Anna Katherine Margaret Einspahr Kuhl (1848-1921)
(Mrs. Adolph Kuhl)
- Death came quietly and peacefully on Saturday morning to Mrs. Adolph Kuhl, one of Lake county's most respected women at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Christ Claussen* of this city. Mrs. Kuhl, before her marriage, was Anna Katherine Margaret Einspahr, and was born August 6, 1848, in Wesselbuhren, Holstein, Germany. At about 5 years of age her parents brought her to America and they settled in Indiana.
She was married May 29, 1871, to Adolph Kuhl and to this union were born nine children, George, who died at the age of 20 in France; Henry, Mrs. John Claussen and Mrs. Frank Ziese, of Crown Point; William and John of Minnesota; Mrs. John Thomas, of Lowell, Ind.; Mrs. Herman Becker, of Hebron; Mrs. Christ Clausen*, with whom she resided the last three years of her life.
At an early age she united with the German Methodist Episcopal church of which she remained a faithful member throughout her life.
She died a triumphant death April 2, 1921, at the age of 72 years, 7 months and 28 days.
She leaves to mourn 8 children, 38 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Fred Einspahr, of Lowell; John Einspahr, of Adebolt, Iowa; one sister, Mrs. Jacob Buehler, of Odebolt, Iowa; and a host of relatives and friends.
The funeral services were held at the M.E. church of Crown Point, by Rev. Bollinger, of Salem, and were largely attended. -- Lake County Star
* NOTE -- The married name of the daughter Mrs. Kuhl lived with when she died was spelled two different ways in this article: "Claussen" and "Clausen."
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