History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. II, Part 152

Author: Roberts, Charles Rhoads; Stoudt, John Baer, 1878- joint comp; Krick, Thomas H., 1868- joint comp; Dietrich, William Joseph, 1875- joint comp; Lehigh County Historical Society
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: Allentown, Pa. : Lehigh Valley Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 948

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Mr. Kuhns is a member of Greenleaf Lodge, No. 561, F. & A. M., Harrisburg Consistory, 32d deg., Rajah Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and Allentown Lodge, No. 130, B. P. O. E. He is a member of Christ Lutheran church, of which he was one of the thirty-three charter members and a member of its first council. He married, De- cember 24, 1887, Ida S., daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Snyder) Koch, of Kuhnsville, and has two children-Frances I. and Marguerite E. He resides at 1653 Linden street.

George Henry Kuhns, of Lower Macungie, married Mary Eisenhard and had two children- Reuben and John. Reuben Kuhns was born in Lower Macungie in 1812 and pursued the occu- pation of farmer and shoemaker until his death in 1889. He was a member of the Lutheran con-

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gregation at Trexlertown, where he served as deacon, elder and trustee. In politics he was an active Democrat and filled several township offi- ces. He married Sarah, daughter of Jacob Spang- ler, and had six children: Anna, wife of Leon Kuhns; Amanda, wife of Daniel Smoyer ; Ellen, wife of William Eisenhard; Aaron, Franklin R. and George. Aaron Kuhns married Sarah Rauch and had three children: Herbert F .; Lillie P., wife of Owen Kern, and Ellsworth G. M., who has represented the lower district in the state legislature for several terms.

Franklin R. Kuhns married Mary, daughter of Henry Lauer and had two children: Wm. H. F., and Dilla, wife of Edwin Miller.

WILLIAM H. F. KUHNS, son of Franklin R., was born August 9, 1872, at East Texas. He was educated in the township schools and at the Kutztown Normal School, and engaged in busi- ness as a butcher until 1896, when he was elected hospital steward at the Lehigh County Alms- house. In 1910, upon the retirement of S. J. Kern, he was elected steward and superintendent of the almshouse. He is a member of and has been for four years deacon of the Trexlertown Lutheran congregation. He married Emma, daughter of Charles and Catharine (Smith) Hartzell, and has one child, Florence C.

Bartholomew Kuntz, who was taxed in Ma- cungie township in 1772, and his wife, Christina, had these children : Anna Maria, born August 26, 1765; John Daniel, born October 13, 1766; John Christian, born February 11, 1771, and Henry, born April 29, 1776.

Daniel Kuhns, son of Bartholomew, was born October 13, 1766, and died February 1, 1835. He was a weaver, which trade all his sons learned, and lived on a tract of seventy acres in Weisen- berg township. He was a member of the Ziegel church Lutheran congregation, where he is bur- ied. He married Catharine Miller, who was born September 1I, 1772, and died April 8, 1833. They had five children: David ; Daniel; George ; Marie, wife of Benjamin Zimmerman, and Eliza- beth, wife of Jonas Grim.

Daniel Kuhns, son of Daniel, lived on a part of the homestead adjoining his brothers. He mar- ried Lucy Danner, and had three children: Wil- liam, deceased; Daniel, of Allentown, and George, who owns the homestead.

George Kuhns, son of Daniel, married Eliza- beth Bortz, and had four children: Charles; Joseph ; Caroline, wife of Henry Bleiler, of near Hynemansville, and Eliza, wife of Daniel Heb- erly.

David Kuhns, son of Daniel, was born in Weisenberg, August 25, 1811, and died April II, 1895. He was a weaver and wove carpets,

linen goods and linsey-woolsey. He resided on a 25-acre farm, which his son David later acquired. He married Esther, daughter of Daniel Stettler. She was born in 1816 and died January 1, 1888. They had three children: James, David and Benjamin.

David Kuhns, son of David, was born in Weisenberg, February 13, 1841. At an early age he learned weaving and later cigar-making, and at the age of eighteen years learned shoemak- ing from his brother James and William Garmer. He has pursued this occupation ever since and has made hundreds of pairs of shoes, but of late years devoted his time to repair work. He lived near Ziegel's church until 1897, when he re- moved to 1145 Turner street, Allentown. He and his family are members of the Lutheran Church. He married, in 1865, Amanda, daugh- ter of Jesse and Lydia. (Smith) Quier, of White- hall township, later of Weisenberg township. They had four children: Mary, wife of Wel- lington Haaf; Emma, wife of Elmer Werley, and' who died aged 24 years; Frank O. and Edwin S.

