Obituaries give his place of birth as Newburyport, Mass., but in the (Concord, N.H.) NEW HAMPSHIRE PATRIOT, Aug. 25, 1828, p.2, Henry Gunnison stated that he was a native of Gilmanton.
He was the son of Henry Gunnison and Experience Allen, grandson of William Gunnison, the fourth generation of his family in America (Wm4, Joseph3, Elihu2, Hugh1) (ref., A Genealogy of the Descendants of Hugh Gunnison of Boston, Suffolk, Mass., p.123.)
1810-1818: a merchant in Boston.
1818-1833: "a merchant and also a judge at Mobile, Alabama, where he died suddenly."
He married Hannah Morrill 30 OCT 1815 in Salisbury, Essex, Mass., and had two children before she died 10 JUL 1818 in Salisbury, aged 22.
Henry Gunnison signed a petition to establish the Alabama State Bank in 1818.
He established Gunnison's Mill in 1820 on what was then Saw Mill Creek, now called Gunnison Creek. This may have been the site of an earlier mill built in the 1770s by Henry Lizard. In 1821 Gunnison's Mill is reported by the Mobile Commercial Register as producing over 12,000,000 board feet of lumber. He rebuilt the mill in 1824. (Mobile Register, July 19, 1984, People Section, p.10.)
(Newburyport, Mass.) Herald, 19 March 1822, p. 3. "At Mobile, 8th ult. at the house of his brother-in-law, Henry Gunnison Esq.,Col. Daniel Morrill, of chronic diarrhea, aged 28 formerly of Salisbury, and was interred in the same grave with an infant child, which died the day previous."
(Haverhill, Mass.) Essex Patriot, Feb. 19, 1820, p.3: HENRY GUNNISON, ESQ. originally of Newburyport, and formerly a resident of Boston, has been appointed by the legislature of Alabama one of the Judges of the County Court of Mobile county.
He married in Mobile 14 May 1825 to Louisa Juzan, daughter of Daniel Juzan and Mary Louisa Laurendine.
Newburyport Herald, May 27, 1834, p.3:
DEATHS.
In Mobile, (Alab.) 9th inst. Henry Gunnison, Esq. formerly of this town.
Salem (Mass.) GAZETTE, May 30, 1834, p.3:
DIED...
At Mobile, Henry Gunnison, Esq., formerly of Newburyport.
(Gloucester, Mass) TELEGRAPH, May 31, 1834, p.3:
DIED.
In this town, Miss Sarah Coffin, aged 57.
At Mobile, Henry Gunnison, Esq., formerly of Newburyport.
Baldwin County on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay has always been a popular summer and weekend home to many residents of Mobile and Mobile County.
Near the Grand Hotel in Point Clear was the two-story frame Gunnison House, known far and wide for its hospitality. JOHN A. M. BATTLE built the house in the early 1850s and occupied it for several years as his summer home. It was one of the greatest gathering places in the area during the antebellum period. As tradition has it, "they rode 'em high at GUNNISON'S.' Here cognac passed freely, staggering sums changed hands at cards, and sumptuous feasts were served in the old southern manner.
A metal plate on the GUNNISON HOUSE bears the inscription,
"Compliments of ADMIRAL FARRAGUT, August 5, 1864." The plate was placed there by MAJOR JAMES K. GLENNON, Confederate soldier and prominent Mobile citizen, as a reminder of a shell hole made by FARRAGUT'S guns when he ordered his men, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" in the Battle of Mobile Bay. The Point Clear Hotel also received a shell from the federals. "JOHN D. CAIN was the caretaker of the hotel during the war years, and his sister, LUCY CAIN, who also lived at the hotel, was ill at the time and later died from the shock of the shelling. During the War Between the States the GUNNISON HOUSE was used as a hospital, and in the last year of the struggle the 21st Alabama Regiment was encamped immediately to the rear of the house, near the hotel." (ref., Historic Alabama Hotels and Resorts By James Frederick Sulzby.)
He was the son of Henry Gunnison and Experience Allen, grandson of William Gunnison, the fourth generation of his family in America (Wm4, Joseph3, Elihu2, Hugh1) (ref., A Genealogy of the Descendants of Hugh Gunnison of Boston, Suffolk, Mass., p.123.)
1810-1818: a merchant in Boston.
1818-1833: "a merchant and also a judge at Mobile, Alabama, where he died suddenly."
He married Hannah Morrill 30 OCT 1815 in Salisbury, Essex, Mass., and had two children before she died 10 JUL 1818 in Salisbury, aged 22.
Henry Gunnison signed a petition to establish the Alabama State Bank in 1818.
He established Gunnison's Mill in 1820 on what was then Saw Mill Creek, now called Gunnison Creek. This may have been the site of an earlier mill built in the 1770s by Henry Lizard. In 1821 Gunnison's Mill is reported by the Mobile Commercial Register as producing over 12,000,000 board feet of lumber. He rebuilt the mill in 1824. (Mobile Register, July 19, 1984, People Section, p.10.)
