James W. Kuntz and Nancy Workman

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Husband James W. Kuntz ^{1 2}

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           Born: 20 Feb 1821 2
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           Died: Aft 1893
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         Father: George H. Kuntz (1785-1870) 1 3
         Mother: [Unk] Westbay (Abt 1800-1884)

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       Marriage: 1865 4

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Wife Nancy Workman ⁴

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         Father: Samuel Workman (      -      ) 4
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Children

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• They had no children.

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General Notes: Husband - James W. Kuntz

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He received his rudimentary education at the public schools of the borough of Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, and later attended Washington College, at which time he became acquainted with James G. Blaine. He learned the trade of cabinet maker with Thomas Bryson, ultimately buying a half-interest in the business, in which he continued several years. In 1849, being seized with the "gold fever," he set out for California, across the plains, the journey occupying six months. His health, beginning to fail in that land of promise, and having a friend whose mind was affected, he concluded, in 1851, to return to Pennsylvania. While en route the friend became totally demented, jumped overboard and was drowned, and Mr. Kuntz, now alone, continued his homeward trip. He then opened a leather store in Washington, which he carried on successfully for twenty years, when he sold out and moved onto a farm in Franklin township, but in 1887 returned to Washington, where he lived comparatively retired. Politically he was a Democrat, and served as burgess of Washington some six or seven years. Socially he was a Freemason.

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 484.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 281.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 145, 224, 281.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 282.