Facts and Events
Father called him "Little Joe". [Mildred Gunn Hanson]
1860 Census:
Name: Orrin Gunn
Age in 1860: 5/12
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birthplace: Michigan
Home in 1860: Chester, Eaton, Michigan
Post Office: Charlotte
Household Members:
Alanson Gunn 31
Ann Gunn 30
Adelbert Gunn 6
Joshua Gunn 4
Orrin Gunn 5/12
"United States Census, 1860", FamilySearch [1]
1870 Census:
Name: Joseph Gunn
Birth Year: abt 1860
Age in 1870: 10
Birthplace: Michigan
Home in 1870: Gale, Trempealeau, Wisconsin
Household Members:
N K Gunn 64 = grandfather
Esther Gunn 29 = grandmother, date is an error-she's 61
Joshua Gunn 13 = brother
Joseph Gunn 10 = brother
Lucy Gunn 7 = sister
Willis Gunn 1 = cousin Nellis, daughter of Uncle Seth.
"United States Census, 1870," FamilySearch [2]
His brothers Adelbert and Joshua went to Wisconsin, and married and raised families there.
After his mother and father died, he was taken in first by grandparents and then by his uncle Seth A. Gunn.
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