The Independent, Goldendale, WA., December 18, 1913, page 1

PIONEER DIES

     John Peter Kuhn, a resident of Goldendale for the last few months, died at his home on December 12th from cerebral hemorrhage. Interment was made in the Catholic cemetery on the 15th, Father Francis officiating. Mr. Kuhn moved to Goldendale from the Sixprong country, where he had lived since the early eighties. He was over seventy two years of age, and was the father of the eleven children, eight of whom are still living.
     While not well known in Goldendale, Mr. Kuhn came here with an excellent reputation, and during the short time he lived here made a number of friends who fell his departure has deprived them of an excellent companion.

The Independent, Goldendale, WA., January 1, 1914, page 5

OBITUARY

     Further information concerning the life of J. P. Kuhn who died recently in this city than was obtained at that time has been given us, and we are pleased to give its space in our columns.

     John Peter Kuhn, a well-known Klickitat pioneer of the Sixprong section in Eastern Klickitat, who died at his residence in Goldendale, December 12, 1913, after a short illness due to infirmities brought on by four years active service in the Civil War and hardships attendant upon pioneer life was born in France in 1841. His parents came to the United States when he was 6 years old and located at Cleveland, Ohio, later moving to Will's Creek in Monroe County, Ohio. At the opening of the Civil War he responded to the first call for volunteers and served throughout the entire war in the Union Army. He served a three year enlistment in Company K, Seventy-eighth Ohio Infantry and was mustered out of an Ohio Cavalry Regiment at the close of the war. In August, 1865, he married Barbara Zwick to whom he was engaged before the war broke out and whose picture he wore in a locket suspended over his breast during his Army service. In 1880 Mr. Kuhn moved with his family to Los Angeles, where he resided until 1882 when he moved to Walla Walla, Washington, coming to Eastern Klickitat in 1883 where he took up a homestead in the Sixprong country. Mr. Kuhn was one of the first settlers in Eastern Klickitat to realize of the advantages of combining stock raising with farming in that section and added to his holdings until he acquired a 2000 acre stock and grain ranch and was actively engaged in looking after his farm and stock until he came to Goldendale to reside in October 1913. He never held or sought public office, but took a keen interest in the development of the country and especially in the section of the Columbia river basin where he resided. He was always ready to lend a helping hand to new settlers and in many cases extended financial aid to people who needed help. Funeral services were held at the Catholic church in Goldendale of which Mr. Kuhn was a member. Mr. Kuhn was not a member of the G.A.R., but the old soldiers in Baker Post No. 20, G.A.R., at Goldendale, attended the funeral in a body and paid the last honors of the order to the dead warrior at the grave.
     Mr. Kuhn is survived by his wife and the following children: Sister Rita of Vancouver, B.C., Sister Alexis, of San Francisco; Simon P. Kuhn, of Toppenish, Washington; Michael J. Kuhn of Flagstaff, Arizona; Mrs. Matilda Henricks of The Dalles, Oregon; Mrs. Edward Cahill and Joseph Kuhn of Goldendale; James B. Kuhn, of Sixprong, Washington. Three brothers and one sister, all residents of the state of Ohio, also survive Mr. Kuhn.

The Klickitat County Agriculturist, Goldendale, WA., December 20, 1913, page 2
"Klickitat Intelligence"

     Another Klickitat pioneer has answered the last roll call and has joined the silent hosts that have gone before. John P. Kuhn, late of Six Prong, in eastern Klickitat, passed away at his home in Goldendale, December 13th, after a brief illness. The funeral was held at the Catholic church Monday, services being conducted by Rev. F. Frances, O.F.M., parish priest. Interment was in the cemetery near Goldendale. The deceased came to Klickitat county over the 30 years ago, and settled in the Six Prong section, and where he continued to reside till a few months ago, when he changed his home to this city. He leaves a wife and several sons and daughters, all grown. One daughter is the wife of Edward T. Cahill, a central Klickitat farmer and stockman; another daughter is a Sister at the Convent at Vancouver; and four sons, Simon, Joe, Mike, and James. Mr. Kuhn was one of the successful farmers of Klickitat county, and was held in the highest esteem by a very large circle of friends and acquaintances.

The Klickitat County Agriculturist, Goldendale, WA., January 17, 1914, page 2

Card of Thanks

To our friends and neighbors we wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation for the many acts of kindness shown us during the illness and death of our husband and father; and especially do we desire to thank Mr. L.G. Hess, local agent of the Goldendale branch railroad, for his kindly courtesies to us; and also to the members of the G.A.R. post of Goldendale, for the great respect shown to their old comrade.

Mrs. John P. Kuhn, and Family.

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