When James Henry Gipe was born on 9 January 1839, in Freedom Township, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, William Gipe, was 27 and his mother, Maria Elisabeth Miller, was 23. He married Sycha or Nancy H. Hollingshead in 1864, in Black Hawk, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Buffalo Township, Buchanan, Iowa, United States in 1870 and Prairie Dog Township, Harlan, Nebraska, United States in 1885. He registered for military service in 1864. He died on 10 May 1912, in Alma, Harlan, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Alma Cemetery, Alma, Harlan, Nebraska, United States.
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