Amos Kunkle, son of Michael and Mary (Mechling) Kunkle, was born July 11, 1838 in Hempfield township, and was educated in the common schools. At the age of twenty one he went to Greensburg, where for eleven years he was engaged with his brother Daniel in the planing-mill business. He then returned to the home farm which he cultivated on behalf of his mother during the remainder of her life, his father being then deceased. After the death of his mother he bought the farm and resided there until 1900, when he sold the coal land, retaining a large portion of the estate, and moved to Greensburg, where he has since been engaged in building and selling houses. While living on the farm he served as a member of the school board in his district. He is a Republican in politics, and for several years filled the offices of deacon and elder in the First Reformed church, of which he is now one of the trustees. Mr Kunkle married, October 5, 1861, Sarah, daughter of Jacob Kepple, of Stony Springs, Hempfield township, and eight children have been born to them: John E., an attorney in Greensburg; Mary M., wife of Joseph Robinson, of Greensburg; Cyrus F., a merchant in Ludwick borough; Elmer E., in business in Greensburg; William, an attorney in Greensburg, resides at home; Arthur, in business as a butcher in Ludwick borough; Albert, attending the College of Dentistry in Philadelphia; and George, deceased.
