When Aaron Gunn was born on 4 April 1806, in Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Deacon Elihu Gunn, was 42 and his mother, Lucy Phelps, was 41. He married Nancy Winters on 14 March 1837, in Magnolia Township, Putnam, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in LaSalle, Illinois, United States in 1850 and La Salle, LaSalle, Illinois, United States for about 20 years. He died on 12 March 1897, at the age of 90, and was buried in La Salle, LaSalle, Illinois, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Illinois is the 21st state.
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
English and Scottish: from the Old Norse personal name Gunnr (based on a word meaning ‘battle’), or perhaps from Gunne, a pet form of the Old Norse female personal name Gunnhildr (see Gunnell ).
History: This is the name of a Scottish clan or family associated principally with Caithness and Sutherland. It claims descent from a certain Gunni or Guinn who lived in the 12th century.
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