This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gass, Zerbe, Persing, Kershner, Tharp Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DcB.2ACE/3160.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi, I really do not have my family tree in any recognizable format. However, here are my direct paternal ancestors: Ralph W. Gass, Sr. is my grandfather. Since my dad is Jr. I always wondered where the Wesley came from, maybe from J. Wesley? I heard he was admired by HS Gass's family. That would be my great grandfather Harry Sylvester Gass, who married Clara Tharp. HS was one of William J.Gass and Clara Moyer's children. William J ( perhaps you know what the J stands for ?) was the son of Martin Gass and Elizabeth Persing and the grandson of William Henry Gass and Mary Kershner. I can't seem to get back any further than William Henry Gass and I do not have his exact dates. I tried to find out more by looking for his other chilren Kate Zerbe, Reily Gass, and Jacob Gass, but I have been unsucessful there also. If you need the dates I do have for these people, I will supply them. I would love to hear any info and any family stories you or your son have unearth! ed.Kay