Kuhns, Reuben

KUHNS, BURNER

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Date: 12/4/2008 at 07:11:18

KUHNS, Reuben
Farmer; Sec. 21; P. O. Newton; born in Westmoreland Co., Penn., in 1808; came to Jasper Co., in 1855; owns 100 acres of land, valued at $75 per acre, and a residence with sixteen lots on Kellogg st., Newton, worth $3,300. Married Miss Elizabeth BURNER in 1833; she was born in Shenandoah Co., Va., in 1812; they have four children-Elias, Reuben W., Daniel and Dennis. Republican; Mr. KUHNS is a member of the United Presbyterian Church, and Mrs. K. of the M. E. Church. Mr. K. has owned in this county 700 acres of land, 300 acres or more of which was entered from the Government. ~ "Palo Alto Township Biographies," The History of Jasper County, Iowa, (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878)