History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri, published by Goodspeed, 1889; Pgs. 737, 738
Cedar County Section

Judge Jerome Napoleon Gunier was born in Detroit, Mich., in 1824, 
and there made his home until 1837, when he went to Marion County, 
Ohio, and began working on a farm, and afterward learned the 
plasterer's trade.  In 1844 he removed to Howard County, Ind., and 
helped to roll logs where the public square of Kokomo is now situated.  
The Miami Indians were very numerous at that time.  In 1846 Mr. 
Gunier married Miss Mary Adaline Inman, who was born in Erie County, 
Penn., in 1830, and the following children are the result of their 
union: Elizabeth, wife of Alexander Younger; Charles; Abigail, wife 
of Samuel Street, a harness-maker of Stockton; Viola, Stringer; 
Martha Jane, wife of Frank Lorton; Andrew J., Frances M., Mary Jane, 
Mina, and Ida, wife of Charles Wright.  In 1858 Judge Gunier removed 
from Indiana to Cedar County, Mo., and located near Stockton, where 
he has since resided.  He farmed and worked at his trade until 1878, 
then followed farming alone until 1886, when he was elected Probate 
Judge of Cedar County, on the republican ticket, of which party he 
has been a member for many years, having been a Democrat previous to 
the war.  In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company A, Fifteenth 
Missouri Cavalry, U.S.A., the regiment taking part in the fights at 
Springfield, and was with Price and Shelby on their famous raids.  
He was orderly sergeant of his company, being promoted after enlisting, 
and was discharged at Springfield on the 30th of June, 1865.  He is 
now a member of the Hubbard Post No. 194, G.A.R.  His father, Charles 
Gunier, was born in Upper Canada, and afterward moved to Detroit, Mich., 
where he carried on an extensive cooperage business.  He was a soldier 
in the War of 1812, being under Col. Lewis Cass, the Democratic candidate 
for president in 1848.  He surrendered with Gen. Hull.  During the war 
his wife, Elizabeth (Metta) Gunier, and his children staid [sic] in Fort 
Detroit for safety, and his eldest on was born there.  Charles afterwards 
participated in the Black Hawk War.  His wife's father, Theophilus Metta, 
was one of the first settlers of Detroit, and lived to the advanced age 
of 104 years.  His son Boswell was one of the first settlers of Chicago, 
and died an old bachelor. 

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