Retired history teacher collects artifacts, stories from Civil War
John Gurnish, a retired Ellet High School history teacher, lifts a display case cover on part of his extensive Civil War collection in Lake Township. Gurnish has researched local civil war units for three decades. (Michael Chritton/Akron Beacon Journal)
Photos of Civil War soldier Gurley G. Crane, of Cuyahoga Falls, in the collection of John Gurnish, a retired Ellet High School history teacher. (Michael Chritton/Akron Beacon Journal)
Items in the collection of John Gurnish, a retired Ellet High School history teacher, relating to Union soldier Josiah Brown, of Cuyahoga Falls. The items include photographs, uniform buttons, a sewing kit (right) and locketts carried by Brown and his wife. (Michael Chritton/Akron Beacon Journal)
John Gurnish holds the Civil War era sword of Capt. Rollin L. Jones as he looks at other Jones-related materials in his extensive collection on in Lake Township.Gurnish, a retired Ellet High School history teacher, has researched local civil war units for three decades. (Michael Chritton/Akron Beacon Journal)
A photograph of Cuyahoga Falls Civil War veteran Josiah Brown. (Michael Chritton/Akron Beacon Journal)
Ohio-related Civil War relics in the collection John Gurnish, a retired Ellet High School history teacher who has researched local civil war units for three decades. (Michael Chritton/Akron Beacon Journal)
Civil war historian John Gurnish, a retired Ellet High School history teacher, holds items relating to Union soldier Josiah Brown, of Cuyahoga Falls. (Michael Chritton/Akron Beacon Journal)
A service pin bearing the name David T. Cook in the collection John Gurnish, a retired Ellet High School history teacher. (Michael Chritton/Akron Beacon Journal)
