Perry County IL Archives Obituaries.....Kunz, Jacob Martin January 9, 1915
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J. M. Kunz, a hardware merchant of Pinckneyville, was born in the province of 
Nona,  Prussia, December 21,  1832.  His father, Frederick Kunz, was a small 
farmer in the Old Country, where his entire life was passed.  Our subject was 
the youngest of a family of six, there being four brothers and two sisters.  
Of this number, himself, one brother and one sister are now living.  Prior to 
the age of fourteen years he attended the schools of his native land, after 
which he learned the trade of a blacksmith.
     Coming to America in 1853, Mr. Kunz worked at his trade in St. Louis for 
two years, and then spent one year in Chester.  In 1856 he came to 
Pinckneyville, where he followed his trade until 1883.  By hard work and good 
management he accumulated some money, which he invested in real estate, and 
the property having increased in value, he has become well-to-do.  He still 
owns considerable valuable real estate in Pinckneyville, including the two 
lots on the east side of the square, where his store is located.  He expects 
in the near future to build a fine opera house.
     In 1883, when he left the anvil, Mr. Kunz engaged in the hardware and 
machinery business, in which he has since built up a large trade.  He is one 
of the substantial and wealthy men of the city, and is respected by all who 
know him.  Prominent in public affairs, he has served for six terms as 
Alderman, and is at present a member of the Board of Education.  Politically 
he is a Democrat.  In  1856 he married Miss Lottie Halkomeyer, and they became 
the parents of four children, namely; Theodore, who died at the age of 
eighteen years; Mary, who is at home; Henry, who is a traveling salesman for a 
St. Louis firm, and Jacob, who is employed in a hardware store in St. Louis.  
The mother of these children died in 1871.
     The second marriage of Mr. Kunz united him with Catherine Wildermote, a 
native of Germany.  They have eight children, as follows: Fritz, who assists 
his father in the store; Charles, who is also with his father in the hardware 
business; Emma, Tillie, George, Eddie, Arthur and Harmon, who are attending 
the public schools.  Mr. Kunz and his family are members of the Lutheran 
Evangelical Church, and he was for many years a Trustee, but resigned from 
that position in 1894.



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