Notes for Jacob GATES
Birth & Death dates: Sources: (1) Handwritten copy from Gates family Bible, (2) Handwritten notes of grandson Sydney L. Kistler, Copy in personal collection of Bruce Kistler, Winter Haven, FL (3) 1911 article, below.
1911 article in Johnstown, PA newspaper regarding Emeline Gates Kistler's 80th birthday. Living with son Horace E. Kistler in Johnstown. "...The progenitor (of her family) in America was a Britisher of powerful physique who came here as a grenadier in the British army to participate in the revolution. He made the United States his permanent home. One of his sons, and father of Mrs. Kistler, was Jacob Gates, whose brother, Peter Gates was a well-known resident of Johnstown for many years. Jacob Gates was born in Dauphin county, this state, March 17, 1795. He served gallantly in the war of 1812, entering the service when hardly more than 15 years of ge. He was twice wounded in the thigh, and at the battle of Lundy's Lane...was taken prisoner. ...a son of John Gates, oldest son of Jacob Gates also served an enlistment in the civil war. Jacob Gates died about 30 years ago at Duncansville..." Copy in personal collection of Bruce Kistler, Winter Haven, FL
Military: "Jacob Gates served as a private in Captain Burd's, Captain Hall's and Captain Pierce's companies, enlisting at Carlisle on the 8th of May, 1812, and discharged on the 30th of June, 1817. Was at Battle of Fort George, Stoney Creek and Beaver Dams, at the latter place was taken prisoner. Was taken to Jail at Little York, thence to Kingston, thence to Montreal, then to Quebec and to Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was imprisoned on Melvin Island, remained until the last of February and was sent to Boston and rejoined regiment. In battle of Chippewa, Lundy's Lane, and Bridgewater, where he was wounded by a musket ball in the hip. Born on the 17th of March, 1795, married Mary Bowers on the 22nd of July, 1819, had six sons serve during the Civil War; died at Duncansville on the 5th of February, 1878, and buried in Carson Valley Cemetery, near Duncansville." Source: George H. Liebegott, EARLY SETTLERS OF MORRISON'S COVE, 1948; Martinsburg (PA) Public Library collection.
Obituary: "Jacob Gates, an old citizen of Duncansville and soldier of the War of 1812, died at his home in the above place on Tuesday evening last at an advanced age." Source: ALTOONA MORNING TRIBUNE, Thursday, February 7, 1878
Burial: Carson Valley Cemetery, Duncansville, Blair Co., PA Source: Carson Valley Cemetery Records.
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