Ham Kautzman

KAUTZMAN, PATTERSON

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 10/8/2004 at 10:24:54

Ham Kautzman, Winterset, editor of the Beacon Light; native of Logan county, Ohio, and was born September 30, 1847; he moved to Guthrie county in 1856, and has worked at the printing business more or less for seventeen years; he started the Beacon Light in 1874; and it is the only paper of that name in the United States; in June, 1878, he removed to this county, and claims a circulation of 600 in the county, and a total of 875; he married Miss Jennie F. Patterson in 1871; she was born in Cincinnati, Ohio; has three children: Laila B., Ira C. and Frederick G.

Taken from the book, "The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879" page 540, 541