Dear Sherry, I do not have Abraham in my direct line of George Gipe (1809, PA) and Elizabeth Barncord (1823, PA). Most of the Gipe folks in Franklin County are descendants of David B. Gipe/Geib. My George and Elizabeth had the following (known) children: David (1846, PA - 1923, SD) Henrey (1848, PA may have died young, though no record) Elizabeth (1849-1850, PA, buried at the Hawbecker Cemetery, Upton) Jacob (1852, PA -1918, IA) George (1852-1853 - PA, buried at the Hawbecker Cemtery, Upton) Rohanna/Ruhama (1855, IN - 1927, IL) Mary/Arilla (1857, IL - 1917, IL) John (1859/60, IL - may have changed his name to GIPES) Samuel (1863, IL - 1843, IA) The family is in Franklin County in 1850, missing in 1860, and in IL in 1870 and 1880. Since George was 37 when his first known child was born with Elizabeth, there is the possibility that he was previously married with more children. If your Abraham isn't connected to the David B. Gipe family, there's always the possibility that a first family may be another option. Shelly Shelly, I noticed your reference to the Gipe name, because I may have a tenuous connection to a Gipe family in Franklin County, PA. Do you have an Abraham Gipe, b 1843 in Franklin Co, who married Emma Gabler, 1852-1933? My interest is marginal, but I would be interested in talking to someone who knows about this couple. Sherry Petry