COONROD KAHM was born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, Jan. 2, 1827, his parents being Philip and Anna (Sabelle) Kahm, both natives of the same country. With his parents, Coonrod came to America, in 1845, and settled in St. Louis, Mo., where they remained eight months, then coming to this county and settling on section 13, Linder township, where Philip afterward died. Coonrod was married, in 1852, to Margaret Egelhoff, a native of Germany. They have had three children born to them - John P., born June 27, 1853, married March 9, 1875, and resides in this township; Maggie A., born Dec. 17, 1855, married Sept. 8, 1874, and died July 10, 1875; Minnie W., born Jan. 30, 1867, resides at home. Mr. and Mrs. Kahm and their children are members of the German Reformed church. He now owns 520 acres of land, on which he has improvements costing over $4,000, and is engaged in farming, and feeding cattle, in which he has been eminently successful. He owns an $1,800 store building in Greenfield, and one acre of town land. Coonrod began the battle of life a poor boy, but by industry, hard work and good management, has succeeded in gaining a competency. He is now numbered among the leading and substantial Germans of the county, and has a reputation for honesty and fair dealing of which he and his family may well feel proud.