Biography

12/25/1824 - 07/21/1871


GUNNISON, Jonas, a Representative from Erie County; born, December 25, 1824 in Erie County, Pa.; attended, Erie Academy; attorney-at-law; trustee, Erie Academy; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1859; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1860); elected, select city council, Erie; elected, chair, Erie County Republican Committee (1868); died, July 21, 1871 in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania; interred, Erie Cemetery, Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania.


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