Person:Samuel Gunn (6)

  Samuel M. Gunn was born in East Pittsfield, June 7, 1808.  Deprived of his father's support at the age of four years, he was, in common with the other children, left wholly to the care of his mother, who, fortunately, was equal to the occasion and she reared her family in a most creditable manner.  His boyhood and youth were spent upon the homestead farm, where he learned to make himself useful, and with the other children of the neighborhood he attended the district school during the winter season.  Upon reaching manhood he engaged in agricultural pursuits, and was thus occupied for the greater portion of his active period.  He was long identified with local civic affairs, serving as town constable for several years, was policeman for a period of twenty-five years, and for two terms held the office of  deputy-sheriff.  He is now residing in Lanesboro, having attained the unusually advanced age of ninety-seven years and six months, and, while not perhaps the only nonagenarian, he is in all probability the oldest resident of Berkshire county, and is remarkably well preserved, retaining all his faculties.

 January 17, 1838, Mr. Gunn was joined in marriage with Miss [off the page] ……. -field:  Lester B., Louisa, Elizabeth and S. Herbert; the last two named are deceased.

   Lester B. Gunn was born February 5, 1839.  From early manhood to the present time he has been engaged in general farming, and has given his special attention to the raising of poultry.  He was married March 21, 1864, to Miss Thankful A. Sprague, daughter of Dyer and Mary (Palmer) Sprague, of Pittsfield.  They have one son, Charles L. Gunn, who married Lottie C. Goodel, and has five children living.

   Louisa Gunn married Sterling Milliman, of West Winsted, and they have one son, Elmer, who is living in Portland, Maine.

   Herbert married Fannie Reed, of New York city, and they had one child, Marguerite, who resides in Oakland, California.

   Elizabeth Gunn married Albert Nathan Chapin, of Pittsfield, and they have six daughters: Lucy M., married James Shepardson, and they have one son, Herbert; Mabel Estelle; Bessie, married Robert Pruyne, and they have one son; Bertha, Blanche, and Marguerite.

Source: [5]

Massachusetts State Census 1865:
Name: Samuel N Gunn (Samuel M Gunn)
Age: 57 years
Birth Year (Estimated): 1808
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
Event Place: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
HOUSEHOLD
Samuel N Gunn 57y Massachusetts
Lucy E Gunn 48y Massachusetts
Louisa L Gunn 22y Massachusetts
Elizabeth A Gunn 14y Massachusetts
S Herbert Gunn 7y Massachusetts
CITING THIS RECORD: "Massachusetts State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch: [6], Massachusetts; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,967.

1. ↑ Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915.

   FamilySearch [1], Calvin Gunn in entry for Samuel Markham , 07 Jun 1808; citing Pittsfield, Berkshire, Mass., 193; FHL microfilm 234,543.

2. ↑ Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915.

   FamilySearch [2], Samuel Markham Gunn, 04 Jun 1908; citing Pittsfield,,Massachusetts, 325, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,257,410.

3. ↑ .

   Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Volume 2
   See Google Books: [3]

4.   Find A Grave.

   Tombstone: [4]