Biography of John Jacob Gunsenhouser, pages 788 / 789.  History of De Kalb 
County, Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

John Jacob Gunsenhouser, farmer and stock-raiser, section 6, Stafford 
Township, is a native of Switzerland, born May 28, 1806, and in 1816 came 
with his father, John Gunsenhouser, to the United States and settled in 
Lancaster county, Pa., and in 1823 moved to Stark County, Ohio.  In 1836 he 
came to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled on the northeast quarter of 
section 7, Troy Township, in the woods, where they were surrounded by wild 
animals and Indians.  He entered over 400 acres of land and went to work to 
clear and cultivate a farm, having many hardships to endure and many 
obstacles to overcome.  He has sold the greater part of his land, owning at 
present but forty-nine acres in his home farm, but in addition to this owns 
village property in Newville.  He tells many amusing incidents and many 
thrilling accounts of his life in the woods, of the hardships and privations 
to be undergone, and the pleasures to be found in the chase.  He was a true 
pioneer, and has assisted in a large degree in developing and improving De 
Kalb County.  He was married June 14, 1827, to Mary Strole, daughter of 
Nicholas and Elizabeth Strole.  To them have been born eleven children---
Olive, Elizabeth, Mary A., Henry, Jacob, Nancy, Isaac, Ursula, Sarah, 
George and William (twins).  One son , John, enlisted in Company F, Forty-
fourth Indiana Infantry, and was appointed its Captain.  He was killed at 
the battle of Chickamauga, and left a widow and four children.

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