Friday, February 4, 2011

John T. Guning

GUNING, JOHN T., far., sec. 6; born Dec. 12, 1828, in Smithport, McKean Co., Penn.; in 1844, came to Linn Co.; in 1851, came to his present farm; owns about thirty-five acres, valued at $20 per acre. Married Catherine Klumph in 1876; she was born in 1838; have two children by a former marriage — Clara E. and John B. His mother lives with him; she was born May 13, 1811; his father was born March 14, 1801, and died March 27, 1875. Enlisted in 1863 in Co. A, 15th Iowa V. I.; served to the close of the war.

SOURCE: The History of Linn County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1878 p. 680

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