From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY,"  Vol. I, page 354-355.
Brant & Fuller, 1890.


CARL L. KURTZ

Carl L. Kurtz, wholesale and retail druggist of Wheeling, W.Va., is a 
native of that city, born  December 24, 1862.  He is a son of Henry 
and Augusta (Birckenhauser) Kurtz, who were born in Germany, but came 
to Wheeling during the early days of its settlement.  The father was 
well known and respected as a citizen.  He kept a hotel on the south 
side, at the site of the present Reimer hotel.  The father died in 
1865, leaving six childen:  Edward; Mollie, wife of Henry Wurtz; 
Lina, wife of Joseph Breining; Adolph C.; Carl B. and Henry.  Carl 
Kurtz was reared and educated in the city, and began his business 
life as an apprentice at the drug business, when twelve years of age.  
He held the position of clerk up to the year 1886, when he embarked 
in the wholesale and retail trade on his own account, having 
thoroughly mastered the business.  Since 1879, also, he has engaged 
in the manufacture of Brentlinger's sarsaparilla, one of the old and 
valuable remedies of the country.  He is a member of the West 
Virginia Pharmaceutical association, and has achieved a creditable 
place among the responsible druggists of the city.  Mr. Kurtz was 
married November 8, 1887, to Hattie B., daughter of Bradford Seaman, 
of Wheeling. 

(Linda Fluharty)