Kit Carson County, Colorado
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Kit Carson County Pioneers:
Byron L. Houtz, 9 South 50 West
May 1884 Willheim, Pennsylvania "Mr. Byron Houtz from Coburn, 'counter hopper'
at Grenninger's, showed his smiling face on our streets on Sunday."
October 1884 "Byron Houtz has gone south. He has accepted a good position on a rail road in Maryland."
1887 
Byron HONTZ cash-claimed a quarter in section 7, 9S 50W in 1889, and corrected in
1891. The right-of-way for the Chi., R.I. and Colo. Railroad issued in 1875 went through that section.
He might be the Byron L. HOUTZ in 1870 Union County, Pennsyvania,
7, with Jacob 56 and Lydia 30,
Ida R. 10, Alma M. 8, and Orien V. 2, all born in Pennsyvania.
Lydia Anne Houtz
BIRTH 1839
Pennsylvania,
DEATH 1910 (aged 70–71)
BURIAL
Mifflinburg Cemetery
Mifflinburg, Union County, Pennsylvania,
MEMORIAL ID 11340920.
Jacob Lehenan Houtz
BIRTH 1833
Pennsylvania,
DEATH 1907 (aged 73–74)
BURIAL
Mifflinburg Cemetery
Mifflinburg, Union County, Pennsylvania,
MEMORIAL ID 11340918.
Byron L. Houtz married Lillian A. Harison on August 15, 1891 in Norfolk, Virginia.
August 1913 Idaho Springs, Colorado " Judge G. A. Benton of Rochester,
N. Y., B. L. Houtz of Norfolk, Virginia
and W. C. Gates of Bucyrus, Ohio, were in the city from last Saturday
until Monday. They are all stockholders in the Big Five Corporation
and the object of their visit was to investigate conditions in this
big proposition. It is their desire to see the Belman lateral
driven under the Dove's Nest and then an upraise made.
They were so pleased with the weather and climate and they left
with much reluctance. They had been attending the Knights
Templar Conclave."
In 1920 Norfolk,
Byron L. Houtz is a chief clerk for a railroad, 54,
Lillian Houtz
48 Wife.
Lillian Harrison Houtz
BIRTH 9 May 1867
Norfolk City, Virginia,
DEATH 19 Dec 1920 (aged 53)
Norfolk City, Virginia, USA
BURIAL
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia,
MEMORIAL ID 192349764.
Byron Lohr Houtz
Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia,
Birth Date:
26 May 1863
Death Date:
16 Dec 1936
Cemetery:
Forest Lawn Cemetery,
BIRTH 26 May 1863
Hartleton, Union County, Pennsylvania,
DEATH 16 Dec 1936 (aged 73)
Norfolk City, Virginia, USA
BURIAL
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia,
MEMORIAL ID 42571075.
"Byron Lohr Houtz, aged 73, son of Jacob and Lydia Lohr Houtz, died at a local hospital yesterday at 6:10 p.m. He was a native of Adamsburg, Snyder County, Pa., and for the past 50 years had resided in Norfolk, during which time and until his recent retirement, he was employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Mr. Houtz was a member of the Freemason Street Baptist Church and Norfolk Lodge No. 1, A.F. & A.M., and resided at 46 A-View avenue, Ocean View. He is survived by one brother, Orrin V. Houtz, of Berwick, Pa.; two sisters, Mrs. H. H. Foster, of Norfolk, and Miss Nell Houtz, of Baltimore, and several nieces and nephews."
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