EDWIN S. KUHNS, a member of the firm of E. H. Scholl & Co., of Allentown, was born in Weisenberg township, December 15, 1824. He was educated in the public schools, Kutztown Normal School and the American Commercial School. He taught school in his native township and later was employed as a bookkeeper by the Trexler Lumber Company for seven years. In 1905 he formed a partnership with E. H. Scholl, as E. H. Scholl & Co., importers and jobbers of glass, china, enamel, wood and willow ware, lo- cated at 46-48 North Seventh street, Allentown. The firm employs nine people. Mr. Kuhns is a member of the I. O. O. F. and of the Order of Owls, and is a member of St. Michael's Lutheran church, where, since 1897, 'he has been an official of the German Bible Class in the Sunday school. He married, June 16, 1900, Malaria M., daugh- ter of Joseph Gehringer, of Weisenberg town- ship. They have two children-Carrie M. and Harvey Franklin, and one, Stanley Edwin, who died in infancy.

Jeremiah Kuhns was born August 12, 1826, and died August 21, 1894. He is buried at Jor- dan Lutheran church. Mr. Kuhns was a farmer. He owned the Peter Butz homestead of 83 acres in North Whitehall, where he lived from 1858 until his death. He was school director of North Whitehall, and in politics a Democrat.

His wife was Louisa Butz, daughter of Samuel and Catharine (Lentz) Butz. Samuel Butz was a son of Peter Butz. They had two children: Alfred M., and Clara L., married to Rev. E. A. Yehl, a Lutheran minister. of Bangor, Pa.

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Alfred Kuhns was born in Macungie, June 26, 1855. He was reared on the farm and educated in the public schools and the Kutztown State Normal School. Mr. Kuhns farmed on shares until 1894, when he took possession of the home- stead of his father and grandfather Butz, and continued until April, 1912. He now lives re- tired at Orefield, Pa.

Mr. Kuhns is greatly interested in education; served all the offices of the board and as a school director for twelve successive years. He is a member of Jordan Lutheran church, which he served as deacon and elder.

In 1879 he was married to Miss Amanda Scheirer, daughter of Elias and Sarah (Schneck) Scheirer. She died May 4, 1898, aged 41 years. They had the following children: Irene M., mar- ried Dr. H. A. Litzenberger, of Walnutport ; Elwood W., died aged 6 years; Gussie A., died aged 13 years; Elma E., married Raymond Sudke, of Ballietsville; Luther J., professor at Kutztown State Normal School; Sherwood A., Marion S., died young.

He married, second, in 1903, Emma E. Kehnel, daughter of Aaron and Mary (Kline) Kehnel. They had one child, Hilda, died aged 3 years.

HOWARD F. KUHNS, inventor and sole distribu- tor of the Reliance Washer, with offices at Ful- lerton, Pennsylvania, is a native of Siegersville, Lehigh county; born September 9, 1877, son of Benjamin F. and Elizabeth (Wieand) Kuhns, the former named a carpenter by trade. and a grandson on the parternal side of John Kuhns, a resident of Hoffmanville, and on the maternal side of Charles and Mary (Semmel) Wieand. Children of Benjamin F. and Elizabeth Kuhns: Howard F .; Charles and George are engaged in the sheet metal business at Shamokin, Pennsyl- vania, under the name of Kuhns Brothers; Jos- eph, a plumber,at Havre De Grasse, Maryland.

Howard F. Kuhns attended the common schools in the neighborhood of his home, and the high school at Coplay, after which he served an ap- prenticeship at the trade of telegraph operator with the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, at Walberts Station, later at Catasauqua, where he remained for six years, and subsequently was sta- tion agent and telegraph operator for the Le- high Valley Railroad. He then turned his at- tention to the tinsmith business at Siegersville, entering the employ of his uncle, George M. Wieand, whose interest he later purchased, and he and his father conducted the business for two years. In 1904 he removed to Fullerton and there conducted a tinsmith business of his own for nine years, and at the expiration of this period he invented the Reliance Washer, the patent for which is now pending, and he has in his employ

a number of agents on the road. The machine is a noiseless, quick, simple and economic mech- anism. It is built for use with either electricity or gasoline as the motive power or it may be worked by hand. On February 15, 1914, Mr. Kuhns moved his offices to Allentown, locating at the corner of Court and Fourth streets, and is now conducting an extensive business, which is constantly increasing. Mr. Kuhns is a member of Emanuel Evangelical church, a member of the Woodmen of the World, and a Democrat in politics.

