HISTORY:GUNN, ELI 1882  SENECA COUNTY OHIO
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1882 History of La Grange County Indiana
F.A. Battey & Co., 1882

	ELI GUNN, son of Ralzamond and Betsy 
(Osband) Gunn, was born in Tompkins 
County, N.Y., July 23, 1827. His father, a native of Connecticut, was a 
farmer, and came to Seneca County, Ohio, and located on the Indian Reserve; 
then, in the spring of 1856, came to this township, where for a number of 
years he ran the Milford hotel, but is now living in retirement, at the age 
of eighty-one. His mother was born in New York, and both parents were of 
English descent. The subject, when seven years of age,  hired out by the 
month, and his school advantages were limited. He located in this township 
in October, 1854; after making some improvements on his farm, sold it and 
bought the place where he now lives. For two years he was engaged in 
running the hotel at Milford; then returned to his farm, and lived three 
years in an old log house, but has since built a fine frame residence. He 
is a Republican, and has served as Pathmaster and School Director several 
terms each. He was an active worker among the Regulators, and at one time 
was away from home four weeks. He was married, August 4, 1850, to Mary J. 
Dawsen, who was born in Ross County, Ohio, May 29, 1827. Her parents, John 
and Lydia (Huddle) Dawsen, natives respectively of Pennsylvania and Ohio, 
and of Irish and German descent, came to this township in 1853, where they 
lived until within a few years of John's death, which occurred August 28, 
1871; his widow is now living in Kendallville, at the advanced age of 
seventy-seven.Mr. Dawsen, at the age of sixty-six, enlisted in the army of 
the rebellion in October, 1861, but was honorably discharged in February, 
1862. Mrs. Gunn is an active member of the Methodist Church.




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