From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY,"  Vol. I, page 237.
Brant & Fuller, 1890.


ROBERT B. BURT

Robert B. Burt, a leading retail druggist of Wheeling, and a 
prominent citizen of the island, was born at Wellsburg, W.Va., July 
1, 1857, the son of Samuel W. and Elizabeth (Brown) Burt, who were 
well-known people of Wellsburg and descendants of pioneer families of 
that region.  Samuel Burt was born at Wellsburg in 1816, and died in 
1859.  He was a steamboat pilot by occupation, and in partnership 
with his brothers, was an extensive owner of river vessels.   His 
wife, the daughter of Robert Brown, was born in Burgettstown, in 
1836.  Her father, a native of Lancaster county, Penn., and one of 
the prominent pioneers of the upper Ohio valley, was a potter by 
trade, and for fifty years conducted a pottery at Wellsburg.  He 
lived to an extreme old age, and was widely known throughout this 
region.  The only surviving child of Samuel and Elizabeth Brown is 
the subject of this mention, the other child, a daughter, being 
deceased.  Mr. Burt was reared and educated at Wellsburg, and in the 
latter part of 1876 came to Wheeling, where he found employment as a 
drug clerk for T. A. Brentlinger, with whom he remained three years.  
He then assisted Alexander Young in opening a drug store on the 
Island, and a year later became a half-partner in the establishment 
with Dr. Logan.  This was purchased by Frank Falore, in January, 
1887, and on the first of the following April, Mr. Burt opened his 
present establishment on Virginia street, where he has since met with 
marked success.  Mr. Burt was married February 22, 1887, to Ida, 
daughter of H. C. Peterman, Esq., of Wheeling, and they have one 
daughter.  Mr. Burt is a member of Island council, No. 4, O.A.M., and 
Mrs. Burt is a member of the Episcopal church.   


(Linda Fluharty)