John Kuns was born April 14, 1795, in Huntington County, Pennsylvania. When he was seven years of age, his father removed to Montgomery County, Ohio. John married the daughter of Leonard Wolf, in 1817. In 1824, he attended the land sales at Crawsfordsville, and purchased land, and on the 11^th day of October, 1826, arrived with his family, and settled on his land. Aaron Merriman, James M’Dowell, and David Lucas were then the only settlers in the Rock Creek settlement.

The "Dunker" Church was organized in the Fall of 1827, by Peter Eyman, who was the first preacher. Having no meeting-house, he preached at John Kuns’s, Samuel Wise’s, and also at the houses of other brethren.

It was Mr. K. who first erected the flouring-mill near Delphi, afterward owned by Roach & Co. He also carried on a tannery on his farm quite extensively for a new country. He was a very energetic business man and a shrewd trader.

In April, 1859, having lost his wife, he removed to Piatt County, Illinois. The last time the writer saw him was on the 8^th day of May, 1861, when he was on his way to Wild-cat, with the view of returning to Illinois with a buxom widow, the future second Mrs. Kuns.