Allen Thomson Gunnell

Allen Thomson Gunnell was an American lawyer, judge, and state legislator in Colorado.

Biography

Gunnell was born in Saline [County, Missouri]. He earned an A.B. degree at Bethany College, then studied law in Sedalia, Missouri. He married Elizabeth M. Hancock on October 22, 1872, and they had two children. He settled in Colorado in 1875.
He served in the Colorado [House of Representatives] from 1878 to 1880, and in the Colorado Senate from 1890 to 1891. He was a lawyer and represented owners of mining companies.
He died in Colorado [Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs] on March 21, 1907 after a long illness, and was buried at Evergreen [Cemetery (Colorado Springs, Colorado)|Evergreen Cemetery].
The Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum has an oil painting of him.