Mr. Kuhns married in 1902, Agnes S. Schlei- cher, daughter of David Schleicher: Children: Mildred, Pauline and Eugene.

Oscar E. Kuhns, son of Edwin, was born Sept. 17, 1865. He was educated in the common schools and at the K. S. N. S. at Kutztown .. Afterward he taught school for several terms in North Whitehall.

On Nov. 26, 1884, he married Cora E., a daughter of Edwin Breinig. They had one son, Harold E. Kuhns, born May 20, 1886, and who was reared with his maternal grandparents near Egypt, because of the death of his father on Sept. 18, 1886. He was educated in the public schools at Egypt and was graduated from the township schools in 1900; graduated from the Allentown high school in 1903; and the Muhlenberg Col- lege in 1907. After teaching in his home dis- trict for two terms he was elected to teach in the high school at Coplay where he is teaching at the present time. On May 25, 1911, he mar- ried Florence Grammes, and they have one son, Harold, Jr.

KURTZ FAMILY.

John George Kurtz, of Anspach, was born in 1706 and died Oct. 18, 1787. He married Eliza- beth Wannemacher, and had one son and five daughters. Upon his arrival in America, he lo- cated in the Lebanon Valley, somewhere between the Schuylkill and Susquehanna rivers. In that region the Indians committed may atrocious acts, among them having stolen a little son from Kurtz, on which account he removed to Wilkes-Barre. He remained there several years, then settled in Hanover township, now Lehigh county, where he obtained possession of a large tract of land, by patent deed, from the Penns. This property, after his death, passed to John George Kurtz, his son, and part of his tract is now owned by a Schneck. The borough of East Catasauqua em- braces a large part of it. 1=

John George Kurtz, the son, was born Oc- tober 19, 1767. His wife was Elizabeth Mil- ler. She died August 26, 1848, aged 83 years. Their children were: Henry and Polly (Mag-

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dalena), who were twins, Polly having been the wife of Joseph Kidd and died in 1828, leaving two daughters who died in 1838 within one month from cholera morbus; Elizabeth (mar- ried Abraham Swartz) ; Susan (married Ross Kramer) ; and George, who, with his brother, Henry, owned the homestead.

Henry Kurtz was born December 13, 1800, and died February 5, 1890, in the ninetieth year of his age. He and his family, like his father and grandfather, were Lutheran members of Shoenersville church, where they are all buried. He lived on the Kurtz farm of 160 acres at Catasauqua. Part of this farm is now cut up into building lots and is embraced within the borough limits. His wife, Lydia Shoener, was born in 1803, and died in her 65th year. Their twelve children were: Herman, Henry, Diana, Catharine, Isabella, Edward, Amanda, Milton, Lydia, Uriah, Sarah and Monroe.

George Kurtz was born March 3, 1809, and died December 24, 1895, in his 87th year. His farm was 193 acres, part of the homestead ot his father. He always lived in Hanover town- ship. Maria M. Nagle was his wife, born in 1817 and died in 1895, in her 87th year. Their children were: Robert, George, Allen, Eliza- beth (m. Frank Beary), and Owen ( who has an only daughter, Bertha).

Allen Kurtz was born March 25, 1842. He was a farmer and now lives at Catasauqua. His wife was Sarah McHose, a daughter of John McHose, and their children were: Laura J., Eugene, Emma, William and Annie.

Henry Kurtz, son of Henry, was born Feb- ruary 16, 1829, in Hanover. He was a stone- quarry worker and lived at Catasauqua from 1863 to 1868, when he settled at Fullerton and there he died on January 10, 1910. He was a member of Schoenersville Reformer congregation until 1882, after which he became a member of Mickley's church, which he served as a deacon and an elder. His wife was Mary J. Schaffer, born on May 6, 1838, and died on September IO, 1906. She was a daughter of Jacob and Han- nah (Snyder) Schaffer. They had three chil- dren: Sarah (m. John Hausman, who lives at Fullerton) ; Frank G., and Henry J. (of Al- lentown ).

