Titus M. Gunn (abt. 1841 - 1889)

Born about 1841 in Ohio, United States

Died 6 Mar 1889 at about age 48 in Rensselaer, New York, United States

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Biography

Titus Gunn is a part of US Black heritage.

Titus M. Gunn was born about 1841^[1] in Columbus County^[2], New York or Ohio^[3][4][5][6]. He was the child^[3] of Ruth and Gabriel Gunn. He, his brother Benjamin and his stepbrother Charles T. Way all served with the famous 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War.

Education

In 1860, he is attending school in or near West Stockbridge, Massachusetts.^[4]

Occupations

• 1863^[1], 1880^[6]: Farmer
• 1870^[5]: Laborer
• 1860^[4]: Day laborer

Residences

• 1880: Schoharie, New York with his wife Helen^[6]
• 1870: Dannemora States Prison, Dannemora, New York^[5]
• 1863: Columbia County, New York (military enlistment)^[1]
• 1860: West Stockbridge, Massachusetts with his father, stepmother, siblings, step-siblings, wife and daughter^[4]
• 1850: Grafton, Ohio with his parents and siblings^[3]

Military Service

During the Civil War, he served as a Private in Company C of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the Union Army, the second^[7] regiment in the United States made up entirely of enlisted men of color. He was about 22 years old, single and working as a farmer when he enlisted on 9 May 1863 from Columbia County, New York. He mustered out with his regiment on 20 August 1865.^[1]

Race

• 1860^[4], 1870^[5], 1880: Mulatto
• 1850^[3]: Black

Death

He passed away in 1889 and is buried at Lansingburgh Village Cemetery in Lansingburgh, New York (a part of Troy, New York since 1900.)^[8]

Projects

• 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
• African American Civil War veterans of Berkshire County, Massachusetts

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Emilio, McKay Roster
2. ↑ regimental descriptive
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} 1850 federal census
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} 1860 federal census
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} 1870 federal census
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} 1880 federal census
7. ↑ and the first with federal recognition; the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry regiment was against the wishes of the Secretary of War and filled only six companies, but did see action a full year before the 54th
8. ↑ Find a Grave memorial

• 1850 United States Federal Census Year: 1850; Census Place: Grafton, Lorain, Ohio; Roll: M432_705; Page: 495A; Image: 505
• 1860 United States Federal Census Year: 1860; Census Place: West Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts; Roll: M653_487; Page: 539; Family History Library Film: 803487
• 1870 United States Federal Census Year: 1870; Census Place: Dannemora, Clinton, New York; Roll: M593_918; Page: 302B; Family History Library Film: 552417
• 1880 United States Federal Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Schoharie, Schoharie, New York; Roll: 931; Page: 263A; Enumeration District: 192
• Emilio, Luis Fenollosa. History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1863-1865, Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Book Co., 1891 (1st ed.) and 1894 (2nd ed.)
• Find A Grave: Memorial #90808245
• Fold3.com. "Records of the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (Colored), 1863-1865." National Archives Catalog #577134. "Regimental and Company Books of Civil War Volunteer Union Organizations, compiled 1861 - 1865." Free Access Civil War Records 1-15 April 2018.