Biography

09/12/1865 - 11/14/1911

KUHBACH, John, a Representative from Wayne County; born, September 12, 1865 in Texas Township, Wayne County, Pa.; served, Company E, 13th Infantry, Pennsylvania National Guard (corporal, 1886-1893; battalion adjutant, 1893-1895; first lieutenant, 1895-1897); bookkeeper, Delaware & Hudson Canal Company; clerk; teacher; elected, chair, Democratic County Committee (1890-1892); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1892; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1894); elected, auditor, Wayne County; attorney-at-law; unsuccessful campaign, United States Congress (1904); vice president, Herald Press Association; second vice-president, Scranton Fire Insurance Company; cut glass manufacturer; elected, mayor, Honesdale (1909-1911); died, November 14, 1911 in Honesdale, Wayne County, Pennsylvania; interred, Glen Dyberry Cemetery, Honesdale, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.