(Newburyport, Mass.) Herald, 19 March 1822, p. 3. "At Mobile, 8th ult. at the house of his brother-in-law, Henry Gunnison Esq.,Col. Daniel Morrill, of chronic diarrhea, aged 28 formerly of Salisbury, and was interred in the same grave with an infant child, which died the day previous."
(Haverhill, Mass.) Essex Patriot, Feb. 19, 1820, p.3: HENRY GUNNISON, ESQ. originally of Newburyport, and formerly a resident of Boston, has been appointed by the legislature of Alabama one of the Judges of the County Court of Mobile county.
He married in Mobile 14 May 1825 to Louisa Juzan, daughter of Daniel Juzan and Mary Louisa Laurendine.
Newburyport Herald, May 27, 1834, p.3:
DEATHS.
In Mobile, (Alab.) 9th inst. Henry Gunnison, Esq. formerly of this town.
Salem (Mass.) GAZETTE, May 30, 1834, p.3:
DIED...
At Mobile, Henry Gunnison, Esq., formerly of Newburyport.
(Gloucester, Mass) TELEGRAPH, May 31, 1834, p.3:
DIED.
In this town, Miss Sarah Coffin, aged 57.
At Mobile, Henry Gunnison, Esq., formerly of Newburyport.
Baldwin County on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay has always been a popular summer and weekend home to many residents of Mobile and Mobile County.
Near the Grand Hotel in Point Clear was the two-story frame Gunnison House, known far and wide for its hospitality. JOHN A. M. BATTLE built the house in the early 1850s and occupied it for several years as his summer home. It was one of the greatest gathering places in the area during the antebellum period. As tradition has it, "they rode 'em high at GUNNISON'S.' Here cognac passed freely, staggering sums changed hands at cards, and sumptuous feasts were served in the old southern manner.
A metal plate on the GUNNISON HOUSE bears the inscription,
"Compliments of ADMIRAL FARRAGUT, August 5, 1864." The plate was placed there by MAJOR JAMES K. GLENNON, Confederate soldier and prominent Mobile citizen, as a reminder of a shell hole made by FARRAGUT'S guns when he ordered his men, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" in the Battle of Mobile Bay. The Point Clear Hotel also received a shell from the federals. "JOHN D. CAIN was the caretaker of the hotel during the war years, and his sister, LUCY CAIN, who also lived at the hotel, was ill at the time and later died from the shock of the shelling. During the War Between the States the GUNNISON HOUSE was used as a hospital, and in the last year of the struggle the 21st Alabama Regiment was encamped immediately to the rear of the house, near the hotel." (ref., Historic Alabama Hotels and Resorts By James Frederick Sulzby.)
Obituaries give his place of birth as Newburyport, Mass., but in the (Concord, N.H.) NEW HAMPSHIRE PATRIOT, Aug. 25, 1828, p.2, Henry Gunnison stated that he was a native of Gilmanton.
He was the son of Henry Gunnison and Experience Allen, grandson of William Gunnison, the fourth generation of his family in America (Wm4, Joseph3, Elihu2, Hugh1) (ref., A Genealogy of the Descendants of Hugh Gunnison of Boston, Suffolk, Mass., p.123.)
1810-1818: a merchant in Boston.
1818-1833: "a merchant and also a judge at Mobile, Alabama, where he died suddenly."
He married Hannah Morrill 30 OCT 1815 in Salisbury, Essex, Mass., and had two children before she died 10 JUL 1818 in Salisbury, aged 22.
Henry Gunnison signed a petition to establish the Alabama State Bank in 1818.
He established Gunnison's Mill in 1820 on what was then Saw Mill Creek, now called Gunnison Creek. This may have been the site of an earlier mill built in the 1770s by Henry Lizard. In 1821 Gunnison's Mill is reported by the Mobile Commercial Register as producing over 12,000,000 board feet of lumber. He rebuilt the mill in 1824. (Mobile Register, July 19, 1984, People Section, p.10.)
(Newburyport, Mass.) Herald, 19 March 1822, p. 3. "At Mobile, 8th ult. at the house of his brother-in-law, Henry Gunnison Esq.,Col. Daniel Morrill, of chronic diarrhea, aged 28 formerly of Salisbury, and was interred in the same grave with an infant child, which died the day previous."
(Haverhill, Mass.) Essex Patriot, Feb. 19, 1820, p.3: HENRY GUNNISON, ESQ. originally of Newburyport, and formerly a resident of Boston, has been appointed by the legislature of Alabama one of the Judges of the County Court of Mobile county.
He married in Mobile 14 May 1825 to Louisa Juzan, daughter of Daniel Juzan and Mary Louisa Laurendine.
Newburyport Herald, May 27, 1834, p.3:
DEATHS.
In Mobile, (Alab.) 9th inst. Henry Gunnison, Esq. formerly of this town.
Salem (Mass.) GAZETTE, May 30, 1834, p.3:
DIED...
At Mobile, Henry Gunnison, Esq., formerly of Newburyport.
(Gloucester, Mass) TELEGRAPH, May 31, 1834, p.3:
DIED.
In this town, Miss Sarah Coffin, aged 57.
At Mobile, Henry Gunnison, Esq., formerly of Newburyport.
