This is an article about the brickmaker Frederick Kuhn in St. Cloud. For the Princeton Brickmaker (also Frederick's son), see Fred J. Kuhn
Frederick Kuhn was born about 1826 in Maria Zur Wiese Evangelische, Soest, Westfalen, Preussen. He was married to Mary Anna Knoppen before 1855.
The 1857 Minnesota census showed Fred Kuhne (age 29, born in Prussia, farmer) married to Mary A. (age 23, born in Hanover) and living in Township 124, Stearns County, Minnesota. A daughter, Mary E. (age 1, born in Minnesota), also lived with the couple.
The 1860 United States census showed France Kuhn (age 31, born in Prussia, farmer) married to Anna (age 25, born in Hanover) and living in Stearns County, Minnesota. Children Mary E. (age 4, born in Minnesota) and Henry (age 2, born in Minnesota) also lived with the couple.
Fred Kuhn (age 38, farmer) registered for the Civil War in St. Cloud, Minnesota, about July 1, 1863.
The 1865 Minnesota census showed Fritz Kuhn married to Mary Anna and living in St. Cloud Township, Stearns County, Minnesota. Children Elisabeth, Henry, Freddie, Joseph, and Anna also lived with the couple.
The 1870 United States census showed Frederick Kuhn (age 44, born in Prussia, farmer) married to Maria A. (age 36, born in Hanover) and living in St. Cloud Township, Stearns County, Minnesota. Children Maria C. (age 14, born in Minnesota), Heinrich (age 12, born in Minnesota), Frederick (age 10, born in Minnesota), Joseph (age 7, born in Minnesota), Bernhard (age 4, born in Minnesota), and Lena (age 1, born in Minnesota), also lived with the couple.
The 1875 Minnesota census showed Fred Kuehne (age 49, born in Prussia) married to Anna (age 41, born in Prussia) and living in St. Cloud Township, Minnesota. Children Henry (age 17, born in Minnesota), Fred (age 14, born in Minnesota), Joseph (age 12, born in Minnesota), Barney (age 8, born in Minnesota), Magdalena (age 6, born in Minnesota), Mary (age 4, born in Minnesota), and Edward (age 1, born in Minnesota) also lived with the couple.
The 1880 United States census showed Fritz Kuhn (age 54, born in Germany, farmer) married to Anna (age 46, born in Germany) and living in St. Cloud Township, Stearns County, Minnesota. Children Henry (age 23, born in Minnesota), Fred (age 22, born in Minnesota), Joseph (age 17, born in Minnesota), Barney (age 14, born in Minnesota), Helena (age 11, born in Minnesota), Mary (age 9, born in Minnesota), Edward (age 7, born in Minnesota), and Barbara (age 4, born in Minnesota) also lived with the couple.
Frederick Kuhn died March 19, 1894, in St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota. He was buried in Calvary Cemetery.
Death of Mrs. Mary A. Kuhn. On May 31 Mrs. Mary A. Kuhn, mother of the Kuhn brothers of Brickton, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Reinart, in St. Cloud. She was 77 years of age on the day preceding her death, which resulted from an affection of the heart. Her husband died in 1884. The funeral was held on Friday from the church of the Immaculate Conception at St. Cloud, and the funeral was largely attended by relatives and friends of the truly good woman who had been called to the other shore. Mrs. Mary Anna Kuhn was born in Hanover, Germany, on May 20, 1824, and moved to Green Creek, Ill., with her parents when ten years old. She was married to Fred Kuhn, October 24, 1854, and two days later moved to Minnesota and settled on a farm three miles south of St. Cloud. A year ago she moved into the city of St. Cloud and has lived with her children. She is survived by nine children: Mrs. Elizabeth Gau, Melrose; Mrs. Mary Reinart and Miss Magdelene Kuhn, St. Cloud; Mrs. Barbara Reinhart and Edward Kuhn, town of St. Cloud; Barney Kuhn, Duelm; and Henry, Fred and Joseph, Brickton. (The Princeton Union, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, Thursday, June 8, 1911, Volume XXXV, Number 24, Page 3)