The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 967 

JOHN HENRY LEUNING.

John Henry Leuning, who since 1910 has resided in the Yakima valley, where he is
now devoting his time and energies largely to horticultural pursuits, was born
on the 2d of December, 1886, in Illinois, a son of D. G. Leuning, mentioned at
length on another page of this work. While spending his youthful days under the
parental roof he attended public schools of South Dakota and in 1910, when a
young man of twenty-four years, he arrived in the Yakima valley, where he has
since made his home thereon and has since given his attention to the further
development and improvement of the place. He now has six acres in apples and
pears, while the remainder is pasture and plow land, upon which he raises
various crops best adapted to soil and climatic conditions here.

On the 9th of March, 1913, Mr. Leuning was married to Miss Inez V. Hedges, a
native of Iowa and a daughter of C. C. and Prudence Hedges, who came to
Washington in 1894, settling in Seattle, whence they removed to the Yakima
valley in 1900. Her father then bought nineteen acres of land near Buena and has
since carried on ranching in that locality but his wife has passed away. To Mr.
and Mrs. Leuning have been born four children, Ernest Francis. Hazel Margaret,
John Elwood and Raymond Glenn.

Mr. Leuning and his family are members of the Christian church of Zillah and in
politics he maintains an independent course. He is a progressive young man who
has made for himself a creditable place in business circles and in public regard
as well.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.