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Portions of the text that follow, are from the Christlieb-Chrislip-Crislip Family Association-sponsored history
and genealogy publication, Ancestors and Descendants of Friedrich Carl and Anna Catharina Christlieb.

Custer James Koutz

1876–1951

Custer James Koutz (Friedrich Carl Christlieb¹, Carl Christlieb², Sarah Christlieb³, Searight Christlieb Koutz⁴) [1017], born 4 July 1876, Michigan; died 14 March 1951, St. Paul, Minnesota; married 29 November 1900, Laura Sophie Brosto, born 3 April 1882; died 25 July 1974.

Children of Custer James Koutz and Laura Sophie Brosto

Clifford Eugene Kautz (Friedrich Carl Christlieb¹, Carl Christlieb², Sarah Christlieb³, Searight Christlieb Koutz⁴, Custer James Koutz⁵) [1017], born 6 December 1901; died 24 February 1974; married, 18 March 1944, Sally Mae Sutherland, died 18 March 1944.
Elmer Clarence Koutz (Friedrich Carl Christlieb¹, Carl Christlieb², Sarah Christlieb³, Searight Christlieb Koutz⁴, Custer James Koutz⁵) [1017], born 31 December 1902; died 28 March 1980; married, 5 July 1930, Olynn Elaine Barhow, born 3 December 1909; died 14 April 1970.
Harold Searight Koutz (Friedrich Carl Christlieb¹, Carl Christlieb², Sarah Christlieb³, Searight Christlieb Koutz⁴, Custer James Koutz⁵) [1017], born 24 November 1904; died 19 June 1967; married, June 1921, Grace Griendon, born 11 March 1909.
Howard Edgar Koutz (Friedrich Carl Christlieb¹, Carl Christlieb², Sarah Christlieb³, Searight Christlieb Koutz⁴, Custer James Koutz⁵) [1018], born 21 August 1906; died 1907.
Lawrence Edward Koutz (Friedrich Carl Christlieb¹, Carl Christlieb², Sarah Christlieb³, Searight Christlieb Koutz⁴, Custer James Koutz⁵) [1018], born 7 March 1909; died 21 July 1976; married, 10 April 1940, Elvie Grady, born September 1912.
Ernest Walter Koutz (Friedrich Carl Christlieb¹, Carl Christlieb², Sarah Christlieb³, Searight Christlieb Koutz⁴, Custer James Koutz⁵) [1018], born 4 November 1910. Unmarried.
Arnold Leland Koutz (Friedrich Carl Christlieb¹, Carl Christlieb², Sarah Christlieb³, Searight Christlieb Koutz⁴, Custer James Koutz⁵) [1018], born 30 April 1912; died 1945; married 1^st, Marie Catherine Pfahler, born August 1917; married, 2^nd, Irene Kosleg.
Russell Keith Koutz (Friedrich Carl Christlieb¹, Carl Christlieb², Sarah Christlieb³, Searight Christlieb Koutz⁴, Custer James Koutz⁵) [1019], born 21 December 1916, Eden, South Dakota; died 31 August 1997, Santa Barbara, California; married, 29 March 1958, Mary Carol Goddard.
Quentin Lavern Koutz (Friedrich Carl Christlieb¹, Carl Christlieb², Sarah Christlieb³, Searight Christlieb Koutz⁴, Custer James Koutz⁵) [1019], born 1 April 1922; married Joy Yvonne Faith Anderson.