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This work is of interest because he was in contact withGass's youngest daughters -- Rachel Gass Brierley andAnnie Smith Gass. He interviewed Rachel Gass Brierley in1922, and he also learned more from her son, who wascaretaker of the Brookes County Cemetery. He correspondedwith Annie Smith who was living in California before herdeath there in 1926.
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pg. 16 No mention is made of this child by Forrest's informant Rachel Gass Brierley. This may not be surprising if the child died as an infant. On pg 14, he notes that GASS's wife died, leaving him with six children. This concides with Ancestra l File. |