1850 census:
Name: John C Gunn
Age: 10
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840
Birth Place: Massachusetts
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Household Members:
Calvin Gunn 40
Almira D Gunn 30
Almira D Gunn 14
John C Gunn 10
Charles H Gunn 5
Civil War:
Name: John Ginn
Residence: Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Occupation: Tinner
Enlistment Date: 18 Mar 1862
Side Served: Union
State Served: Massachusetts
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 18 March 1862 at the age of 20. (John would have been 21 or 22 in March 1862)
Enlisted in Company K, 10th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 18 Mar 1862.
Transferred out of Company K, 10th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 20 Jun 1864.
Transferred into Company E, 37th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 20 Jun 1864.
Discharged from Company E, 37th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 18 Mar 1865.
Historical Data Systems, American Civil War Soldiers [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA