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Submitted: 12/26/15 • Approved: 1/1/16 • Last Updated: 3/23/18 • R96837-G0-S3
FIRST LIEUTENANT Confederate States Army
Company E
37 Texas Calvary
Civil War Confederate
July 5, 1828 - November 30, 1864
His first found ancestor is Nicholas Gunnels b. 1697 in Spotsyvania, Va. d. 1796 in Jackson co, Ga.
His wife was Rosannah (mnu) Gunnels.
Their son Daniel Gunnels m. Elizabeth Frazier.
Their son Daniel Gunnels m. Mary "Polly" Akins.
Their son Nathan Daniel Gunnels m. Nancy Hunt.
They were the parents of Nathan C. Gunnels.
1850 Census, Franklin Co, Georgia.
Fa; Nathan Gunnels b. 1800 age 50 b. Ga.
Mo; Nancy Gunnels b. 1798 age 52 b. Ga.
1. Joel D. b. 1827 b. Ga.
2. Nathan C. b. 1828 b. Ga.
3. Mary E. b. 1831 b. Ga.
4. John H. b. 1839 b. Ga.
Nathan Daniel Gunnels, was born in Wilkes Co, Ga. 1800. Died in April 1870, in Franklin, Georgia of Pneumonia. Buried there. 1870 Mortality Schedule.
Nancy Hunt Gunnels was still alive in Gunnels, Franklin Co,
Ga. 1880 Franklin Co, Ga. Census. Age 83.
U S International Marriage Records 1860-1900
Nathan C. Gunnels to Mary E. Holly, Georgia, in 1856. They traveled to Texas after their marriage in 1856. Their daughter was born in Texas in 1858.
1860 Anderson Co, Texas Census;
Fa; Nathan C. Gunnels b. 1828 Ga.
Mo; Mary E. Gunnels b. 1836 Ga.
1. G.E. Gunnels b. 1858 Texas
36 yrs, 4 mos, 25 d. Age at death.
Owned a store in early Palestine
Per; Mary Kate Hunter Papers.
Joined;
Palestine, 28 Texas Cavalry
Randal's 1st Texas Lancers Co. G. Private.
TERRELL'S TEXAS CALVARY, CO E.
Lieutenants: GUNNELS, Nathan C., enlisted at Palestine on April 11, 1863.
Wounded, had arm broken in Battle of Mansfield or Pleasant Hill (LA) on
April 8 or 9, 1864.
His record does not show he was sent home, but he had to be due to inability to be able to perform his duties as a soldier. Due to the arm being broke, and mending and then his death in Nov, 1864, he probably never returned to service in the war.
Therefore he is the same blood line of the Gunnels in Anderson County, Elkhart and Palestine areas.
Contributed on 12/26/15 by justplaincountryphotography
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