John F. GIPSON, 1845-1913 Franklin Co. TN first wife? Virginia E. REED
Things just don't add up in the 1900 census records.I have Virginia Ellen "Jennie" (REED) GIPSON listed in 1900 in Marion Co. TN living with her mother.The census lists her as a widow, but I have John Franklin GIPSON (her husband) death date as 1913, 13 yrs after this census.I'm not finding him listed anywhere in the 1900 census records.This is supposed to be the same John GIPSON of Franklin Co. TN who later married Sarah Elizabeth GREEN and fathered more children in the early 1900's.A possibility could be that Jennie did not want to be known as a "divorcee"?? and told the census taker that she was a widow?
I'm also seeing a big gap in the children's birthdates between 1879 and 1894 which is suspicious.
If anyone has any info, or is a descendant of Virginia Ellen "Jennie" (REED) GIPSON, I would love to get in touch.
John & Virginia's children are:
John E. Gipson, b.~1874 TN
S. F. Gipson, b.~1876
W? Tom Gipson, b.~1877, married Ella Goodson
Betty A. Gipson, 1879-1957, married LONG
Addie Mae Gipson, 1894-1966, married Robert Clifton PHILLIPS
Ethel Lenora Gipson, 1895-1972, [my grandmother]
married (1)W.M. Nelson (2)J.H. Huffman
Albert/Alfred? Preston Brooks Gipson 1898-1976, married
Francis (Reed or Ives)