Stephen Kuntz, son of Solomon, was born at Treichlers, Sept. 15, 1841. He was reared on his father's farm and acquired an education in the public schools and Freeland Seminary. He purchased a 90-acre farm near his home, which he operated and improved, where he remained until 1886, when he rented the farm and removed to Allentown. There he lived a retired life until his death, April 27, 1910. He was a member of the Allentown school board and a director of the Second National Bank. With his family he affiliated with the Lutheran Church, and in politics he was a Republican.

Mr. Kuntz married, Feb. 2, 1868, Lavinia, daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Schadt) Lichtenwalner, Mrs. Kuntz died in 1913. They had four children: Oscar W., in the typewriter business at Allentown, who married Margaret Dinkey, and has two children, Catharine and Stephen; Mary, married Edw. F. Ochs and has two children, Miriam N., and Frances C.; Sarah J single; and Elizabeth M., married Leonard R. Roth, and has one son, George R. Roth.