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                           _Gustav Hermann KISSEL ___|
                          | (1810 - 1876)            |
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 _Gustav Edward KISSEL ___|
| (1854 - 1911) m 1884    |
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|                         |_Charlotte Ann STIMSON ___|
|                           (1830 - 1896)            |
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|--Dorothy KISSEL 
|  (1887 - 1974)
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|                          _William Knapp THORN _____|
|                         | (1807 - 1887)            |
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|_Caroline Roberts THORN _|
  (1858 - 1949) m 1884    |
                          |                           _Cornelius VANDERBILT _+
                          |                          | (1794 - 1877) m 1813  
                          |_Emily Almira VANDERBILT _|
                            (1823 - 1896)            |
                                                     |_Sophia JOHNSON _______+
                                                       (1795 - 1868) m 1813