Nicholas Boogher emigrated from Germany and settled in Pennsylvania in 1727. His descendant, John Booher (1773-1860), was the son of Bartholomew Booher of Frederick County, Maryland. John and his wife, Elizabeth Crull (1772-1865), had eleven children, 1795-1817. Their first four children were born in Washington County, Pennsylvania. The family migrated to Montgomery County, Ohio, in 1803. John and Elizabeth Booher are buried in the Shearer graveyard,...

Ernest Frederick Kautz was born 14 December 1880 in Chester, Ohio. His parents were Jacob D. Kautz (1848-1931) and Amanda Idalia Robinson (1859-1942). He married Anna Pearl Douthitt (1884-1965), daughter of Hannibal Percy Douthitt (1859-1903) and Lillie May Beardshear (1862-1951), 6 June 1906 in Ponca, Nebraska. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived in Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Virginia, Germany and...