Ferdinand E. Kuhn
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Ferdinand Emory Kuhn September 3, 1861 Nashville, Tennessee |
| Died | March 17, 1930 (aged 68) Nashville, Tennessee |
| Cause of death | Fournier gangrene |
| Residence | 2004 Terrace Place, 'Frassati House' |
| Alma mater | University of Notre Dame |
| Occupation | Shoe merchant |
| Employer | Kuhn, Cooper, & Geary |
| Known for | "Father of the Knights of Columbus in the South." President of 1908 Nashville Vols |
| Spouse(s) | Kate Wall |
| Children | Catherine Agnes Kuhn Francis Vincent Kuhn Barbara Miller Kuhn Casper Bernard Kuhn Marie Clarke Kuhn Ferdinand Emery Kuhn, Jr. Oliver Wall Kuhn Richard Dudley Kuhn Paul Hubert Kuhn |
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Ferdinand Emory Kuhn (September 3, 1861 – March 17, 1930) was a shoe merchant known as the "Father of the Knights of Columbus in the South." He was also president of the 1908 Southern Association champion Nashville Vols baseball team.
Ferdinand Emory Kuhn was born to German immigrants from the Kingdom of Württemberg, Ferdinand and Barbara (Müller) Kuhn on September 3, 1861 in Nashville, Tennessee. He was the youngest of eight children. His father was a brewer.
Kuhn attended the local parochial and public high schools, then went to the University of Notre Dame, where he was a member of the rowing team. Kuhn was once part of a committee of the Boat Club appointed to make arrangements for a new boathouse. He graduated in 1883.
Kuhn was married to Katherine "Kate" Wall on April 15, 1884 in Springfield, Kentucky, the home of the bride. She was of Irish descent. Her father Frank Wall was a steamboat engineer on the Mississippi River born in County Londonderry in modern-day Northern Ireland and the namesake of Wall, Pennsylvania. Frank's wife was from Columbus, Georgia; she was born in County Tyrone.
They would have nine children together, six boys and three girls. Kuhn was the father of prominent Vanderbilt quarterback Doc Kuhn and, through another son, the grandfather of radio and television announcer Dick Dudley.
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