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sylvania, May 3, 1864. His education was obtained in the common schools of his native town, and he then attended the Iron City College of Pittsburg, from which he was graduated March 23, 1887. He immediately entered into business in Johnstown in the contracting and building lines, and has been connected with that branch of industry since that time. The firm which was formerly known as E. M. Kuntz & Brother, was later changed to Kunt & Alwine, under which name it now exists. They are well and favorably known in Johnstown and its vicinity, and have an enviable reputation for reliability and strict attention to all details. Mr. Kuntz is a member of the Lutheran church, and a stanch supporter of the Democratic party. He is president of the Citizens' Coal Company, and of the Operators' Coal Company, and is a member of Cambria Lodge, No. 278, Free and Accepted Masons. He married, November 21, 1889, Elizabeth C. Bole, daughter of Isaac C. and Christina (Gochnour) Bole, and they have three children: Ethel V., born October 25, 1890; Roy J., July 8, 1894; and Joseph E., July 25, 1903.
EMIL C. ROTH, of the firm of John Ludwig & Son, wholesale liquor dealers of Johnstown, was born March 1, 1859, in Baltimore, Maryland, son of Christopher Roth, born July 2, 1826, at Geln-Hausen, Hessen-Nassau, Germany, and spent two years of his life in the military service of his native country, serving at one time in the royal guard of William, then king of Prussia, afterward emperor of Germany.
Christopher Roth emigrated to the United States in 1850, settling in Baltimore, where he worked at the carpenter's trade. He went to Pittsburg shortly before the period of the Civil war, upon the outbreak of which he enlisted in Company B, Eighty-second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, under Captain William Knapp, a Philadelphia regiment. He served throughout the entire conflict (three years and fourmonths in all), his commanders being McClellan and other great leaders, and was present at Bull Run, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Charlottesburg, Gettysburg, Rappahannock, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and many other great battles. He was once taken prisoner and for sit months was in the custody of the Confederates. At the close of the war he returned to Pittsburg, and until 1872 was employed by the well-known firm of the Flemings of that city. In 1873 he moved with his family to Johnstown, where he entered the service of the Cambria Iron Company, working in the capacity of
patternmaker until the great flood of 1889, when he retired from active labor. He was a member of the Liederkranz, a German singing society of Pittsburg.
Christopher Roth married Dorothy Friend, born in Germany, July 2, 1823, died September 9, 1901, and their children were: Catharine, wife of Christopher Ripple; children, Emma, Lena, Lizzie, Florence, Karl and William. Emma, wife of William Liebschner, of East Liverpool, Ohio; children, William, Emily, Karl, Emma, Tilly and Annie, Herman, died in infancy. Emil C., of whom later.
Emil C. Roth, son of Christopher and Dorothy (Friend) Roth, received his education in the public schools of Pittsburg, and at an early age evinced considerable talent for music, pursuing his studies on the violin with great earnestness. At thirteen he was a member of the orchestra at the Grand Opera House; and played the violin at the Saengerfest in Allegheny City. About this time his musical studies were interrupted by the removal of the family to Johnstown, where he was em-
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