Edward Kurtz, son of Henry, was born Oct. 30, 1836. He was a farmer for many years in Hanover and Saucon townships, and later he was a stone-quarry worker around Catasauqua, where he now resides on Race street. His wife was Catharine Bartholomew. She died in 1902 about 66 years of age. Their children were:

Ella, Ida, Sarah J., Elmira, William H., and Harvey.

FRANK G. KURTZ, postmaster and head of the Kurtz Furniture Company at Fullerton, was born at Catasauqua March 29, 1867. He attended the public schools until he was twelve years old, then began clerking in the general store of A. T. Williams, at Fullerton, and after serving three years he took up the trade of wood carving with Benjamin Schlegel at Allentown. He worked as journeyman until 1892, when he organized the Kurtz Furniture Co., of which he is the treasurer.

He and his family were members of the Re- formed congregation of Mickley's church until the St. John's Reformed church was organized at Fullerton. He was a strong factor in its establishment and served as a trustee for a num- ber of terms.

He has membership in these lodges: Lecha Wonk Tribe, No. 201, I. O. R. M., of Allen- town; Woodmen of the World and Fullerton Beneficial Association, which he assisted in or- ganizing.

Politically Mr. Kurtz is a Republican and since he has the right of suffrage has been active in politics. He was a member of the County Standing Committee upwards of sixteen years ; served as Auditor of Whitehall ; was appointed postmaster of Fullerton on January 1, 1897, and re-appointed every four years since that time, having assisted in making Fullerton a third class office, and establishing Fullerton Rural Route, in 1906.

Mr. Kurtz was married in January, 1890, to Anna M. Yoder, daughter of William H. and Susan (Ray) Yoder of Fullerton. They have three children: Harry H., Esther M. and Mir- iam M.

Milton Kurtz, son of Henry, was born July, 26, 1839 and died June 16, 1905. He is buried at the Shoenersville church, which he served as deacon and elder for many years. In 1872, when the present church was built, he served as a member of the building committee. He was one of the most liberal supporters of the church, and always took an active part in its welfare. He was prominently identified with the Republican party; and served for a number of terms the office of school director of Hanover township, though the district was strongly Democratic. During the nineties he was County Commis- sioner for a full term of three years. He was a farmer until in 1880, when he engaged in the manufacturing of bricks at East Catasau- qua, and continued in this business until the

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time of his death. He built brick works at the present location in 1903.

Emelina Roth, his widow, resides at Catasau- qua. Their five children were: Oscar H., Clara A. (m. William Miller), Emma M. (m. Irwin A. Easterday). Cora (m. Eugene Long) and Milton M. (of Catasauqua.).

Oscar H. Kurtz, brick-manufacturer of Cata- sauqua, was born in Hanover township, July 28, 1864. After his education in the public schools and at Millersville State Normal School, he be- came superintendent for his father in 1890 in the manufacturing of bricks, and he continued in this position until his father died. The East- End Brick Manufacturing Co. continued the business for five and one-half years. The com- pany was made up of O. H. Kurtz and Frank- lin Goldsmith. In April, 1912, Mr. Kurtz began the manufacturing of bricks alone.

On March 26, 1886, he married Isabella C. Laubach, daughter of Tilghman and Fianna (Weaver) Laubach. They have twelve chil- dren all of whom are living: Roland O., Tru- man E., Quay H., Raymond H., Minnie A., Florence F., Edna E., Reuben T., Gertrude A., Herbert G., Blanch I. and Floyd F.

WILLIAM H. KURTZ, son of Edward, of Catasauqua, was born on November 15, 1867. At the age of 18 years he learned the mould- ing trade with the Davies-Thomas Com- pany, which he has followed with the same com- pany to the present time. He has lived in Cata- sauqua since he was two years old. He and his family reside in his own home at No. 454 Race street, which was built by William A. Ritter, in 1875. Mr. Kurtz is a member of the Im- proved Order of Red Men and the Knights of the Golden Eagle, both of Catasauqua.

He and his family are member of the Re- formed congregation of Schoenersville church. On February 2, 1888, he married Emedia Jac- oby, a daughter of Jacob and Salinda (Laub) Jacoby of Bethlehem, Pa. They have two chil- dren: Clarence C. (married to Minnie Remaly, who have a son, Jonas William), and Bessie O.

CHARLES F. KURTZ.

