Background
Tribe was born in Tioga County, New York in 1836 and entered service in Oswego.
Tribe was born in Tioga County, New York in 1836 and entered service in Oswego.
He was awarded the Medal of Honor, for extraordinary heroism shown on August 25, 1862, while serving as a Private with Company G, 5th New York Cavalry, at Waterloo Bridge in Virginia. Tribe died on his 81st birthday, on December 4, 1917, and was buried at Halsey Valley Cemetery in Tioga County, New New York