Mr. Philip Cyril Kult, nicknamed "Zeke", was an influential farmer of Paris Grove Township, near Dunnington, Benton County, Indiana, where he owned ninety acres of choice land. He was born April 11, 1861, in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, and was the youngest of seven children in the family of Joseph and Catherine Pirrung Kult.
From birth until 1870, Philip was raised in Pennsylvania where he received his primary education. In 1870, when he was 9 years old, he moved west with his family to Benton County, Indiana. For the next eight years he attended the schools of Parish Grove Township. He then began farming on his father's land, and from the age of seventeen to twenty-five, he devoted his entire time to the cultivation and improvement of this property. When he reached the age of twenty-five years, he purchased ninety acres of the home farm, which he then occupied as his home. He purchased a threshing machine and a corn-sheller, and did a profitable business operating it among the area farmers.
Philip was married March 2, 1886, at the Dunnington Church, by Father A.J. Struder, to Miss Gertrude Jane Altepeter. She was born in Illinois, east of St. Louis, Missouri, October 8, 1886, and is a daughter of Stephen and Mary (Winkle) Altepeter. To this union four children were born; Joseph, born October 12, 1886; Catherine, born February 14, 1890; Philip, who was born February 29, 1896, and Mary, who was born May 16, 1899.
Philip held the position of local Township Supervisor, was a loyal Democrat, and charter member of the Catholic Order of Foresters, he was a heavy contributor to the fund for erecting the St. Mary's Catholic Church in Dunnington, Indiana, where he was a prominent member.
From birth until 1870, Philip was raised in Pennsylvania where he received his primary education. In 1870, when he was 9 years old, he moved west with his family to Benton County, Indiana. For the next eight years he attended the schools of Parish Grove Township. He then began farming on his father's land, and from the age of seventeen to twenty-five, he devoted his entire time to the cultivation and improvement of this property. When he reached the age of twenty-five years, he purchased ninety acres of the home farm, which he then occupied as his home. He purchased a threshing machine and a corn-sheller, and did a profitable business operating it among the area farmers.
Philip was married March 2, 1886, at the Dunnington Church, by Father A.J. Struder, to Miss Gertrude Jane Altepeter. She was born in Illinois, east of St. Louis, Missouri, October 8, 1886, and is a daughter of Stephen and Mary (Winkle) Altepeter. To this union four children were born; Joseph, born October 12, 1886; Catherine, born February 14, 1890; Philip, who was born February 29, 1896, and Mary, who was born May 16, 1899.
Philip held the position of local Township Supervisor, was a loyal Democrat, and charter member of the Catholic Order of Foresters, he was a heavy contributor to the fund for erecting the St. Mary's Catholic Church in Dunnington, Indiana, where he was a prominent member.
Mr. Philip Cyril Kult, nicknamed "Zeke", was an influential farmer of Paris Grove Township, near Dunnington, Benton County, Indiana, where he owned ninety acres of choice land. He was born April 11, 1861, in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, and was the youngest of seven children in the family of Joseph and Catherine Pirrung Kult.
From birth until 1870, Philip was raised in Pennsylvania where he received his primary education. In 1870, when he was 9 years old, he moved west with his family to Benton County, Indiana. For the next eight years he attended the schools of Parish Grove Township. He then began farming on his father's land, and from the age of seventeen to twenty-five, he devoted his entire time to the cultivation and improvement of this property. When he reached the age of twenty-five years, he purchased ninety acres of the home farm, which he then occupied as his home. He purchased a threshing machine and a corn-sheller, and did a profitable business operating it among the area farmers.
Philip was married March 2, 1886, at the Dunnington Church, by Father A.J. Struder, to Miss Gertrude Jane Altepeter. She was born in Illinois, east of St. Louis, Missouri, October 8, 1886, and is a daughter of Stephen and Mary (Winkle) Altepeter. To this union four children were born; Joseph, born October 12, 1886; Catherine, born February 14, 1890; Philip, who was born February 29, 1896, and Mary, who was born May 16, 1899.
Philip held the position of local Township Supervisor, was a loyal Democrat, and charter member of the Catholic Order of Foresters, he was a heavy contributor to the fund for erecting the St. Mary's Catholic Church in Dunnington, Indiana, where he was a prominent member.
From birth until 1870, Philip was raised in Pennsylvania where he received his primary education. In 1870, when he was 9 years old, he moved west with his family to Benton County, Indiana. For the next eight years he attended the schools of Parish Grove Township. He then began farming on his father's land, and from the age of seventeen to twenty-five, he devoted his entire time to the cultivation and improvement of this property. When he reached the age of twenty-five years, he purchased ninety acres of the home farm, which he then occupied as his home. He purchased a threshing machine and a corn-sheller, and did a profitable business operating it among the area farmers.
Philip was married March 2, 1886, at the Dunnington Church, by Father A.J. Struder, to Miss Gertrude Jane Altepeter. She was born in Illinois, east of St. Louis, Missouri, October 8, 1886, and is a daughter of Stephen and Mary (Winkle) Altepeter. To this union four children were born; Joseph, born October 12, 1886; Catherine, born February 14, 1890; Philip, who was born February 29, 1896, and Mary, who was born May 16, 1899.
Philip held the position of local Township Supervisor, was a loyal Democrat, and charter member of the Catholic Order of Foresters, he was a heavy contributor to the fund for erecting the St. Mary's Catholic Church in Dunnington, Indiana, where he was a prominent member.
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