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C. P. Schambra, a prominent merchant tailor of Center Wheeling, whose establishment is at No. 2105 Main street, was born in Hesse- Darmstadt, Germany, April 16, 1831. He was educated in his native land and there acquired the trade of tailor. He came to America in 1851, and proceeded directly to Wheeling, where he had relatives who had preceded him. For one of these, D. Schambra, one of the pioneer tailors of Wheeling, he worked until 1865, when he opened rooms of his own on Main street, in Center Wheeling, a part of the city in which he always did business. He did business without a partner until the spring of 1885, when he took his son, William A., as a partner, and they are doing a prosperous business under the name of C. P. Schambra & Son. Mr. Schambra came to this country quite poor, except in the possession of a well-learned trade and genius and capacity for work, and by continued application he has so well succeeded that he is now well-known as a business man, and one of the substantial and influential men of Center Wheeling. He is a mem- ber of St. John's Lutheran church, and of the Turner society, the A. O. U. W., and the Order of Red Men. In 1856 he was married to Mary E. Renner, sister of William Renner, formerly a leading confectioner of Wheeling, now of Columbus, Ohio. By this union eight children have been born, of whom the following survive: Will- iam A., Louisa, Hermann, Christian, Eva and Philip.
John E. Schellhase, assessor of water rent of Wheeling, was born at that city, February 22, 1861, the son of George and Annie (Bril) Schellhase, natives of Germany, who came to America in their youth. The father was one of the early residents of Wheeling, and. dealt in ice for a considerable period, but after making his home here for thirty years, removed to Pittsburgh, where he resides, his wife with him. They were active at Wheeling in the interests of the Methodist Episcopal church. Of the eight children born to them the following survive: Matilda, wife of James Fawcett, of Pittsburgh; Louise; John E .; George, in the paint business at Cobden, Ill .; Jennie; Edward, a rail- way postal clerk. John E., the subject of this mention, was reared at Wheeling, and educated in the public schools at Pittsburgh, and in the Iron City college. He began his business career about 1879, join- ing with his father under the firm name of George Schellhase & Son, in the retail grocery business at Wheeling, and they continued in this until April, 1887, when the senior partner retired and removed to Pittsburgh. Mr. Schellhase soon afterward entered the office of the
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'city collector as deputy, and remained there over one year, when he was elected assessor of water rents. Mr. Schellhase was married March 22, 1887, to Bertha T. Dean, of Wheeling, and they have a daughter, Miriam D.
F. Schmeichel, a well-known citizen of Wheeling, who has been engaged since 1874 in the furniture business with notable success, was born at Graudanz, Prussia, April 11, 1841. He remained in that country until early manhood, gaining his education, and learning the trade of cabinet-maker, at which he became skilled. In 1870, he landed at New York, and then came directly to Wheeling, where he worked as a journey-man for about five months, and then engaged in stair build- ing. In 1873, he and Frederick Behrens joined their fortunes and opened a cabinet shop for themselves, and in 1874 opened a furniture store at 2267 Market street, which they conducted in connection with the shop and also engaged in upholstering. In 1883 Mr. Behrens died and Mr. Schmeichel took the proprietorship and management of the entire business, which he has since conducted. He now has one of the leading houses of the city, and is still doing business at his old lo- cation, carrying a full stock of the goods usually found at first class establishments of this kind. He is a valued citizen, is a member of the Reformed church, and of the Knights of Pythias and Order of Red Men. Mr. Schmeichel was married in 1873, to Louise Ulrich, who was born in Germany and to their union have been born seven children.
Charles Schmidt, malster and assistant superintendent of the Rey- mann brewery, was born at Baltimore, Md., January 7, 1852. His father, Charles Schmidt, was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, April 29, 1819, and in 1848, on account of the revolutionary troubles in Ger- many, emigrated and settled at Baltimore, where he was subsequently married to Mina Dittes, also a native of Wurtemburg. He was in the shoe business at Baltimore, until about 1859, when he removed to Washington, Penn., where he embarked in the hotel business. When the war broke out he organized the first company of volunteers in Washington, in the spring of 1861, and of this was chosen captain. He served during a part of the war, and then returned to Washing- ton, and near that place engaged in farming, which is his present occu- pation. Captain Schmidt has been quite prominent in his county, and has filled various public positions. His wife, who was born May 9, 1829, is also living. Of the five children born to them, four are liv- ing. The oldest of the children, Charles, first mentioned above, left home in 1869, and came to Wheeling, where he found employment with Beck & Reymann, and with that brewery has continued as a. trusted employe, and subsequently as stockholder, to the present. He became a stockholder at the incorporation of the present company, and was then assigned the position of malster and general superin- tendent. He had filled the duties of the first named station for sev- eral years previous. In 1878 he was married to Minnie Dauber, of Wheeling, by whom he has two children. Mr. Schmidt is a member of the William Tell lodge, No. 6, I. O. O. F., and of various pleasure societies.
