Abraham Kurtz
Abraham Kurtz, farmer, P. O. Lake, Stark Co., Ohio, was born June 26, 1829, in Lebanon County, Penn., son of Jacob and Catharine Kurtz, former of whom died June 25, 1883, aged eighty- two years; they removed to this county in 1854, where they lived and died. They were the parents of Lydia. Mrs. Royer; Abraham; John; Elias; Mary, Mrs. Carber; Jacob; Elizabeth, Mrs. Bollinger, in Michigan; Samuel and Isaiah. Our subject was married, March 6, 1859, to Anna Mishler, and they settled on the old homestead farm, where they have since resided and have enlarged its dimensions to 182½ acres. Mr. Kurtz is a leading and highly respected farmer. He and his wife are members of the German Baptist Church.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885