Gabriel Poindexter was born in Memphis, Indiana

Memphis, Indiana

Memphis is a census-designated place in Clark County, Indiana, United States. The population was 695 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Memphis is located at ....

 and he would serve in the Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

, and serve as mayor of Jeffersonville, Indiana

Jeffersonville, Indiana

Jeffersonville is a city in Clark County, Indiana, along the Ohio River. Locally, the city is often referred to by the abbreviated name Jeff. It is directly across the Ohio River to the north of Louisville, Kentucky along I-65. The population was 44,953 at the 2010 census...

. Gabriel is also the father of Harry Poindexter

Harry Poindexter

Harry Clay Poindexter was mayor of Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States, and son of former Jeffersonville mayor Gabriel Poindexter.-Biography:...

, who would also become mayor of Jeffersonville.

Biography

Gabriel would marry his wife Mary Willey of Jeffersonville in the winter of 1850 and he would make a living as a merchant and fruit farmer until the start of the Civil War. In 1861 Gabriel enlisted in the 38th Indiana Infantry Regiment and would serve as a Captain of company H. Following the war the Poindexter family would move into Jeffersonville. Gabriel would become the mayor of Jeffersonville and serve from 1867 to 1869.

See also

• List of mayors of Jeffersonville, Indiana