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Comfort Gunn (1786 - 1859)

Comfort Gunn
Born in Connecticutmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Husband of — married Oct 1808 in Camillus, Onondaga, New Yorkmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 73 in Alaiedon, Ingham, Michiganmap
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Biography

Comfort was born in 1786. He was the son of Hezekiah Gunn. He passed away in 1859.

He married Sarah "Sally" Wheeler in October 1808 in Camillus, Onondaga, New York. They had 10 children.

Both Comfort and Hezekiah (his son) were in Ashtabula County, Ohio, then in Ingham County, Michigan. They may have come from Onondaga County, New York.

Military

Comfort was in the War of 1812. His GGGgranddaughter, Pat Tejeda, has copies of his bounty papers, and his wife's pension filing. He was a Private in Fleming's Detachment, New York Volunteers. (War of 1812 Muster Rolls -- Roll Box 87, Roll Exct 602)

NY Military Equipment Claim: He received an award of $67.00 on claims of the soldiers of the War of 1812:

Served Jul 11 - Sep 10, Capt Henry Turner's Co., NY, War of 1812

Index of Awards on Claims of the Soldiers of the War of 1812, page 211, No.: 4,686
NAME OF APPLICANT.: Gunn, Comfort,
RESIDENCE OF APPLICANT.: Ingham County, Michigan,
AMOUNT ALLOWED.: 67 00
Name Comfort Gunn
Event Type Military Service
Event Date 1812-1815[1]

Residence

1810 Census
Name: Comfort Gunn
Event Place: Scipio, Cayuga, New York, United States[2]

He was living in Onondaga County, New York when his oldest child, Noble, was born (1811).

1820 Census:
in Ashtabula County, Lenox Twp [report page 18]:
2 males under 10 yrs (Noble, Vernon, Hezekiah ?), 1 male 26-45 (Comfort), 1 male 45+ (father?); 2 females under 10 (Basha, Harriet), 1 female 26-45 (Sarah)[3]

Comfort and his wife are said to have owned a Tavern in East Ashtabula, Ohio.[4]

Comfort has records of paying Ohio property taxes in Ashtabula from 1820 to 1838:

1820 Ohio Tax Records
Name: Comfort Gun
Event Place: Ashtabula Township, Ashtabula, Ohio
Taxation Type: County Land[5]
1838 Ohio Tax Records
Name: Comfort Gunn
Event Place: Ashtabula Township, Ashtabula, Ohio
Taxation Type: County Land[6]
1830 Census
in Ashtabula County, Ashtabula Twp [report page 131]:
1 male 5-10 yrs (Burrell), 1 mal 15-20 yrs (Samuel), 1 male 40-50 yrs (Comfort); 1 female under 5 (Serepta), 1 female 5-10 (Olive), 1 female 15-20 (Basha, Harriet), 1 female 26-45 (Sarah). Is Basha out of the home at the age of 18?

On 1835 list of free white males over 21 years of age in Ashtabula County, Conneaut Twp [Filed March 3, 1835] A list of qualified voters (http://solomonspalding.com/SRP/saga2/Ashtab2.htm#1820census)

Moved to Michigan sometime between 1838 and 1840, when he was about 53 years old.

1840 Census
Name Comfort Gunn
Event Place Newark, Licking, Ohio, United States
Page 159[7]

Noted, however, to have been living in Kingsville, Ashtabula, Ohio, when daughter Harriet married Edward Hammond in 1842.

In the 1850 census there is also a Comfort Gunn in Ashtabula County, Wayne Township, Ohio.

1850 Census:
Name: Comfort Gunn
Age: 65
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1785
Birth Place: Connecticut
Home in 1850: Alaiedon, Ingham, Michigan
Household Members:
Comfort Gunn 65
Sally Gunn 59
Serepta E Gunn 22 = daughter
Albert Ferguson 3 = grandson, son of daughter Olive[8]

Death and Burial

Death date: Date of death on his grave stone is 7 March 1860, his age at death being 75 years, 11days. But the U.S. Government gives Comfort's death as 11 March 1859 (having to do with pension). Comfort's birth date is calculated from the assumption that the grave marker should be 1859 and not 1860.

US Mortality Schedule
Name: Comfort Gunn
Marital Status: Married
Place of birth: Connecticut
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1785
Age: 75
Month of Death: Mar
Cause Of Death: Old Age
Census Year: 1860
Census Location: Alaiedon, Ingham, Michigan
Line: 3
Roll: T1164_15[9]

See also: Graves Registration, Department of Michigan: Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War: http://www.suvcwmi.org/graves/search.php

Buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Mason, Ingham County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Section A - Lot 19[10]

Sources

  1. United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch [1]; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 87; FHL microfilm 882,605.
  2. "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch [2]; citing p. 1220, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 31; FHL microfilm 181,385.
  3. "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch [3]; citing p. 31, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 87; FHL microfilm 181,393.
  4. See: http://genforum.genealogy.com/gleason/messages/929.html
  5. "Ohio Tax Records, 1800-1850," database with images, FamilySearch [4]; citing Ashtabula Township, Ashtabula, Ohio, p. , Historical Society Library, Columbus; FHL microfilm 514,136.
  6. "Ohio Tax Records, 1800-1850," database with images, FamilySearch [5]; citing Ashtabula Township, Ashtabula, Ohio, p. 4, Historical Society Library, Columbus; FHL microfilm 514,142.
  7. "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch [6]; citing p. 159, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 408; FHL microfilm 20,170.
  8. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch [7], Cowfort (sic) Gunn; citing family 97, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  9. American Genealogical - Biographical Index: Transcript: 13 Oct 1915,5025 & 15 May 1916,5539
  10. Find A Grave Memorial# 31308886: [8]




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