Person:Moses Gunn (6)

MOSES GUNN was born at East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York, April 20, 1822, son of Linus and Esther (Bronson) Gunn. Both his parents were natives of Massachusetts, the father being of Scotch ancestry. [sic] The son received his early training in the schools of his native place, and later began medical studies in the office of Dr. Carr, of Canandaigua. In 1844 he entered Geneva Medical College and was graduated Doctor of Medicine in 1846. Here he came under the instruction of Dr. Corydon La Ford, Professor of Anatomy; and between the two there sprang up a lifelong friendship. Immediately after his graduation he came to Ann Arbor and began his professional career. In addition to his regular practice he organized classes in Anatomy each year. In 1850 when the Department of Medicine and Surgery was opened in the University, he was invited to become a member of the original Faculty as Professor of Anatomy and Surgery. In 1854 the chair was divided, and he chose the chair of Surgery, while his former teacher Dr. Ford, was called to the chair of Anatomy. Thus they worked side by side for thirteen years, till Dr. Gunn resigned to accept the chair of Surgery in Rush Medical College. From 1867 to the year of his death he continued to lecture there and to practice his specialty in Chicago. From September 1, 1861, to July, 1862, he was Surgeon of the Fifth Michigan Infantry and went through the Peninsular Campaign with General McClellan's army. He received the honorary degree of Master of Arts from Geneva College in 1856, and the degree of Doctor of Laws from Chicago University in 1867. He was married in 1848 to Jane Augusta Terry, of Ann Arbor. The oldest son, Glyndon, was drowned in the Detroit River in August, 1866, aged sixteen. A younger son, Malcolm, was a student at Ann Arbor for a time, and afterward took his degree at Rush Medical College. Dr. Gunn died at his home in Chicago, November 4, 1887. Source: University of Michigan History, page 92.

The subject of our memoir was born in East Bloomfield, New York, the youngest of the four children of Linus Gunn and Esther Brunson. His parents were of Scotch ancestry [sic], Moses taking after his father physically, the latter being a tall and powerful man. .... The family homestead being located on the main stage route from Rochester to Canandaigua was so conveniently situated that, encouraged by the reputation the Gunns had for hospitality, travelers often stopped there, and clergymen and other men of education made short stays with them. Doubtless, the wits of the young Moses were sharpened and stimulated by frequently listening to the conversation of educated and cultured men, this in some measure accounting for his nimbly acting mind. .... dissatisfied with his name he asked why he had been so called, and being told by his mother that it was the name of his grandfather, who was a courteous, amiable old gentleman, whom his parents hoped to have him emulate. Source: University of Michigan History, page 224.

1. ↑ History of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor
   pp. 92 and 224 , 1906.

   by Burke A. Hinsdale and Isaac Newton Demmon, (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1906), pp. 224. [[1]]

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Find A Grave.

   Tombstone: [2]