I recently posted some more surnames and I will post here as I got a few requestes if we are connected. Thes are not my direct line but married into familys. What I found on the LDS for my GGG Grandparents: John Jackie STIPE who married Susannah H. THURMAN and they died in Ellis Grove, Randolph Co., IL their children were: 1. Mary Stipe b.1822 mar:william Mulholland 2. Henry Stipe b.1823 mar:Elizabeth Roberts 3.Sarah Ellen Stipe b.1825 mar:John Roche 4. Charles Thurman Stipe b.1826 Mar: Nancy ?? 5. Lucentia Stipe b. 1828 Mar: William I. Nixon 6. Nancy Stipe b. 1830 Mar:Jacob Roberts (he also married Minerva Gant...also in my family) 7. Lucy Stipe b. 1832 Mar:James Albert Mackey 8. Martha Stipe b. 1833 Mar:Samuel Karstetter 9. Huldah Stipe b. 1836 mar:Nathan Golden 10. Elizabeth Stipe b. 1837 Mar: John Cullen 11. Rachel Stipe b. 1839 Mar: Harvey John Gant (my GG Grandparents) 12. Susan Stipe b. 1841 Mar: James Luke Wright 13. Benjamin Franklin Stipe b. 1843 Mar: 1) Amanda Melvina Withers, 2) Elizabeth ?? 14.Bathsheba Stipe b. 1844 Mar: John Eveinger whew a lot of kids :-) John Jackie also married a Johanna Goetz in 1866 and had two kids Joseph & Catherine. Karen Mentzer --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.525 / Virus Database: 322 - Release Date: 10/9/2003