John Williams Gunnison

1812-1853
John Williams Gunnison (1812-1853) was born 11 Nov. 1812 in Goshen, Sullivan Co., New Hampshire. He received orders to survey a route for a Pacific Railroad on 3 May 1853, and Wilford Woodruff recorded that he and seven men in his survey party were attacked and killed by Pahvants (Ute) Indians on 26 Oct. 1853 at Sevier Lake, Millard Co., Utah Territory.

Captain John Williams Gunnison (LH7X-GQW), "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 11 Feb. 2022). John Williams Gunnison, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/john-williams-gunnison, accessed 9 Feb. 2022). John Williams Gunnison, The Journal of George Q. Cannon (https://www.churchhistorianspress.org/george-q-cannon/people/john-williams-gunnison?letter=G&lang=eng, accessed 17 Jan. 2022).
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