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John W. Houze (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav USA)

b. 1843-01-27 d. 1910-12-07

Switzerland County, Indiana, soldier. Indiana native. Son of Michael Houze and Catharine Fay Houze. Resident of Switzerland County in 1860. Served in the 2nd Indiana Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from November 1, 1861, to January 5, 1865.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Indiana, Switzerland County, Cotton, p. 101.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, vol. 5, 1861-1865 (Indianapolis: Samuel M. Douglass, State Printer, 1866), 287.

U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Application #974594, Certificate #816857.

Indiana State Board of Health, Death Certificates, 1899–2011, Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, IN, Death Certificates, 1910, Roll 11, Certificate #21, p. 1796 of 2809 of microfilm.

Find A Grave, “John Wesley Houze (1843-1918)," Memorial #151039285,

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151039285/john-wesley-houze, (accessed October 15, 2020).

Citation

Houze, John W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206562 (November 12, 2026).

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