Charles F. Kurtz, furniture manufacturer of Bethlehem, Pa., was born Aug. 13, 1872, at Metzingen, Kingdom of Wurtemberg, Germany, son of Carl Frederick Kurtz, who was born Oct. 13, 1837. The latter was a son of Carl Fred- erick Kurtz, Sr., who was born Oct. 13, 1807, and his wife, Catharine, nee Miller. Carl Fred- erick Kurtz, Sr., was a manufacturer of woolen goods which were made with hand looms; but in later years he lived retired.

Charles F. Kurtz emigrated to these United States at the age of seventeen years, and he has always lived at Bethlehem with the exception " from 1892 to 1894. During these two years he was employed at Paterson, N. J. On April 10, 1894, he and a younger brother engaged in the manufacturing of furniture only in a small way. But by grit, perseverance, and determina- tion they have succeeded in building up the pres- ent large business of Kurtz Brothers, who are manufacturers of the finest office furniture and fixtures in the country. They manufactured the furniture and fixtures of the E. P. Wilbur Trust Company, at Bethlehem, which is one of the finest equipped bank buildings in Pennsylvania.

Socially, Mr. Kurtz has membership in Beth- lehem Lodge No. 283, F. A. M., the Odd Fel- lows and the Knights of Friendship, all of Beth- lehem. On Sept. 28, 1908, he was married to Miss Anna P. Walters, of Boston, Mass. They are members of the Lutheran church.

KUTZ FAMILY.

Jacob Kutz, the immigrant ancestor, was born in Germany, in 1674, and arrived here in 1732.

Jacob, probably the grandson of Jacob Kutz, the immigrant, married Susanna Geehr, who was born in 1778, and died in 1824. They had chit- dren: 1. David, who served as judge of Berks county, married Katie Sell, and had: Jacob, George, Dewald, Sell, Judith, Sallie Susanna, Mary and Barbara. 2. Samuel married Polly Kutz and had: Jacob, Aaron, Samuel, Henry, Robert, Mary Ann, and Sarah. 3. Joseph born in 1800, died in 1896, married Elizabeth Mertz, and had: Catharine; Jacob, born in 1829, mar- ried (first) Dianna Sunday, (second) Susanna Hoch; Charles, born in 1813, died in 1876, mar- ried Polly Altenderfer ; Judith, married Henry B. Dietrich; Annie; Catharine, married Reuben Schlegel; Sallie, unmarried; Dianna; Susanna, born April 15, 1833, married John Hoch; Het- tie, married Henry Schlegel; Lean, unmarried ; Betzy (Elizabeth), married John Sittler; Caro- line, unmarried ; Aaron. 4. Benjamin, a county commissioner, married Sarah Sittler and had : Jacob, born October 28, 1826, died April II, 1832; Daniel, born July 29, 1828; Helena; William. 5. Betzy, married John Rahn. 6. Re- becca, married Jacob Ahn. 7. Ann, married George Grover.

DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH KUTZ.

Joseph Kutz was born in 1800 and died in 1896. He was a miller and farmer in Greenwich township, Berks county, Pa. He was married to Elizabeth Mertz, and they had ten children,

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viz: I. Judith. 2. Sallie. 3. Jacob. 4. Susanna. 5. Charles. 6. Hettie. 7. Elizabeth. 8. Catharyn. 9. Leah. 10. Caroline. The last two named died unmarried.

I. Judith Kutz was married to Henry B. Dietrich. They had nine children, the oldest of whom was William Joseph Dietrich, born in 1843, died in 1876. He was married to Susanna Fox Seaman, a daughter of Jonathan Seaman, of Tilden township, Berks county, Pa. They had seven children, viz: Lizzie C., and Sevilla, who died young; Agnes V., married to G. J. Heintzleman, Oscar H., David J., who died in 1911 ; William J., and Alfred M. Dietrich. O. H. and W. J. Dietrich reside at Allentown, so does Mrs. Heintzleman.

The children of Judith Kutz and Henry B. Dietrich follow:

William J., married to Susanna F. Seaman. Susanna was never married.

Hettie, married to Joel Loch.

Alfred, died young.

Henry, married to Sallie Buchman.

Isabella, married to Henry Fenstermacher. Emma, married to Amos Geist.

Annie, married to George Burger.

Sarah, married to Sylvester Weil.

2. Sallie died single.

3. Jacob Kutz was born in 1829, died in 1907. He was married (first) to Diana Sunday; (sec- ond) to Susanna Wanner. His children were: Charles, married to Susanna Merkel; George C. M., married to Florenda Dietrich ; William P., married to Emma Kohler; Louisa, married to Charles A. Dietrich ; Ella, married to John Sieg- fried ; Hattie A., single.

