Garrett Gabel will give an illustrated presentation at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2025 at the James Family Center, across the street from James & Gahr Mortuary located at 103 W Center Street …
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Garrett Gabel will give an illustrated presentation at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2025 at the James Family Center, across the street from James & Gahr Mortuary located at 103 W Center Street in Salem, Missouri.
Gabel is a local author, lecturer, historian, and Civil War re-enactor. His program will consist of images of various styles of veteran monuments, both military and civilian; monument-cleaning procedures; and procedures for acquiring and installing military monuments.
He will discuss his research project and the follow-up on the ground, including finding these graves and setting military stones in collaboration with John Harris. Their volunteer work has led the men to locate more than two hundred Missouri State Guard and Confederate graves in Dent, Phelps, Shannon, and Texas Counties in Missouri.
The ultimate goal was that each time they found or learned of a grave, it would be marked with the appropriate military stone and information, developing an extensive database of Civil War Missouri State Guard and Confederate Soldiers buried in this area, ensuring each one is not forgotten.
Gable’s Confederate ancestors lived in the northwest corner of Dent County. He served in several organizations, such as the Missouri State Guard and the Missouri Confederate Units that formed in South Central Missouri. He is the former Commander of the Brigadier General E. T. Wingo Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp #2213 in Salem.
The program is free and open to the public. The focus of the program will be on N.W. Dent and Southern Phelps Counties of Missouri.
Gabel, who lives in the Yancy Mills Community in Southern Phelps County, will have the following books on hand: “History of Yancy Mills, Mo,” “Days of Yore; A History of Southern Phelps Co., Mo. 1861-1921,” which includes Watkins Township in Dent County; Harvest; and Whilom. For more information about the author or his program, email Gabel at vessie_secesh@yahoo.com.
For more information on the meeting, call Deloris Gray Wood, President of the Dent County Historical Society, at 573-729-2545.
