The Peffley, Peffly, Pefley Families in America, A historical and genealogical record of the Peffley, Peffly and Pefley families from 1729-1938; Published in 1938, By May Miller Frost and Clarence Earl Frost

Call Number: R929.2 P375

490 - HENRY ALEXANDER HOUTZ, (son of No.489), married Feb. 21st, 1884, ETHIE MAE COLE, born Dec. 28th, 1864, died May 14th, 1934, Albion, Neb., (dau. of JACOB and EMILY (Miller) COLE).

Henry A. Houtz was born at Salem, Va., and removed with the parents to Illinois, following the Civil War. He received his education in his home district and then attended Christian College at Eureka, Ill. He prepared himself for a teacher and taught in Woodford Co., Ill. He married in 1884 and soon after went to Nebraska to settle on a farm about five miles southwest of Albion, in Boone Co., where he has resided ever since.

Soon after moving to Nebraska he was ordained a minister of the Church of Christ, at Roselma. He has not actively followed the ministry, but has held revival meetings and assists the local pastor in his work. His vantage place is his farm where he may still be found busily engaged in caring for his stock and still assists in tilling the soil.

Address (as of 1938); Albion, Neb.

Issue: Born at Albion, Neb.

1 - GRACE EDNA HOUTZ, b. 12-11-1884.
2 - GERTRUDE MAUDE HOUTZ, b. 4-4-1886.
3 - FRANCES MYRTLE HOUTZ, b. 9-15-1888.
4 - IVA ETHEL HOUTZ, b. 1-22-1890.