Greene County PA Archives Biographies.....Gwynn, J. F. September 2, 1842 - ????
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Source: Biographical History of Greene County, Nelson, Rishforth, and Co, Chicago, 1888
Author: Samuel P. Bates

      J F Gwynn, merchant, who was born in Cumberland 
Township, September 2, 1842, is a son of John Gwynn. His 
great grandfather, Joseph Gwynn Sr, came from London, 
England, and settled in Greene County, and served in the 
Revolutionary War.  Mr Gwynn's father was born December 25, 
1818, on the farm taken up by Joseph Gwynn Sr when he first 
came to this county. He was married in the fall of 1840 to 
Elizabeth Rea, daughter of Jesse Rea and Mary Wright Rea, 
who were of English descent.
  
      J F Gwynn is the elder of two children.  He received 
his education in Greene Academy and Waynesburg College.  In 
1862 he enlisted in Company F, Fifteenth Pennsylvania 
Cavalry, but was transferred to the U S Signal Corps, where 
he served till the close of the war.  He was in many 
engagements, among others Stone River, Chickamauga, Mission 
Ridge, and around Atlanta.  At the close of the war, he 
returned to his native town and engaged in the mercantile 
business in which he has met with success.
  
      Mr Gwynn was united in marriage January 24, 1868, with 
Elizabeth Hartman, daughter of William Hartman.  They have 
three children: William Gwynn, John Gwynn and Anna Gwynn.  
Mr Gwynn is a Republican.  He has served as school director, 
is a member of the G A R, and is adjutant of Carmichaels 
Post 265.  He and his wife are zealous members of the 
Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

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