Francis MacKall GUNNELL was born November 27, 1827. He attended Georgetown University from 1844 to 1846, receiving an M.D. degree. He was comissioned as an Assistant Surgeon in the U. S. Navy on March 22, 1849, and promoted to Surgeon on April 23, 1861. He was later named Surgeon General of the U. S. Navy, retiring from the Navy on November 21, 1889.
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Rear Admiral Francis M. Gunnell, surgeon-general of the United States Navy, retired, native of this city, and one of the oldest commissioned officers in the Navy, died saturday at his home, 600 20th street, after a long illness. Funeral services will be held at St. John's Episcopal Church tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. Interment will be in Arlington cemetery with full military honors. He was 94 years old. Admiral Gunnell was born here november 27, 1827, and with the exception of his naval service, spent his whole life in this city. He was graduated from Georgetown University in 1845, and took the degree of medicine at Columbian University the following year. He was appointed assistant surgeon in the Navy in 1879. Following the opinion expressed by the medical officer of the Navy, Admiral Gunnel was appointed surgeon general in 1884. Admiral gunnel served throughout the civil war, was on the Pawnee when that vessel was ordered to Washington to protect the inauguration of President Lincoln, participating in the services of that vessel in the Potomac river, at Norfolk, and in the caoture of Hatteras, Port royal, and Fernandina. He was aboard the U.S.S. Niagara at the laying of the first Atlantic cable in 1858, and was wrecked on the Steamer Fulton in 1859. He served with such distinguished officers as Tatnell, Worden, Rowan Farragut, and enjoyed their confidence and friendship. He was repeatedly a delegate to the american Medical Association, and represented the Navy at the international medical congress in 1876. for twenty-five years he was a member of the board of visitors of the Government Hospital for the Insane, resigning therefrom in 1910 by reason of age. Admiral Gunnell married Harriet Chew Barnes, who, with two children, Lieut. Col. Joseph F. Barnes and Mrs. Mark Brooke, survive him. [The Evening Star, Washington, District of Columbia, Monday, June 12, 1922, Page 7]
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Rear Admiral Francis M. Gunnell, surgeon-general of the United States Navy, retired, native of this city, and one of the oldest commissioned officers in the Navy, died saturday at his home, 600 20th street, after a long illness. Funeral services will be held at St. John's Episcopal Church tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. Interment will be in Arlington cemetery with full military honors. He was 94 years old. Admiral Gunnell was born here november 27, 1827, and with the exception of his naval service, spent his whole life in this city. He was graduated from Georgetown University in 1845, and took the degree of medicine at Columbian University the following year. He was appointed assistant surgeon in the Navy in 1879. Following the opinion expressed by the medical officer of the Navy, Admiral Gunnel was appointed surgeon general in 1884. Admiral gunnel served throughout the civil war, was on the Pawnee when that vessel was ordered to Washington to protect the inauguration of President Lincoln, participating in the services of that vessel in the Potomac river, at Norfolk, and in the caoture of Hatteras, Port royal, and Fernandina. He was aboard the U.S.S. Niagara at the laying of the first Atlantic cable in 1858, and was wrecked on the Steamer Fulton in 1859. He served with such distinguished officers as Tatnell, Worden, Rowan Farragut, and enjoyed their confidence and friendship. He was repeatedly a delegate to the american Medical Association, and represented the Navy at the international medical congress in 1876. for twenty-five years he was a member of the board of visitors of the Government Hospital for the Insane, resigning therefrom in 1910 by reason of age. Admiral Gunnell married Harriet Chew Barnes, who, with two children, Lieut. Col. Joseph F. Barnes and Mrs. Mark Brooke, survive him. [The Evening Star, Washington, District of Columbia, Monday, June 12, 1922, Page 7]
Francis MacKall GUNNELL was born November 27, 1827. He attended Georgetown University from 1844 to 1846, receiving an M.D. degree. He was comissioned as an Assistant Surgeon in the U. S. Navy on March 22, 1849, and promoted to Surgeon on April 23, 1861. He was later named Surgeon General of the U. S. Navy, retiring from the Navy on November 21, 1889.
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Rear Admiral Francis M. Gunnell, surgeon-general of the United States Navy, retired, native of this city, and one of the oldest commissioned officers in the Navy, died saturday at his home, 600 20th street, after a long illness. Funeral services will be held at St. John's Episcopal Church tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. Interment will be in Arlington cemetery with full military honors. He was 94 years old. Admiral Gunnell was born here november 27, 1827, and with the exception of his naval service, spent his whole life in this city. He was graduated from Georgetown University in 1845, and took the degree of medicine at Columbian University the following year. He was appointed assistant surgeon in the Navy in 1879. Following the opinion expressed by the medical officer of the Navy, Admiral Gunnel was appointed surgeon general in 1884. Admiral gunnel served throughout the civil war, was on the Pawnee when that vessel was ordered to Washington to protect the inauguration of President Lincoln, participating in the services of that vessel in the Potomac river, at Norfolk, and in the caoture of Hatteras, Port royal, and Fernandina. He was aboard the U.S.S. Niagara at the laying of the first Atlantic cable in 1858, and was wrecked on the Steamer Fulton in 1859. He served with such distinguished officers as Tatnell, Worden, Rowan Farragut, and enjoyed their confidence and friendship. He was repeatedly a delegate to the american Medical Association, and represented the Navy at the international medical congress in 1876. for twenty-five years he was a member of the board of visitors of the Government Hospital for the Insane, resigning therefrom in 1910 by reason of age. Admiral Gunnell married Harriet Chew Barnes, who, with two children, Lieut. Col. Joseph F. Barnes and Mrs. Mark Brooke, survive him. [The Evening Star, Washington, District of Columbia, Monday, June 12, 1922, Page 7]
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Rear Admiral Francis M. Gunnell, surgeon-general of the United States Navy, retired, native of this city, and one of the oldest commissioned officers in the Navy, died saturday at his home, 600 20th street, after a long illness. Funeral services will be held at St. John's Episcopal Church tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. Interment will be in Arlington cemetery with full military honors. He was 94 years old. Admiral Gunnell was born here november 27, 1827, and with the exception of his naval service, spent his whole life in this city. He was graduated from Georgetown University in 1845, and took the degree of medicine at Columbian University the following year. He was appointed assistant surgeon in the Navy in 1879. Following the opinion expressed by the medical officer of the Navy, Admiral Gunnel was appointed surgeon general in 1884. Admiral gunnel served throughout the civil war, was on the Pawnee when that vessel was ordered to Washington to protect the inauguration of President Lincoln, participating in the services of that vessel in the Potomac river, at Norfolk, and in the caoture of Hatteras, Port royal, and Fernandina. He was aboard the U.S.S. Niagara at the laying of the first Atlantic cable in 1858, and was wrecked on the Steamer Fulton in 1859. He served with such distinguished officers as Tatnell, Worden, Rowan Farragut, and enjoyed their confidence and friendship. He was repeatedly a delegate to the american Medical Association, and represented the Navy at the international medical congress in 1876. for twenty-five years he was a member of the board of visitors of the Government Hospital for the Insane, resigning therefrom in 1910 by reason of age. Admiral Gunnell married Harriet Chew Barnes, who, with two children, Lieut. Col. Joseph F. Barnes and Mrs. Mark Brooke, survive him. [The Evening Star, Washington, District of Columbia, Monday, June 12, 1922, Page 7]
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