From "History of Wheeling City and Ohio County, West Virginia and 
Representative Citizens," by Hon. Gibson Lamb Cranmer, 1902. 

Typed by Laurie Birks Dean. 

p. 559
LOUIS SCHWALB, engaged in business in the city of Wheeling, Ohio county, 
West Virginia, was born in Budapest, Hungary, January 26, 1857, and is a 
son of Michael and Regina Schwalb, also natives of Hungary.
	Michael Schwalb and his worthy wife reared a family of eight 
children, all of whom are living and doing well in their native country, 
with the exception of Louis and his brother Jacob.  Jacob came to the 
United States in 1891, and is now employed by the Reymann Brewing 
Company, for which he does good services.  Michael Schwalb is still 
living, at the advanced age of eighty-one years, and is a well-to-do 
merchant in his native place.  His wife died at the age of seventy-seven 
years, in 1896.
	Louis Schwalb came to the United States in 1873, and established 
his present business immediately after his arrival in Wheeling, in 1878.  
All the education he ever received was acquired by study in his 
birthplace.
	In 1880 Mr. Schwalb was united in marriage with Mary Blumenthal, 
who was born in Wheeling, Mary 16, 1860, and is a daughter of Meyer 
Blumenthal.  They have three children, namely:  Huldah, who was born 
December 24, 1886; Allen, who was born December 14, 1894; and Walter, 
whose birth occurred January 6, 1896.
	Mr. Schwalb belongs to the I. O. O. F. and the K. of P.  He is a 
steady, persevering business man, and does much for the good of his 
adopted city.