Mr. Kuhn received his education in Germany. He left school at the age of fourteen and learned the wheelwright's trade, which he followed for two years in the Fatherland. He then came to America and engaged in the hotel business, continuing for some five years. Afterward he took up the carpenter's trade. He settled in Closter, Bergen County, in 1863, and since then has been one of the leading carpenters and builders of that section. He is a member of the Dutch Reformed Church, a public spirited citizen, active and influential in local affairs, and respected by all who know him.