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Below is a family biography included in The History of Miami County, Ohio published by W. H. Beers & Co. in 1880.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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B. F. CUSHWA, confectioner and baker, Tippecanoe City; was born in this county, in 1851, and is the son of G. W. Cushwa, a native of Maryland, and a miller by trade; he emigrated to Ohio in 1840, and located in this county. He was married to Sarah J. Nicholls, and had five children, of whom our subject is the oldest; he was reared principally in the mill, and educated in the common school, and so well did he improve his educational opportunities, that he was early prepared to enter the profession of teaching; this he continued about four years, and was telegraph operator two years, and then embarked in the bakery and confectionery business, which he has since continued with success; he is located on the south side of Main street, between 1st and 2d, where he keeps on hand a full stock of confectioneries, fresh bread, cigars and tobacco. He has, also, a neatly arranged ice-cream parlor, where he serves fresh ice-cream at all times during the season (see card). He is one of the enterprising young business men of Tippecanoe, and reliable; his motto is, excellence in quality and integrity in all his transactions.

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This family biography is one of 964 biographies included in The History of Miami County, Ohio published in 1880 by W. H. Beers & Co.  For the complete description, click here: Miami County, Ohio History and Genealogy

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