Hello Michelle and Vernelle,
Auguste Henri Gsell was born in Bischwiller, France in on 1-10-1879. He married Lily Louise Wolf b. 1882, she was the daughter of Gottlieb Wolf and Gottlieb is the one who built the house in Mineral City that Orpah and Floyd lived in.
I've been working on the Gsell family and their ancestors and descendants for a while now. I think the Colmar Gsells are a different branch of Gsells from the Bas-Rhin area of France.
I don't have a lot of information on Gottlieb Wolf, I do have information on his wife Margaret Stahl and her brothers.
Hope this helps you both. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to email me at
mjtpawprint@juno.comMary Tomcsanyi