at Edwardsvile, Illinois on April 18, 1832 and was mustered in on April 28 1832 at Beardstown, Illinois. He was mustered out of service on May 28, 1832 at the mouth of the Fox River. He died on July 7, 1888 and was laid to rest in the Glenwood Cemetery.

 
 
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