Baldwin County on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay has always been a popular summer and weekend home to many residents of Mobile and Mobile County.
Near the Grand Hotel in Point Clear was the two-story frame Gunnison House, known far and wide for its hospitality. JOHN A. M. BATTLE built the house in the early 1850s and occupied it for several years as his summer home. It was one of the greatest gathering places in the area during the antebellum period. As tradition has it, "they rode 'em high at GUNNISON'S.' Here cognac passed freely, staggering sums changed hands at cards, and sumptuous feasts were served in the old southern manner.
A metal plate on the GUNNISON HOUSE bears the inscription,
"Compliments of ADMIRAL FARRAGUT, August 5, 1864." The plate was placed there by MAJOR JAMES K. GLENNON, Confederate soldier and prominent Mobile citizen, as a reminder of a shell hole made by FARRAGUT'S guns when he ordered his men, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" in the Battle of Mobile Bay. The Point Clear Hotel also received a shell from the federals. "JOHN D. CAIN was the caretaker of the hotel during the war years, and his sister, LUCY CAIN, who also lived at the hotel, was ill at the time and later died from the shock of the shelling. During the War Between the States the GUNNISON HOUSE was used as a hospital, and in the last year of the struggle the 21st Alabama Regiment was encamped immediately to the rear of the house, near the hotel." (ref., Historic Alabama Hotels and Resorts By James Frederick Sulzby.)
He was the son of Henry Gunnison and Experience Allen, grandson of William Gunnison, the fourth generation of his family in America (Wm4, Joseph3, Elihu2, Hugh1) (ref., A Genealogy of the Descendants of Hugh Gunnison of Boston, Suffolk, Mass., p.123.)
1810-1818: a merchant in Boston.
1818-1833: "a merchant and also a judge at Mobile, Alabama, where he died suddenly."
He married Hannah Morrill 30 OCT 1815 in Salisbury, Essex, Mass., and had two children before she died 10 JUL 1818 in Salisbury, aged 22.
Henry Gunnison signed a petition to establish the Alabama State Bank in 1818.
He established Gunnison's Mill in 1820 on what was then Saw Mill Creek, now called Gunnison Creek. This may have been the site of an earlier mill built in the 1770s by Henry Lizard. In 1821 Gunnison's Mill is reported by the Mobile Commercial Register as producing over 12,000,000 board feet of lumber. He rebuilt the mill in 1824. (Mobile Register, July 19, 1984, People Section, p.10.)
(Newburyport, Mass.) Herald, 19 March 1822, p. 3. "At Mobile, 8th ult. at the house of his brother-in-law, Henry Gunnison Esq.,Col. Daniel Morrill, of chronic diarrhea, aged 28 formerly of Salisbury, and was interred in the same grave with an infant child, which died the day previous."
(Haverhill, Mass.) Essex Patriot, Feb. 19, 1820, p.3: HENRY GUNNISON, ESQ. originally of Newburyport, and formerly a resident of Boston, has been appointed by the legislature of Alabama one of the Judges of the County Court of Mobile county.
He married in Mobile 14 May 1825 to Louisa Juzan, daughter of Daniel Juzan and Mary Louisa Laurendine.
Newburyport Herald, May 27, 1834, p.3:
DEATHS.
In Mobile, (Alab.) 9th inst. Henry Gunnison, Esq. formerly of this town.
Salem (Mass.) GAZETTE, May 30, 1834, p.3:
DIED...
At Mobile, Henry Gunnison, Esq., formerly of Newburyport.
(Gloucester, Mass) TELEGRAPH, May 31, 1834, p.3:
DIED.
In this town, Miss Sarah Coffin, aged 57.
At Mobile, Henry Gunnison, Esq., formerly of Newburyport.
Baldwin County on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay has always been a popular summer and weekend home to many residents of Mobile and Mobile County.
Near the Grand Hotel in Point Clear was the two-story frame Gunnison House, known far and wide for its hospitality. JOHN A. M. BATTLE built the house in the early 1850s and occupied it for several years as his summer home. It was one of the greatest gathering places in the area during the antebellum period. As tradition has it, "they rode 'em high at GUNNISON'S.' Here cognac passed freely, staggering sums changed hands at cards, and sumptuous feasts were served in the old southern manner.
A metal plate on the GUNNISON HOUSE bears the inscription,
"Compliments of ADMIRAL FARRAGUT, August 5, 1864." The plate was placed there by MAJOR JAMES K. GLENNON, Confederate soldier and prominent Mobile citizen, as a reminder of a shell hole made by FARRAGUT'S guns when he ordered his men, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" in the Battle of Mobile Bay. The Point Clear Hotel also received a shell from the federals. "JOHN D. CAIN was the caretaker of the hotel during the war years, and his sister, LUCY CAIN, who also lived at the hotel, was ill at the time and later died from the shock of the shelling. During the War Between the States the GUNNISON HOUSE was used as a hospital, and in the last year of the struggle the 21st Alabama Regiment was encamped immediately to the rear of the house, near the hotel." (ref., Historic Alabama Hotels and Resorts By James Frederick Sulzby.)
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