Lang, H. O., ed. "The History of the Willamette Valley, Being A Description of the Valley and its Resources, with an account of its Discovery and Settlement by White Men, and its Subsequent History; Together with Personal Reminiscences of its Early Pioneers." Portland, OR, Geo. H. Himes, Book and Job Printer, 1885. p. 751. B. F. BELT Druggist by profession, and was born in Marion County, Oregon, in 1852, and was reared in Salem. In 1870 went into the drug business in partnership with D. W. Cox, in Salem, and when that partnership was dissolved, formed another with his father, Dr. A. M. Belt. In 1872 he was married to Miss Mary Payton, by whom he has five children -- Lizzie, Maud, Bessie, Frank, and Daniel. ******************* Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in July 2005 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.