James R. Kuhl
James R. Kuhl was born in Ross County, about two and one-half miles east of Good Hope, this county, November 30, 1832, where he was reared and educated. In his youth, he taught school eight winters, having obtained his education in South Salem, and Chillicothe college. He was married to Mercy E., daughter of William S. Rogers, September 6, 1870, one child, Gertie, being the result of the union, which is still living.
Our subject has a farm of ninety-five acres, on which he resides, well improved, and situated about three and one-half miles south of Good Hope. He is a member of the F. and A. M. lodge, 3850, of Greenfield; he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His father, was a native of Rockingham County, Virginia, and came to Ross County, in this state, in 1816, where he married Ann Harper, in about 1827. They had ten children; our subject was the fourth; one died in infancy, and the others grew to man and womanhood. The father died in Ross County, April 1, 1879, aged eighty-two years. The mother, who was born in 1803, is still living.
Mr. Kuhl is a Democrat, politically, and is a member of a reputable pioneer family, of Ross County, a good neighbor, and highly respected citizen. When a young man he drove stock over the mountains, to Baltimore and other eastern markets. In the absence of railroads, he walked, or rode in boats and stages. Since his marriage he has devoted himself to farming.
From R. S. Dills' History of Fayette County