From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY,"  Vol. I, page 354.
Brant & Fuller, 1890.


D. C. KURNER


D. C. Kurner, a prominent employing painter of Wheeling, was born in 
that city, July 1, 1859, the son of David T. and Susannah (Stroebel) 
Kurner.  The father was born in Germany, and the mother in America, 
of German descent.  The former was a baker by trade.  He resided in 
Wheeling for many years, and at the time of his death, in December, 
1888, he had been for several years occupied as a paper hanger.  His 
family included sixteen children, ten of whom survive: Veronica, wife 
of Philip Knabe; D. Conrad, William, George, Harry, Charles, Joseph, 
David, Archibald, and Nellie.  The mother was a daughter of Conrad 
Stroebel, a native of Germany, who was one of the pioneers of 
Wheeling; and was for some time a prominent wholesale liquor dealer.  
The subject of this mention was reared in this city, and received his 
education in the public schools, after which he served an 
apprenticeship of five years as a painter and grainer. On January 1, 
1885, he opened an establishment in this line on his own account at 
his present location, at 1727 Market street.  He gives employment to 
fifteen or twenty men, carries a large stock of paints, oil and 
glass, and has built up a large and profitable trade.  Mr. Kurner is 
influential and takes an interest in public affairs.  He is at 
present a member of the city council.  He was married in 1885, to 
Barbara, daughter of John and Coridas Ebbert, of Wheeling, and they 
have two children: Raymond and Carrie.
    

(Linda Fluharty)