Kuchler brothers and friends in front of their storefront in the Broom Hotel at 348 Twenty-Fifth street, circa 1900s.

Isaak Kuchler owned a popular business called I. Kuchler and Sons Cigar and Tobacco Store at 270 Twenty-Fifth Street during the late nineteenth to early twentieth century. His three sons, Herman, Rudolph, and Theodore, helped their father run the store. The brothers eventually took over the business when their father died July 21, 1897, due to heart failure. Their mother, Amalia Kuchler, died November 29, 1895. Amalia and Isaak also had a daughter named Emily, born January 6, 1869, and she married Max Davidson of Ogden. The family immigrated to the United States from Germany in the 1880s and settled in Ogden in 1883.[1]

The Kuchler family also owned sheep farms located in Idaho and Nevada. This business became the focus for the brothers, more so for Theodore and Herman. Herman, born October 19, 1873, was very active in taking care of these farms, making frequent trips to both locations. He married Ethel Orth of Ogden. Herman died at the age of eighty-three on July 12, 1957.[2]

Rudolph Kuchler was born on June 11, 1870. He ventured into politics while living in Ogden. He ran for the Republican seat in the fourth ward of Weber County and won in 1904.[3] A few days before his victory, The Salt Lake Tribune honored him by writing “Mr. Kuchler is one of the leading young Republicans of the county and has always been active in every campaign.”[4] They predicted his future, as Rudolph became a state senator of Weber County, serving two terms.[5].