Henry Kuhn was born June 02, 1819 in Diedenshausen, Province of Westphalia, Prussia, Germany, and died date unknown. He married Elizabeth Benfer.
Notes for Henry Kuhn: HENRY KUHN, farmer, P. O. Blackband, was born June 22, 1819, in Diedenshausen, Province of Westphalia, Prussia, Germany. His parents were Philip and Anna Elizabeth (Hackenbracht) Kuhn, who had eleven children Daniel (deceased), John (emigrated to this country in 1836 and died in 1882 , in Fry's Valley, this county, aged seventy-seven years), Wilhelmina (deceased, wife of Henry Beitzel, deceased), Amelia (emigrated to America in 1837, wife of Wilhelm Kuhn, deceased). Anna Elizabeth (deceased, wife of Christian Haf, also deceased, who emigrated to this country in 1857), Catherine (emigrated to this country in 1837, wife of John Blous, living in York Township, this county), Henry, Mary Elizabeth (deceased wife of Louis Glauner), Anna Catharine (wife of Henry Kuhn, deceased), Louisa (wife of John Kuhn) and Mary Catharine (now a resident of Minnesota). Henry, our subject, emigrated to this country in 1841, locating in York Township, this county, where he lived with his family over twenty-five years. Leaving that township, they settled in Auburn Township, where they now reside. Our subject was married to Elizabeth Benfer, by whom there has been a family of nine children, viz. : Philip H., John H., Ernst George, Catharine (wife of George Fried), Susanna (wife of James Griffin), Henry August (deceased), Elizabeth (wife of Henry Espenschied), Franz and Emma. Mr. Kuhn owns a farm of sixty acres, with good buildings thereon. He taught public school for twenty-four years; has served twelve terms as Township Trustee and seven terms as Assessor. The family are members of the German Reformed Church. Mr. Kuhn and his sons are, in politics, Democrats.
Children of Henry Kuhn and Elizabeth Benfer are:
+Elizabeth Kuhn, b. May 16, 1860, York Township, d. date unknown.
Henry Kuhn (b. June 02, 1819, d. date unknown)
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