KLUTZ BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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KLUTZ, L. M. - b: 1855 near Gold Hill, NC
source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - 
page: 321
residence: Clinton, Clinton Twp

Dr. L. M. Klutz of Clinton, Missouri, is the pioneer veterinary surgeon of Henry 
County, and the first regularly graduated veterinary surgeon to practice in this 
section of Missouri. He was born near Gold Hill, North Carolina, February 22, 
1855, and is a son of Tobias and Elizabeth (Peck) Klutz, both natives of Cabarrus 
County, North Carolina, and descendants of old Southern stock. The Klutz family 
settled in North Carolina in Colonial days and probably came from Pennsylvania 
to North Carolina. Tobias Klutz resided in his native State until the Civil War 
broke out, when he enlisted in the Confederate Army. He was wounded at the 
Battle of the Wilderness, from the effect of which he died shortly afterwards in 
a Confederate Army hospital at Richmond, Virginia. His wife spent her life in 
North Carolina, where she died in 1883 at the age of sixty-seven. They were the 
parents of seven children, four of whom are living, as follows: John D., Gold Hill, 
North Carolina; Mrs. Margaret Nussman, Salisbury, North Carolina; George L., Gold 
Hill, North Carolina, and Dr. L. M., the subject of this sketch. Paul, Jerry, 
Josephine, Rose Ann are deceased. Doctor Klutz was reared and educated in North 
Carolina. In 1887 he went to Chicago, and entered the Chicago Veterinary College, 
and was graduated from that institution March 21, 1889, with a degree of Doctor 
of Veterinary Surgery. He immediately came to Henry County and engaged in the 
practice of his profession, which he has followed ever since. When he came here 
he was the only graduate veterinary surgeon, not only in Henry County, but over a 
vast stretch of country, including adjoining counties, and his practice extended 
into St. Clair, Johnson, Cass, Bates, Vernon, and other counties in western 
Missouri. Dr. Klutz has conducted a well-equipped veterinary hospital in Clinton 
for over twenty years. It is located at 510 Bodine avenue. He has ever been a 
close student of the science of his profession, and has been a part of the 
development of the science of veterinary surgery, which has made such marked 
progress during the last quarter of a century. He was one of the organizers of the 
Missouri State Veterinary and Medical Association which was organized in 1892. 
He bears the distinction of being the first president of that organization, and as 
a tribute to his great worth in the profession, he was elected an honorary 
member for life of the Missouri State Veterinary and Medical Association in 
1913. Doctor Klutz was united in marriage with Miss Adella McKinney, a native of 
Clinton, Henry County, a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Ryan) McKinney, the 
former a native of Ohio and the latter of Indiana. They were early settlers in 
Henry County and are now deceased, and their remains rest in Englewood 
Cemetery. To Doctor and Mrs. Klutz have been born the following children: Mary 
Elizabeth, a graduate of the Clinton High School, now a teacher in the Deepwater 
public schools, resides at home; Harry Lawson, a graduate of the Clinton High 
School, at home; Lee McKinney, a student in the Clinton High School; Mabel Irene, 
Paul Jerry, and Margaret Adella, all students in the Clinton grade schools. Doctor 
Klutz is a Democrat, although he is inclined to take an independent view of 
politics. He holds membership in the Woodmen of the World, and belongs to the 
Presbyterian church.

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