Gabriella Conaroe (maiden name: Harding) was born around 1836 in Indiana to Israel and Nancy Harding. She grew up and attended school in Wayne, Indiana, and her father died in July 1842. She married John B. Conaroe on January 20, 1856, and their son Israel was born around 1857. Her husband probably died in the late 1850s, and by 1860, she was living in her mother’s household in Wayne. She married William Pugh, and their daughter Jennie was born around 1868. They lived in Washington, Indiana, and her husband worked as a farmer. By 1870, they owned $6,000 of real estate and $400 of personal property. She died sometime after 1870.