4. Susana, wife of John Hoch. They lived at Kutztown, Pa., and had issue: Sarah, mar- ried to Percivil Heffner ; Annie, married to Aus- tin Herman; Samuel, married (first) Ella Ma- deira ; (second) Millie Hartzel; Clara, married to Walter Herman; Cornelia, married Daniel P. Grim, of Kutztown, Pa.

5. Charles Kutz, married to Polly Altender- fer, and they had issue: Sarah, married to Frank Printzenhoff; Mary, married to Thomas Roth- ermel ; Aaron, moved to Iowa; Edwin; Susanna, married to Joel Breininger; Charles, married to Sarah Mosser; Annie, married to Samuel Hoch.

6. Hettie, married to Henry Schlegel. He was a drover and lived at Fleetwood, Pa. Their children were: Albert, married to Clara Hoch ; Sarah, married to A. K. Seaman ; Cyrus, married to Lizzie Machamer; Cecelia, married to Na- thaniel Deisher; Cyrennius, married to . Kate Adams; Carrie, married to Charles Haas; Tilgh- man; Mahlon, married to Flora Dunkel, they live at Topeka, Kansas.

7. Elizabeth, married to John Sittler, who was a farmer in Greenwich township. Their children were: Charles, married to Emma, a daughter of James Dietrich; Susanna; Louisa; Peter, married to Mary Hoch.

8. Catharine Kutz married Reuben Schlegel. They also lived at Fleetwood, Pa. He was a drover and associated in business with Henry Schlegel. Their children were: Lizzie, married to N. Manumiller; Aaron, married to Katie Brown; Annie, married to William Gruber ; Wil- son, married to Agnes Christ; Maurice, moved to Illinois; Clara; Katie; Howard, married Lydia Hottenstein; Joseph; Lydia; Eugene.

9. Leah Kutz. 10. Caroline Kutz. These sisters were never married. They lived at Kutz's Mill, near their brother Jacob. For many years they kept house and cared for their father, who became very old.

John Jacob Kutz was baptized at Stuttgart, Germany, in 1685, as Kurz, and later was con- firmed as Kurtz. He was unmarried when he came to this country, and is supposed to have been one of five brothers, three of whom settled in Maxatawny township, and one of these being Nicholas, of further mention. Two of them settled near Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where their descendants bear the name of Kurtz. The Kutz- town and Carlisle families intermarried in later generations. John Jacob Kutz owned a large tract of land, a part of which he farmed. He married Christiana Kohler, a descendant of one of the pioneer families in the vicinity of Kutz- town, and had children: Jacob, who settled at Wilkes-Barre, and died there; John; Samuel, settled at Limerick, Montgomery county, Penn- sylvania; Benjamin, lived in Reading, had a son, Samuel, who lived in Los Angeles, California ; Elizabeth, married Benjamin Frick and lived in Reading; Sarah, married Gideon Dry, and lived in Rockland township, Berks county; Hannah, married Jacob Angstadt, and also lived in Rock- land township; one child was drowned in early youth.

John Kutz, probably a grandson of John Jacob and Christiana (Kohler) Kutz, was born at Kutz- town, Pennsylvania, June 1, 1801, and died in Allentown, in March, 1887. He learned the tailor's trade in Topton, and there followed this occupation until 1866, when he removed to Al- lentown, and worked at his trade until he re- tired to private life. He was of a religious dis- position and joined the United Brethren church. He married at Topton, Anna, daughter of Jacob Diener, and had children: Samuel, of further mention; Mary Ann, born August 25, 1823, widow of John Walter, was living in Allentown

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History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. II, Part 152

Author: Roberts, Charles Rhoads; Stoudt, John Baer, 1878- joint comp; Krick, Thomas H., 1868- joint comp; Dietrich, William Joseph, 1875- joint comp; Lehigh County Historical Society Publication date: 1914 Publisher: Allentown, Pa. : Lehigh Valley Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 948

Author: Roberts, Charles Rhoads; Stoudt, John Baer, 1878- joint comp; Krick, Thomas H., 1868- joint comp; Dietrich, William Joseph, 1875- joint comp; Lehigh County Historical Society
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: Allentown, Pa. : Lehigh Valley Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 948