Samuel A. Kuhns
Father of Samuel Kuhns (1843–1918). Named as his father by Byler - Amish Immigrants of Waldeck and Hesse (1993). Online trees (Geni, WikiTree; summarized by search, the pages themselves blocked) give him as born about 1805 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, died 1870, living in Holmes County, Ohio, with children Tobias, Daniel, Elias (b. 8 Dec 1834), Leonard (b. Jan 1835[?]; d. 30 Nov 1924, Harper Co., Kansas), Joseph (1837–1914), Benjamin, Samuel Jr., Mary A. (Funk), Magdalena “Mattie” (Hershberger), Rosina and Rosetta (Gerber). WikiTree cites Gingerich & Kreider’s Amish and Amish Mennonite Genealogies.
To check: Ohio Genealogical Society, MSS 373 (OHC Family History Collection): compiled file on the family of Samuel Kuhns and Mary/Catherine Shank; Gingerich & Kreider; the 1850 census of Holmes County.
Research log
- 2026-10-31: archive.org full-text search ‘Samuel Kuhns’ Shank Holmes / Kuhns Shank Somerset Amish: only Byler (already used), the 1906 Bedford and Somerset history and the Hochstetler genealogies; parents not found. Next: Gingerich & Kreider (AAMG), 1850 Holmes County census (FamilySearch sign-in) — blocked
About this research
Supporting documentation is linked throughout. This project is an exercise in AI-assisted research and development, and I haven’t manually verified every link or conclusion. All transcriptions and translations of Swiss parish records were made with AI, and their accuracy should be treated accordingly.