Otis B. Gunn
American engineer and politician
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| Intro | American engineer and politician | |
| A.K.A. | Otis Gunn Otis Berthoude Gunn | |
| A.K.A. | Otis Gunn Otis Berthoude Gunn | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Military personnel | |
| Work field | Military | |
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| Birth | 1828 | |
| Death | 1901 (aged 73 years) |
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Otis Berthoude Gunn (October 27, 1828 – February 18,1901) was a railroad engineer and Kansas state senator who received an appointment to serve as an officer in the fourth Volunteer Kansas regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He served on governor George F. Robinson's staff. The Historical Society of Kansas has a collection of his and his family's papers.
He was part of the first state senate in Kansas representing Wyandotte County.
Gunn's son Frederick C. Gunn was born in Atchison, Kansas in 1865. The family moved to Kansas City, Missouri when he was 14. The son went on to become an architect and helped design several county courthouses.