Gunn family papers, 1816-1926, 1816-1867 (bulk dates).

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Gunn family papers, 1816-1926, 1816-1867 (bulk dates).

These are the papers of William Gunn, a Methodist Episcopal minister in nineteenth-century Kentucky, and his family.

.4 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6820383

University of Kentucky Libraries

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Gunn, William, 1797-

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Gunn family.

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William Gunn was born in North Carolina in 1797. He became an itinerant preacher for the Methodist Episcopal Church's Henderson, Ky. circuit in 1819. He married Frances Adams, the daughter of a Shelbyville, Ky., Methodist minister, in 1826. Their children included William Gunn the younger, who was an engineer and inventor. During the Civil War, he served as chief engineer of the U.S. Military Railroad and constructed several forts in Kentucky. After the war, he built the bridge at Clay's Ferry, ...

Gunn, Thomas Morris, 1840-1917.

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Gunn, William, 1829-1915.

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Gunn, Frances Adams.

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Methodist Episcopal Church

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The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in the U.S. in 1784. The first general conference was held in 1792 and the constitution was adopted in 1900. In 1939 the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Protestant Church united to form the Methodist Church (U.S.). From the description of Methodist Episcopal Church records, 1791-1945. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122455885 From the guide to the Methodist Episcopal Church records, 1791-1945, (The New ...

Gunn, James, 1831-1925.

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Gunn, John Tevis, 1837-1921.

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United States. Army. Kentucky Volunteers

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