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From: "Dick Crow" <>
Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] Olen Gunnett, Frostburg
Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2005 17:23:56 -0500
References: <20050305.225224.1428.1.kengunnett@juno.com>


Ken,

Some of the info I dug out of the old Frostburg Mining Journals and some
came from other researchers connected to the Crow/Crowe families.

Dick Crow
"The Ole Crow from NH"

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kenneth W Gunnett" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 11:52 PM
Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] Olen Gunnett, Frostburg


> I'm not sure if I thanks you for this. I have 99.9% of the same
> information. I located the Gunnett/Neff and Crowe family history written
> by Samual Gunnett Neff. Looks like old SGN words got around.
>
>
> On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 12:20:09 EST writes:
> > Ken,
> > There was a Theodore Gunnett who I believe was married to my
> > Ggrandfather's sister Hannah/Annie Cosgrove. She died then Thomas
> > remarried. They had a
> > millinery shop in Frostburg. Here is his bio. Todd
> >
> > Theodore Gunnette
> >
> > For nearly thirty years the Gunnette millinery establishment of
> > Frostburg has
> > provided the ladies of this city with seasonable and artistic
> > headgear, and
> > many of the present patrons have continued with this house during
> > its long and
> > prosperous career. Here they know they will receive the best of
> > attention, and
> > that the millinery is of the most fashionable design, and beautiful
> > in color
> > effects. Mrs. Gunnette is associated with her husband in the
> > business, and her
> > taste, like his, is perfect and most artistic.
> >
> > The birth of Theodore Gunnette occurred at Addisson, Somerset
> > county,
> > Pennsylvania, where he was born on April 11, 1855. He is a son of
> > George and
> > Catherine Elizabeth (Worsing) Gunnette. The Gunnette family is of
> > French origin, and
> > is numbered among the old and honored ones of the Keystone State.
> > George
> > Gunnette was a son of Reese Gunnette, who was one of the civil
> > engineers who
> > surveyed the old National Turnpike, and he was born in Blair County,
> > Pennsylvania. In
> > 1856 George Gunnette brought his family to Frostburg, at which time
> > Theodore
> > Gunnette was only eleven months old. For some years George Gunnette
> > was a
> > wagoner on the old National Turnpike, but later on in life he worked
> > as a
> > carpenter. His children were as follows: Madison, who is deceased,
> > was for many years
> > a contracting plasterer of Frostburg; Theodore, whose name heads
> > this review;
> > Jennie, who married William McCluckey, of Frostburg; Laura, who
> > married George
> > Stephens, of Frostburg; Ella, who is the widow of the late Henry K.
> > Neff, of
> > Frostburg; Lillie, who married Henry Fresh, of Frostburg; Bertie, who
> > married
> > Walter Cook, of Frostburg; and Fannie, who died in childhood.
> > Theodore
> > Gunnette is a Methodist in religious faith. For many years he voted
> > the Republican
> > ticket, but is now affiliated with the Socialist party. Educated in
> > the public
> > schools of his native city, he learned the plasterer's trade, and
> > followed it
> > for forty-nine years, and was an excellent workman.
> >
> > In 1877 Mr. Gunnette was married first to Miss Anna Cosgrove at
> > Frostburg,
> > and they had three children; Emma, who is deceased, was the wife of
> > F. E. Jones,
> > of Washington., D. C.; Mary, who married George F. Eppley, of
> > Washington, D.
> > C.; and Samuel M., who is a plasterer of Newcastle, Pennsylvania.
> > Mrs.
> > Gunnette died 1885. On August 4, 1887, Theodore Gunnette was married
> > second to Miss
> > Sallie Weems Franklin, of Washington, D. C., a daughter of Thomas
> > Alexander and
> > Margaret Virginia (Dorcus) Franklin, natives of Anne Arundel county,
> >
> > Maryland, a member of one of the oldest families of this State. For
> > over 200 years the
> > families with which Mrs. Gunnette is connected have been connected
> > with the
> > development of Maryland. Three children have been born to Mr. and
> > Mrs.
> > Gunnette: Nina Franklin, who married Ralph Neal, of Frostburg, died
> > in 1910; Theodore,
> > who died in childhood; and James N., who is a resident of Frostburg,
> > who
> > volunteered for service during the World War, was overseas in
> > France, and was
> > wounded and gassed at Chateau Thierry.
> >
> > For the past twenty-nine years Mr. and Mrs. Gunnette have conducted
> > their
> > high-class millinery establishment at 105-7 East Main Street,
> > Frostburg, and are
> > among the best-known people in Allegany county. Mrs. Gunnette is a
> > thorough
> > business woman, and carries her talents and energy into her
> > membership with the
> > First Methodist Episcopal Church of Frostburg. For over thirty years
> > she has
> > been a teacher in the Sunday school, and she has been one of the
> > soprano
> > singers in the church choir and her beautiful voice is a source of
> > pleasure to many.
> > She is a member of a number of benevolent and civic societies, and
> > like her
> > husband is deeply interested in the betterment of her home
> > community.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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