Biography of Philip Gushwa, page 570.  History of De Kalb County, Indiana.  
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Philip Gushwa, Jr.; the fifth son and ninth child of Philip and Mary A. 
(Mahr) Gushwa, was born in Holmes County, Ohio, March 5, 1841, and was four 
years of age when his parents moved to De Kalb County.  Here he was reared 
and educated, remaining with his parents till the breaking out of the 
Rebellion.  Nov. 20, 1862, he enlisted in Company B, Twenty-ninth Indiana 
Infantry, and participated in many hard-fought battles, the more important 
being Chickamauga where he was wounded in the right thigh, the ball passing 
out of his leg.  This disabled him from service for three months.  He served 
till the expiration of his term and was discharged Nov. 20, 1865.  After his 
return home he worked on his father’s farm where he has since lived with the 
exception of three years, when he lived on land of his own in the same 
township.  He was married Sept. 7, 1867, to Sarah Williams, a native of 
Holmes County, Ohio, daughter of David and Mary Williams, who came to De 
Kalb County, in 1864.  To Mr. and Mrs. Gushwa have been born three 
children---James F., Alva W., and Nellie M.  In politics Mr. Gushwa 
affiliates with the Republican party.  He and his wife are members of the 
Methodist Episcopal church.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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