Carroll-Tippecanoe County IN Archives Biographies.....Gushwa, Albert 1866 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

ALBERT GUSHWA.

   Albert Gushwa, a prosperous farmer of Deer Creek township, Carroll county, is
a native of Tippecanoe county.

   Mr. Gushwa was born in Washington township, Tippecanoe county, Indiana, on
September 15, 1866, and is the son of Henry and Susan (Isley) Gushwa, both of
whom are natives of Tippecanoe county. Henry Gushwa was the son of Peter Gushwa,
a native of Pennsylvania.

   Albert Gushwa's parents were married in Tippecanoe county, Indiana. They had
eight children, two of whom died in infancy. The six living children are: Mary,
the wife of George Rohrabaugh, of Madison township, Carroll county; Edward, of
Perry township, Tippecanoe county; Albert, the subject of this sketch; Delia,
who is unmarried and who lives in Camden; Clara, who is unmarried and who also
lives in Camden; and John, of Deer Creek township.

   The late Henry Gushwa was a farmer by occupation who moved to Carroll county
in March, 1868. At that time he purchased a farm in Madison township and spent
the remainder of his life on the farm. Both he and his wife are deceased. They
were members of the Lutheran church and he was a stanch Democrat. At the time of
his death he owned seventy-two acres of land.

   Albert Gushwa received a good common-school education in the public schools
of Carroll county, and for a time was a student of the various normal schools of
the state. He taught school in Carroll county for five years and was very
successful in educational work.

   On March 22, 1891, Mr. Gushwa was married to Effie C. Rohrabaugh, a daughter
of Philip and Mary (Schnepp) Rohrabaugh. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gushwa have had
three children, all of whom are living, as follow: Edith, a graduate of the
Delphi high school, taught school for one term and is now a student at the
Indiana State Normal School at Terre Haute; Merle, who lives at home with her
parents, is attending high school, and Reed also lives at home.

   Mr. and Mrs. Gushwa own eighty acres of land in the farm where they live and
which they have very greatly improved by the erection of substantial barns and
outbuildings. The Gushwa farm is located in section 9 of Deer Creek township.
Mrs. Gushwa owns eighty-eight acres in Madison township, all of which is under
cultivation. Mr. and Mrs. Gushwa are members of the Lutheran church of Colburn
and take an active part in religious work.


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Biographical Section of
HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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