Herman Kuhlman (1808?-1876)

Authors

• Judith C. Wood

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Description

Herman Kuhlman born circa 1808 in either Hanover, Lower Saxony or Westenberg, Prussia. Emigrated to U.S. (year unknown). Married a German woman named Caroline (year unknown).Came to Savannah in the early 1840's and worked in the grocery business. Had eight children between the years 1841-1852 (all died at early ages, except for two). Caroline died in 1852. Kuhlman remarried in 1853 to Emelie Engels, also of Germany. Had eleven children between the years 1854-1876. Gave up grocery business for farming in the early 1860's. Moved to Tattnall County, Ga. between the years 1860-1870. Died in Tattnall Co. on December 12, 1876. (Burial place unknown).

Publication Date

Summer 1979

Recommended Citation

Wood, Judith C., "Herman Kuhlman (1808?-1876)" (1979). Savannah Biographies. 200.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sav-bios-lane/200