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Portrait and Biographical Album of
Huron County, Michigan
Pub. Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1884

           [331-332]

           RICHARD GWINN, farmer, section 12, Caseville Township, was born
        in Ireland in October, 1820.  His parents, JAMES and SARAH (SHORT)
        GWINN, emigrated to Canada when the son was about a year old,
        locating in New Glasgow, where the mother died, in 1838, aged 56
        years.  The father died in Brant Co., Ont., in 1860, and was aged
        64 years.
           MR. GWINN was married July 7, 1849, to MARY A. SAUNDERS, and
        they are the parents of five sons and a daughter — JOHN, MARIA,
        WILLIAM, RICHARD, JOSEPH A. and SAMUEL J. The mother was born Feb.
        24, 1823, in Ballafin, County Queens, Ireland, and is the child of
        ALLEN and MARIA (LUTTRELL) SAUNDERS. Her mother died in Kilmanagh,
        County Kildare, on the Dublin Road, in Ireland. Her father died in
        Canada.
           After his marriage, MR. GWINN remained a resident on his
        father's farm until the next fall, when he removed to ARTHUR Town-
        ship, Wellington Co., Ont, and bought a farm, on which he expended
        his efforts and energies nine years. In 1859 he sold the place,
        which he had put in excellent condition, and came to East Saginaw.
        In the fall of 1860 he settled on the farm he now occupies and
        owns, and of which he secured 80 acres by pre-emption. He paid for
        it under the provisions of the Graduation Act. In political prin-
        ciples MR. GWINN is a Republican.

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