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Martin Schmidt, a native of Hesse Cassel, Germany, and a respected citizen of Wheeling, was born March 2, 1836, the son of John and Elizabeth (Uttu) Schmidt. The latter, who passed their lives in Ger- many, had four children, of whom Martin was the second born. In the latter part of October, 1854, Martin Schmidt set out for America, em- barking at Bremen, and on the 31st of December he landed at Balti- more, whence he proceeded to Wheeling. Since the 4th of January, 1885, he has made his home at the latter city. He had learned the trade of a plasterer in his native country, but in his new home he found employment as a wood chopper at 1212 cents per day. For a long period subsequent he was employed in iron works, from 1855 to 1859 in the Belmont works, until 1861 at Steubenville in the Jefferson works, until 1864 again in the Belmont works at Wheeling, and until 1867 in the Top rolling mill, and in the Riverside works until 1884. He embarked in the grocery business at No. 48 Eleventh street, in March, 1885, and he has since given his attention to that business, with good success. He is an industrious and upright man; in religion, a member of the German Lutheran church, and in politics, a republi- can. He was married December 25, 1859, to Catherine Muehlecker, a native of Baden, Germany, and the daughter of Jacob and Catherine Muehlecker, who brought her to America when she was a child. After short stays at Pittsburgh and Beaver, Penn., they settled at Wheeling, where they spent the remainder of their lives. To Mr. and Mrs. Schmidt have been born twelve children: George Henry, Ida Lenora, Martha Elizabeth, Anna Catherine, Emma Louisa, Harry Martint Morrison, Lillie Elma, Carl William, Julius Oscar, Arthur Edgar, John Robert, and John Albert, eight of whom survive.
Henry Schmulbach, a well-known citizen of Wheeling, is president of the Schmulbach Brewing company, which conducts one of the largest brewing establishments in West Virginia, situated at the head of Thirty-third street, Wheeling. Mr. Schmulbach was born in Hesse- Darmstadt, Germany, in 1844. He came to the United States in 1852, with his parents, who settled at Wheeling. Before reaching the age of seventeen years he engaged in the retail grocery business in part- nership with his uncle, George Feller, and four years later, in 1865, embarked in the wholesale liquor business. His uncle retired from business in January, 1870, but Mr. Schmulbach continued it until 1882. In 1881 he became owner of a majority of the stock of the Nail City Brewing company, and January 1, 1882, he took possession of the property, and formed the Schmulbach Brewing company, which was incorporated with a capital stock of $80,000. Mr. Schmulbach be- came president and H. C. Caldwell secretary. The capacity of the old company was from 6,000 to 8,000 barrels per year, but under the new organization the works were immediately improved and enlarged, new buildings were added, improved machinery was put in, and the capacity was gradually increased until it reached the ample propor- tions of 50,000 barrels annually, and in the spring of 1890, still greater improvements and enlargements increased the capacity to 200,000 barrels per annum. The product finds a ready sale throughout West
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Virginia, and in Ohio, Maryland and Pennsylvania. Mr. Schmulbach has also been active in many enterprises. For twenty years he has been connected with the steamboat interests of Wheeling, owning at one time as many as six steamboats. He has been a stockholder and director of the Wheeling Iron and Nail company, the Junction Iron and Nail company, and the AEtna Iron and Nail company. At the present time he is a stockholder and director in the Hobbs Glass works; director and treasurer of the Washington Hall association; director of the German bank, and otherwise identified with various important industries of Wheeling. Mr. Schmulbach has rendered the city honorable service as a member of the board of public works, on which he is now serving his second term, being president of the board, and also as a member of the board of education. He is a member of the German Lutheran church and is prominent as a Mason, of which fraternity he was made a member in 1867. He is a member of Bates lodge, No. 33, of Wheeling, of Union chapter, No. I, and of Wheeling commandery, No. I, K. T.
