Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
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ALBERT GUNNETTE

Albert GUNNETTE, whose farm is situated on section 26, of Union Township, came to Harrison County in the summer of 1874 with his mother, who was a widow. He lived with Samuel WOOD until fourteen years of age, when he hired out to work by the month on a farm, and three years later went to farming on his own account, receiving at that time $133 from his father's estate. In the fall of that year our subject bought the farm on which he now lives, paying, $25 per acre for the same.

Our subject was born in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, March 10, 1868, and moved with his parents to Michigan, where his parents died when he was about three years old. His father's family consisted of ten children, three of whom are now living, and are as follows: John M., Minnie M., and Albert.

Our subject was married January 23, 1890, to Nellie B. CHILDS, daughter of A.J. and Fannie CHILDS, who had four children, of whom our subject's wife was the oldest. These children were as follows: Vinnie, Eliza, Nellie and Jesse. The parents were natives of Indiana.

Mr. And Mrs. GUNNETTE are the parents of one child�Vernie A., born January 3, 1890.

Politically, our subject affiliates with the People's party.

Being left an orphan boy at the tender age of three years, and having to face the cold world as our subject did, he is entitled to much credit; having faced adversity manfully as he has, he can now enter into the enjoyment of his home circle with a right hearty good will.

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