Gunn, Thomas Morris

Thomas Gunn was a Kentuckian, from Shelby County, the son of a Presbyterian elder, and himself with a long future as a clergyman ahead of him. Soon after graduation from Dickinson in 1860, he became a professor of languages at a Methodist college in Clarkesville, Texas. Within a year, though, he was enlisted as a private in the Union army.

Life Span
to
Dickinson Connection
Class of 1860
Full name
Thomas Morris Gunn
Place of Birth
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Slave State
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
4
Family
William Gunn (father), Francis Adams Gunn (mother), M. Catherine Waggener (wife, 1864)
Education
Dickinson (Carlisle College)
Occupation
Clergy
Educator
Church or Religious Denomination
Presbyterian
Military
Union Army
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