Joseph Austin Gunn (1887 - 1957)

Born 4 Jan 1887 in Isney, Choctaw, Alabama, United States

Died 18 Jul 1957 at age 70 in Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, United States

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Biography

Joseph was the son of Joseph E Gunn and Nallie A.

Joseph Austin Gunn was born on 4 Jan 1887 in Isney, Choctaw, Alabama.

Joseph and Verda's first child Lorain Austin, (son) was born on 15 Apr 1912 in Martins Mill, Van Zandt, Texas. ^[1]

Joseph and Verda's second child Margruite (daughter) was born in 1914 in Texas.

On the 1900 census, Joseph was living with his father, mother, eight siblings and grandmother Gunn. ^[2]

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Joseph E Gunn Head Male 45 Alabama

Nallie L Gunn Wife Female 37 Alabama

Glenn A Gunn Son Male 20 Alabama

Meloin E Gunn Son Male 16 Alabama

J Austin Gunn Son Male 13 Alabama

Slater M Gunn Son Male 11 Alabama

Lillian L Gunn Daughter Female 30 Alabama

Francis A Gunn Son Male 7 Alabama

Josephine Gunn Daughter Female 5 Alabama

Bassett E Gunn Son Male 3 Alabama

Cecil L Gunn Son Male 1 Alabama

Nancy A Gunn Mother Female 72 Alabama

In 1917 Joseph registered for the World War I draft in Van Zandt County, Texas. ^[3]

On the 1920 census, Joseph was living with his wife and two children in Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas.^[4]

Austin J Gunn Head Male 32 Alabama

Verdie Gunn Wife Female 26 Texas

Loraine Gunn Son Male 7 Texas

Margruite Gunn Daughter Female 6 Texas

On the 1930 census, Joseph was living with his wife Verda and their two children in Choctaw, Alabama.^[5]

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Joseph A Gunn Head Male 42 Alabama

Verda M Gunn Wife Female 34 Texas

Lorain Gunn Son Male 17 Texas

Margurite Gunn Daughter Female 16 Texas

In 1942 Joseph regestered for the World War ll draft in Lubbock, Lubbock, Texa ^[6]

On 18 July 1957 Joseph passed away in Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas at the age of 70. ^[7]

Joseph is buried in the Resthaven Memorial Park in Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4LJP-G4W2 : 12 March 2020), Joseph Austin Gunn in entry for Lorain Austin Gunn, 1912.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M98S-DTX : accessed 17 January 2022), J Austin Gunn in household of Joseph E Gunn, Precinct 10, Choctaw, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 21, sheet 9A, family 120, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,007.
3. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZFM-N8T : 24 December 2021), Joseph A Gunn, 1917-1918.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC9L-CM5 : 3 February 2021), Austin J Gunn, 1920.
5. ↑ *"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M98S-DTX : accessed 17 January 2022), J Austin Gunn in household of Joseph E Gunn, Precinct 10, Choctaw, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 21, sheet 9A, family 120, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,007.
6. ↑ "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XP5T-T5Q : 25 February 2020), Joseph Austin Gunn, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
7. ↑ *"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K491-M5W : 10 January 2021), J A Gunn, Justice Precinct 1, Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 152-11A, sheet 13B, line 64, family 292, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4096.
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19528645/joseph-austin-gunn : accessed 16 January 2022), memorial page for Joseph Austin Gunn (13 Apr 1887–18 Jul 1957), Find a Grave Memorial ID 19528645, citing Resthaven Memorial Park, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by David Sifford (contributor 46564332) .