Merrick Low Gunnison and Blanche Fairbairn

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Husband Merrick Low Gunnison ^{1 2}

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           Born: 14 Jan 1857 - Mill Creek Twp, Erie Co, PA 2
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         Father: Albert Benjamin Gunnison (1830-1886) 1 2
         Mother: Olive M. Low (1831-      ) 2

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       Marriage: 29 Apr 1879 1 2

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Wife Blanche Fairbairn ^{1 2}

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         Father: John Fairbairn (1826-      ) 3
         Mother: Elizabeth Hubbard (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 F Florence Edith Gunnison ^{1 2}

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           Born: 25 Mar 1883 2
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General Notes: Husband - Merrick Low Gunnison

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He received his early education in the public schools of his native township, and when 14 years of age his parents moved to Erie and he completed his education at the Erie Academy. He then entered the office of Judge Gunnison for the study of law, remaining two years, when he went into business with his father, operating a planing mill, contractors and builders, and dealers in lumber, continuing till February, 1885, when the father died and the business went into the hands of Merrick and O. C., his sons, under the firm name of Gunnison Bros.
He is a member of the Perry Lodge, No. 392, F. & A. M., and in politics he was a Republican. The family resided at No. 125 West Twentieth street.

1 Editor, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Pg 902.

2 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 562.

3 Editor, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Pg 892.