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 lst 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. 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.