Fifth Generation

180. Franz Albert Theodor "Frank" KUEHL Sr. was born on 31 January 1877 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.^{57,62,77,84,121,205,222,262,442}

Frank "was born in a log cabin. When he was 2 years old the log cabin burned down and a new house was constructed on the site. At age 5 he had his first experience with chewing tobacco, when his father raised tobacco plants. He ended up quite sick with diarrhea and vomiting from the results of the tobacco, but he was determined not to give up trying. He chewed tobacco until his death in 1970, when he was 93 years of age. He often said that the reason for his long life was chewing tobacco."

(The 1910 Census listed his birth date as February 1878.)
He was baptized on 18 March 1877 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷⁷ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. His sponsors were Wilhelmine Pergande, Franz Wilde and Gustav Hoffman, all being friends of the family. He was baptized as "Kuehl" and his father was shown with the same surname; later children in the family are shown with "Kuhl." He appeared in the census in 1880 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵⁷ Frank was confirmed on 22 March 1891 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁴² at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in 1900 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁸ He was living with his parents. From 1906 to 1940 he was a farmer in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁴³ Historical Society Notes: "Till he was 29, grandfather ran his father's 255-acre farm where he was to receive $15.00 a month. However the only pay he received was a hard-working horse. In 1906 he bought his father's other farm, in the town of Adrian, Monroe County, WI, which had 115 acres, for $8,000.00. Later, he bought another 40 acres; at that time he had 15 milking cows and 15 young stock. Grandfather's barn burned down and he was forced to build another which is standing today, and the farm house in which he raised ten children...."

"Stealing was great in those days when grandfather became a victim, of $460.42, which was stolen from him. This money was supposed to be used to pay for his farm. Great-grandfather also had $3,600.00 stolen from him, and this also was never recovered."

"From 1940 to 1964 grandfather worked at various jobs which include: the railroad, carpenter work, building fences, and helping out area farmers with the haying and farming; the farming fever which he could never get out of his blood." Frank appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶² His occupation was listed as "Farmer, General Farm." He appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰⁹ His occupation was "Farmer, General." He appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁴³ His household was on County Trunk M and his occupation was "Farmer, General Farm." Frank appeared in the census in 1940 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹⁰ He appeared in the census in 1950 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁰⁶ His household was at 402 Glendale Avenue. He died on 8 July 1970 at the age of 93 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^222,262 Frank was buried on 11 July 1970 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^84,222,271 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Franz Albert Theodor "Frank" KUEHL Sr. and Emma Amanda B. KEMNOW were married on 29 December 1906 in Monroe County, WI.^{121,150,262,444}

His granddaughter Joan Crawford writes that Frank "married my grandmother, Emma Amanda Kemnow, at the age of 28. I asked him how come they waited so long to get married, and he replied, 'It wasn't the style in them years'." Emma Amanda B. KEMNOW, daughter of Heinrich Ferdinand KEMNOW and Auguste SCHLEUSSNER, was born on 10 August 1878 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.^57,222,445 She appeared in the census in 1880 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹⁰ She appeared in the census in 1900 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁸ She was living with her parents. Emma appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶² She appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰⁹ She appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁴³ Emma appeared in the census in 1940 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹⁰ She appeared in the census in 1950 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁰⁶ She died on 6 July 1967 at the age of 88 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^222,445 Emma was buried on 9 July 1967 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^222,271 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Franz Albert Theodor "Frank" KUEHL Sr. and Emma Amanda B. KEMNOW had the following children:

+378	i.	Emma Martha Gusta KUEHL.
+379	ii.	Edna Evelyn KUEHL.
+380	iii.	Alice L. KUEHL.
381	iv.	Frank "Frankie" KUEHL Jr. was born on 18 February 1912 in Monroe County, WI.152 (The picture is of the main street of Tomah, WI in 1913.) He appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.109 He died in 1923 at the age of 11.113,271 Frankie was buried in 1923 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.271 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.
+382	v.	Harold Otto KUEHL.
+383	vi.	Howard Kenneth KUEHL.
+384	vii.	William Francis KUEHL.
+385	viii.	Beatrice Lucille KUEHL.
+386	ix.	Florence L. KUEHL.
+387	x.	Martin George "Jack" KUEHL.