Born in Pennsylvania, near the city of Pittsburg, in the year 1844. He was reared on a farm, until the breaking out of the war in 1861. He enlisted in the Federal army on the 13th of February, 1864, in Rank's Light Battery, Third Pennsylvania Artillery. This battery was serving with the Eighth Army Corps under General Lee Wallace, and did valiant service in the defense of the country. Mr. Kuhn was discharged from the service, at the close of the war, on the 28th of July, 1865, and was mustered out at Philadelphia. In 1868 he came to Cass county and engaged in the carpentering and building trade, which he followed until 1879, when he built a mill at Anita, which he operated until he sold it to the present owners. In 1882, he built a flouring mill at Manning, Carroll county. Mr. Kuhn was elected to represent Cass county in the Twentieth General Assembly.