Andrew Jackson Gessell married Mary R. Smith. She was born on March 2, 1835, in Delaware County, IN. She married Andrew on November 6, 1856. He was born on January 23, 1833, in Fairfield, Fairfield County, OH. They came from Indiana to LeSueur County, MN, where they resided from 1858-1870. Their oldest six children were born in LeSueur County: William in 1857; Martha in 1858; John in 1860, Margaret "Rosa" in 1863; Saretta in 1865; and Charles in 1867. It it believed that they next moved to Cottonwood, MN. Does anyone have any information on this family? MaryLu in Minnesota