Sedgwick County KS Archives Biographies.....Kautz, Worth 1851 - 
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Author: O. H. Bentley (1910)

   Worth Kautz, of Wichita, Kan., is known to all devotees of the automobile in
the city, where he operates an extensive garage and automobile business. Mr.
Kautz is a native of the Hoosier state, having been born at Rising Sun, Ind., on
March 28, 1851. His parents were Jacob and Mary Ann (Walker) Kautz, the father
born in Ohio. The family originally came from Switzerland, and his mother
tracing her origin to Scotland. The senior Kautz moved to Illinois from Indiana
in 1853, and in 1859 the family moved to Missouri, where the father remained
until his  death, which occurred in Caldwell county, Missouri, in 1890. The
elder Kautz was a cooper by trade, and was the father of nine children, seven of
whom are still living. Worth Kautz was the eighth child born to his parents, and
his early education was obtained in the public schools of Jacksonville, Ill.
After the family moved to Missouri Mr. Kautz remained with his parents for some
years, but finally decided to strike out for himself, and moved to Kansas. He
located in Sedgwick county, where he bought eighty acres of school land in
Greeley township. He afterwards homesteaded a quarter section in Oklahoma, and
after proving up his claim sold the property and took up a residence in Mount
Hope, Kan., where he was engaged in the hardware and implement business for
three years. He then moved to Kechi township and bought 210 acres in Sections 34
and 35, on which he remained until 1908, when he came to Wichita and engaged in
the garage business. Mr. Kautz and his step-son are the sole owners of the
Southwestern Auto Company, with offices at 427 North Main street. Mr. Kautz has
been married twice. His first wife was Miss Annie Little, of Mount Hope, to whom
he was married on October 3, 1881. After the death of his first wife Mr. Kautz
was again married in May, 1898, to Mrs. Mattie Clements, of Mount Hope, Kan. Two
children have been born of this latter union. Politically, Mr. Kautz may be
called an Independent, but his affiliations are generally with the Populists. He
is a member of the Christian Church.

Additional Comments:
Extracted from 

History of Wichita and Sedgwick County: past and present, including an account
of the cities, towns and villages of the county

Editor in chief: O. H. Bentley
Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co. (1910)


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