When Gabriel was a young man, he visited his brothers 0-1-3 John and 0-1-6 Anthony, who lived in what is now Wayne County, West Virginia. While there, he met a girl in Cabell County by the name of Mary (Polly) Hatfield.  She was born February 8th, 1804 in Cabell County, Virginia (now West Virginia).  On October 16, 1828 Gabriel and Mary Hatfield were united in marriage by Rev. Stephen Spurlock in Cabell County, Virginia (now West Virginia).  Gabriel bought three tracts of land and settled on them, building a log house near the mouth of Newcomb Creek, above the Buffalo Shoals and across Twelvepole Creek from the old Henry Luther water powered grain mill.  While living on this farm, three of their children were born.

On August 20, 1834, Gabriel sold his 160 acre farm to Henry Luther for $100.  He took his wife and children and moved to Knox County, Illinois where he stayed until 1852.  It appears that eventually he got what was known as "Gold Fever" and with his family in a covered wagon, headed west over the old "Oregon Trail".  He arrived In Jackson County, Oregon in October, 1852 and died November 11, 1852 of typhoid fever.  He is buried In the Jacksonville Cemetery in Jacksonville, Oregon.  His wife Mary, settled a land homestead claim (#834), and with the help of her three sons, 0-1-8-3 Francis Marion, 0-1-8-5 William Jasper, and 0-1-8-6 Sebastian, erected a home where she remained until her death on April 3, 1875.