This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yl.2ADE/438.2 Message Board Post: My great-grandfather was John Kahl; born in Germany in 1826; came to America in 1856;came to Benton County Iowa in 1967. Married Catherine Hass in 1863. They had 7 children--Mary was my grandmother.