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JACOB KUNTZ, farmer, P. O. Ash Ridge. George J. Kuntz, father of our subject, was born in the Province of Alsace, France (now Germany), about the year 1795. He married Magdalena Burger, by whom he had nine children, five of whom are still living, viz., John, Frederick, George, Frank J. and Jacob. About the year 1828 or 1830, with his wife and four children, he emigrated to America, and, by way of New York, came to Ohio. He located about two miles south of Sardinia, Washington Township, Brown County, where he remained perhaps two years; then moved to the northwestern portion of Jackson Township, where our subject now resides. He remained there until his decease, in March, 1870. His widow survived him until May, 1878, when she, too, departed this life. He was highly esteemed by those who knew him; in his death Brown County lost a worthy man and an honorable citizen Jacob Kuntz, our subject, was born December 13, 1841, in Jackson Township, where he at present resides; he was reared to manhood on a farm, and received but a limited education. On September 24, 1872, he married Mary Mitchell, a lady of prepossessing appearance and rare intellectual powers; she was born October 16, 1854, and is the daughter of Nathaniel and Lucretia Mitchell, of Mason County, Kentucky. This union has been blessed with four children, three of whom are still living — Charles W., born October 19, 1873; Loretta C., born July 20, 1879, and Rosine E., born May 25, 1881. In August, 1862, he enlisted in the Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; he participated in the Vicksburg campaign, battle of Jackson (Miss.), Mission Ridge and numerous other battles and skirmishes. While in the army he contracted a disease, from the effects of which he is still a sufferer. He received an honorable discharge in July, 1865, and returned to his home in this township. He is of a retiring and unassuming nature, hospitable and obliging, and believes in contributing liberally to all enterprises which would prove beneficial to the county and the elevation of humanity.