Adam Kahut and his wife arrived in New York in June of 1867 from Bohemia. At that time Bohemia was part of the Austrian Empire. Now it is part of the Czech Republic. They settled on a farm in Ashford, Wisconsin. They had eleven children of which nine lived.

My grandfather Joseph was born in December of 1868. He married my grandmother, Alvina Zauft, on May 17, 1893 in River Falls, Wisconsin. Joseph was a blacksmith and died in 1925. They had five children of which my mother was the youngest. The family lived in Spring Valley and River Falls, Wisconsin. Both of my grandparents are buried in the St. Martin Catholic Church cemetery in Ashford, Wisconsin. Their grave is in the back row and has a large stone cross as a marker. There are other Kahuts related to my grandfather buried in this cemetery.

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