Joseph Sinclair Gunning, CSA[1]
circa 1843 - 1894 (~ 51 years)-
Name Joseph Sinclair Gunning Suffix CSA Nickname J.S., Sink Born circa 1843 Tennessee, USA 
Gender Male Census Sep 17, 1850 Sullivan county, Tennessee, USA [2] Census Jun 08, 1860 Sullivan county, Tennessee, USA [3] Census Jun 10, 1880 Sullivan county, Tennessee, USA [4] Died Jan 31, 1894 Dallas, Dallas county, Texas, USA Notes - He served as sheriff of Sullivan county from 1884-86.
Historic Sullivan: A History of Sullivan County, Tennessee, With Brief Biographies of the Makers of History (Taylor, 1988)
History of Tennessee; Sullivan County; 1887.
http://www.tngenweb.org/records/sullivan/history/goodspeed/
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Serious Illness of Officer Gunning.
Police Officer J.S. Gunning, who was taken sick about ten days ago with grippe, has taken pneumonia and is seriously ill at his home, 107 Powhattan street. Dr. Armstrong says the chances are against his recovering.
Dallas Daily Times Herald, Jan. 30, 1894, p. 4, col. 4.
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Obituary:
OFFICER GUNNING DEAD.
He Was a Brave Confederate and a Good Policeman.
At his home on Powhattan street at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, Police Officer J.S. Gunning died of pneumonia. Mr. Gunning was a native of Tennessee. He served in the Confederate army as a private, and was a member of Camp Sterling Price, of this city. Both as a soldier and citizen, he bore an untarnished reputation. He had been a member of the Dallas police force for four years and was always held to be a brave and efficient officer.
Officer Gunning was 48 years old. He was at the battle of Franklin when Cleburne and Granbury were slain, and was a captain when the war closed. After the war, for sixteen years, he was either sheriff or chief deputy of one of the most lawless counties in the mountains of East Tennessee. January, 1880, he went to Colorado and passed several years in that state, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana. He had been desperately wounded in the battles of the Confederacy, and his career was an eventful one. Six years ago, he came to Dallas and four years ago, he was placed on the police force. He was a powerful man, 6 feet 5 inches in his stockings, and a week ago, was the picture of health. He was a member of the Police Benevolent association and the funeral was conducted under its auspices.
Officer Gunning's old comrades of Camp Sterling Price were many of them also present. The pall bearers were a detail from the police department, consisting of Officer H. W. Waller, W. D. Webb, Robert Cornwell, C. F. Durham, O. M. Rawlins and A. Hughes.
Mr. Gunning leaves a widow and a son. The latter is a member of the Dallas fire department.
Dallas Daily Times Herald, Feb. 1, 1894, p. 2, col. 3.
Person ID I169594 mykindred Last Modified Apr 19, 2010
Father James A. Gunning, b. May 10, 1818, Sullivan county, Tennessee, USA , d. Y Mother Joanna Spurgeon, b. Feb 25, 1823, Sullivan county, Tennessee, USA , d. Y Notes - -
1850 census, TN, Sullivan, Sept. 17, HH 324
James A. Guning, 32, M, merchant, TN
Joanah Guning, 27, F, TN
StClair Guning, 7, M, TN
Thos, 2, M, TN
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1860 census, TN, Sullivanan, p. 12, June 8, HH 81/78
James A Gunning, 42, M, farmer, TN
Joanna Gunning, 37, F, TN
Joseph S Gunning, 16, TN
Thos D Gunning, 11, M, TN
Frances M Gunning, 10, F, TN
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1870 census, TN, Sullivan, Blountville, p. 23, June 13
-- HH 169
Gunning, A.S., 78, M, W, TN
Gunning, Anna P, 74, TN
-- HH 170
Gunning, Jas A, 52, M, W, TN
Gunning, Joan, 46, F, W, TN
Gunning, Thos D, 21, M, TN
Gunning, Frances, 17, F, TN
Gunning, Sam C, 3, M, TN
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1880 census, TN, Sullivan, dist. 5, ed 26, June 10
-- HH 58/62
(all b. TN except E.B. Harry all b. VA)
Gunning, J.S., W, M, 37
Gunning, M.S., 32, wife
Gunning, J.C., 10, son
Gunning, S.C., 13, son
Harry, E.B., W, M, 33, bro-in-law, visiting, VA, VA, VA
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-- HH 59/63 (all b. TN)
Gunning, J.A., W, M, 62, tanner
Gunning, J.A.A., W, F, 57, wife
Gunning, Thos D, 31, son
Hawley, Francis M, W, F, 29, dau
Hawley, Orah P, 3, g-dau
Wine, Sallie, W, F, 22, servant
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Family ID F57553 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mariah M. Cloud, b. 1847, Sullivan county, Tennessee, USA , d. Aft 1894, Texas, USA (Age > 48 years) Married Sep 12, 1869 Notes - -
1880 census, TN, Sullivan, dist. 5, ed 26, June 10
-- HH 58/62
(all b. TN except E.B. Harry all b. VA)
Gunning, J.S., W, M, 37
Gunning, M.S., 32, wife
Gunning, J.C., 10, son
Gunning, S.C., 13, son
Harry, E.B., W, M, 33, bro-in-law, visiting, VA, VA, VA
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-- (his parents are next door) HH 59/63 (all b. TN)
Gunning, J.A., W, M, 62, tanner
Gunning, J.A.A., W, F, 57, wife
Gunning, Thos D, 31, son
Hawley, Francis M, W, F, 29, dau
Hawley, Orah P, 3, g-dau
Wine, Sallie, W, F, 22, servant
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Children 1. S.C. Gunning, b. circa 1867, Tennessee, USA , d. Y2. John Charles Gunning, b. Jul 29, 1870, Sullivan county, Tennessee, USA , d. Jul 04, 1934, Dallas, Dallas county, Texas, USA (Age 63 years)Family ID F56076 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- He served as sheriff of Sullivan county from 1884-86.
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