Belle was born in Nebraska on August 24, 1894. The 1900 census shows her with her parents at age 5 in Herrick Precinct, Knox County, Nebraska. This is very possably the place of her birth.

By 1910, the census shows her in Cherokee Township of Montgomery County, Kansas and still with her parents.

At age 25, during the 1920 census, she was still with her parents in Montgomery County.

On December 31, 1923 in Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas she married John McMeen KURTZ at the Kurtz farm on Route 1. John McMeen KURTZ was born in Walnut, Illinois on April 20, 1874. He was the son of Isaac KURTZ and Mary. He was a farmer and stockman for many years near Coffeyville (residing at his home on route 1). He was a member of the Dearing (Kansas) Evangelical United Brethren Church.

There is evidence that Belle was living with her family in Coffeyville in 1927.

John died on June 30, 1963 of a heart attack at his home on Route 1 in Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas.

Belle died on January 10, 1977 in Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas. She was buried at Robbins Cemetery in Coffeyville.

Belle and John had the following children:

1. Florence KURTZ .

2. Bill (William A.) KURTZ .

3. Frank M. KURTZ. He died on December 22, 1976.

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