Fannie Markbreit Kautz

3rd wife of

August Valentine Kautz

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Fort Steilacoom, Vol. 35, No. 1, Spring 2018 (PDF) (historicfortsteilacoom.org) August Valentine Kautz was born in Germany on January 5, 1828. Shortly thereafter the family, including close relatives, emigrated to America and settled on land previously purchased in Ohio. When he grew up, August Kautz had a long career in the United States Army. He graduated from West Point Military Academy in 1852, serving in many places, including Fort Steilacoom, and later as a General in the Civil War. He retired from active service on January 5, 1892, in Vancouver, Washington.

Days Island

[August Valentine] Kautz and his wife Fannie [Markbreit Kautz] purchased Day Island in Tacoma as a long-term investment.

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she [Fannie Markbreit Kautz] lived with her son’s family in Washington D.C. and died at the home of one of her daughters in New Jersey on August 11, 1913, at the age of 65.

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