The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 107 L. H. KUHN. L. H. Kuhn, cashier of the First National Bank of Zillah, was born in Shelby, Iowa, January 1, 1883. His parents, Robert E. and Emma V. (Williams) Kuhn, removed to Emerson in 1883 and there the father organized the Emerson State Bank and also laid out the town. He continued to reside at that place until 1900, when he established his home at Lincoln, Nebraska, where his remaining days were passed and where his widow still resides. L. H. Kuhn completed his education at the Western Reserve Academy at Hudson, Ohio, and for a few years was a resident of Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1905 he came to Tacoma and entered into active association with the National Bank of Commerce, in which he spent two years in a clerical capacity. Subsequently he was with the Northwest Trust & Savings Bank of Seattle for a year and a half and in 1909 he came to Zillah, where he has since been identified with the First National Bank, which was established in December, 1909, with J. D. Cornett as president, R. D. Herod as vice-president, J. H. Bartley, cashier, and L. H. Kuhn, assistant cashier. The last named succeeded to the cashiership on the 9th of January, 1910, and has since acted in that capacity, while H. H. Green has been vice president since 1911. The bank is capitalized for twenty-five thousand dollars. It has had a successful existence, the business steadily growing. The building occupied was built especially for the purpose used, the bank occupying the first floor, with office rooms above. In October, 1913, Mr. Kuhn was married to Miss Eva Munson, of Tacoma, and they have one child, Robert Munson. In his fraternal relations Mr. Kuhn is a Mason and an Elk. He belongs to Yakima Lodge No. 318, B. P. O. E., to Meridian Lodge No. 196, A. F. & A. M., of Zillah, of which he is a past master, and that he has attained high rank in the order is indicated in the fact that he is one of the Nobles of Afifi Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Tacoma. His political endorsement is given to the republican party and his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Presbyterian church. He is actuated in all that he does by high principles and his many sterling traits of character have gained him the warm regard of all with whom he has been associated. Prompted by a progressive spirit, he gives earnest aid and support to all measures for the general good and his work for the city has been efficiently resultant. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.