William C. Kutch, Father of Daniel L. came with Daniel Kutch to Texas from Tennessee, making the journey by water down the Mississippi. The boat on which the family were embarked blew up on the Mississippi River, and all the family possessions were lost except the clothing they had on. On coming to Texas the family first stopped in Smith County, and later moved to Jack County. William C. Kutch is still living at the age of eighty-seven, rugged physique, reflecting the vigor of frontier life, possesses a fine memory and is said to be a walking encyclopedia of events and incidents in Jack County since its early settlement. During the war between the state he served as a home guard, guarding the frontier from Indians, and has since been identified with ranching. He is one of the men who helped keep away the Indians and outlaws from the settlements along the northwestern frontier, and he personally had many encounters with Indians. At one time he was a member of a party of about a dozen settlers in a battle with some forty or fifty Indians. The whites and a negro were on an expedition hunting cattle, and their only arms were cap and ball 6-shooters. While riding along they were surprised by the Indians in daylight. During the battle that followed all their horses were shot down, and one white man was killed and all were wounded except one white man and the negro. After the horses were shot they protected themselves behind the bodies of the slain animals, and from those breastworks fought against the Indians, who were armed with guns and arrows, from 10 o'clock in the morning until just before daybreak the next morning, when the Indians left. Mr Kutch, who is a resident of Jacksboro, witnessed many of the early Indian raids, and has been a participant in the progressive life of Northwest Texas from pioneer times to present. He was three times elected county treasurer of Jack County. He is a democrat and a member of the Methodist Church.
William C. Kutch married Mrs. Narcissus Wall, whose maiden name was McElroy. Her father came to Texas from Missouri. Mrs. Kutch died in 1913. Her children were: Mary, who died in young womanhood; Amanda, who first married George Patton and is now Mrs. Rahter of Hastings, Oklahoma; Margaret, who died in Collingsworth County, the wife of Theodore Allen; Daniel L.; Ira B. of Ramah, Colorado; Emma, wife of Will Ruth of Jack County. (A History of Texas and Texans by Frank W. Johnson, Volume V, printed by the American Historical Society Chicago and New York 1916.

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