Wayne County IN Archives Biographies.....Schwedes, Philip June 28, 1828 - 
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Author: History of Wayne County, Indiana;Volume II, (1884)

Jackson Township
p. 593

Philip Schwedes was born June 28, 1828, in Germany. He learned the tailor's 
trade in his native country at which he worked several years. At the age of 
twenty-one years he entered the regular army and served five years, when he 
returned home, and in 1857 came to America, landing in New York City. He 
immediately went to Hamilton County, Ohio, where he remained seven years, 
working on farms for different parties. In the spring of 1865 he came to 
Cambridge City, Ind., where he worked on a farm two years. He then embarked in 
the grocery trade, which he followed until May, 1882, when he sold his stock 
and purchased the farm of Jacob Duschel, containing 160 acres of valuable 
land, situated two and a half miles north of Cambridge City, where he is now 
engaged in farming. He was married in 1869 to Sarah A. Duschel, a native of 
Franklin County, Ohio, daughter of Jacob and Christiana Duschel. They have two 
children---William J. and Mary Christiana. When Mr. Schwedes came to this 
country he had only $13.00, but by his industry and good judgment he has 
acquired considerable property.

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