Robert WV. Schnelle, a leading druggist of Wheeling, is a native of the city, and is conducting a business, as the successor of Dr. G. Schuchardg, which was established in 1850. Mr. Schnelle was born February 18, 1856, the son of William F. and Elizabeth (Vogelsang) Schnelle, natives of Hanover, who came to America in 1850. They settled at Wheeling, where the father, who for many years followed his trade as a tailor, still resides. His second wife was Lizzie Spear, of Wheeling, who is the mother of his four youngest children. The following children are living: Gunther R. W., William F. C., Louis A. W., George and Lizzie. Robert was reared at Wheeling, and re- ceived his education at the public schools and at the Linsly institute. Then, having a predisposition to the drug business, he secured a position in the drug store of the late Dr. G. Schuchardg, of Wheel- ing, and under his instruction became thoroughly acquainted with the business. He succeeded to the proprietorship in 1884, at the old busi- ness location, and is conducting this well-known and popular drug store with much success. Mr. Schnelle was married in 1880 to Christina, daughter of Gottlieb Blocher, of Miltonsburg, and they have two children, Minnie and Robert. Mr. Schnelle is one of the popular young men of the city, and has promise of a successful and creditable business career.
Richard Schoeppner, a prominent manufacturer of furniture, at Wheeling, is a native of Germany. He was born in Bavaria, Decem- ber 31, 1849, the son of Andrew and Hannah (Harung) Schoeppner, and was reared and educated in his native land. His father was a cabinet-maker by trade, and that vocation the son learned in his father's shop. In 1872 he left his native land and came to America, settling in Wheeling, which has since been his home. During the first seven years of his residence here, Mr. Schoeppner was in the employ- ment of G. E. Mendel & Co., and at the end of that period he em- barked in the trade on his own account, and was soon on the high road of success. He manufactures all varieties of furniture, making
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a specialty of office and bar-room fixtures, his make of which are in popular demand. Mr. Schoeppner was married in 1874, to Lizzie, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Hess, of this city, and they have five children, Amelia, George, Nellie, Carl and Lizzie.
Andrew A. Schramm, a resident of Wheeling Island, and senior member of the firm of Schramm & Burkle, manufacturers of collars and harness, at 1020 Market street, was born in Hesse, Germany, No- vember 16, 1863. In 1880 he came to America unaccompanied by any of his family and is the only one of the latter in this country. After residing at Bellaire two months, he came to Wheeling and found em- ployment at his trade of collar and harness making with Patrick Sharkey. After working in Wheeling about three months he re- turned to Bellaire, but in May, 1882, again made his home at Wheel- ing, where he has since remained. In 1886 he formed a partnership with William T. Burkle, and bought out the business and stock of Mr. Sharkey, his former employer, and they have since conducted the business and have mnet with gratifying success. The firm makes a specialty of manufacturing long and short straw collars, and does a large business, principally wholesale, which is largely in this city. An average of fifteen hands are employed. Mr. Schramm was married in January, 1885, to Lizzie Burkle, and they have one daughter.
Henry W. Schrebe, a leading retail grocer of Wheeling, and a member of the city council, was born near Gottingen, Germany, Jan- uary 21, 1850, the son of Henry and Julia Schrebe. In his native country he attended school and learned the turner's trade, which he followed until 1869, when he sailed from Hamburg and reached New York, September 24. Coming directly to Wheeling, he began his residence here on the 26th, and was employed some time in the Washington rolling-mill. He then followed cigar making until the spring of 1875, when on May 7th, he embarked in the grocery busi- ness, in which he has since continued with much success. During the early years of his residence here Mr. Schrebe gave much attention to music, was a member of the Great Western band, and was one of the organizers, and for many years a member of the Wheeling city band. Mr. Schrebe is in politics active as a republican. In 1880 he was elected a member of the board of education in Union district, Mar- shall county, as which he served two years, resigning on account of removal from the district. He was elected to the second branch of the city council in January, 1885, and at the expiration of that term he was elected in 1887 to the first branch. He enjoys the general confidence and esteem. May 6, 1875, Mr. Schrebe was married to Carrie Meyer, daughter of Henry and Louisa Meyer, of Wheeling, and they have seven children: Lenora L., born April 5, 1876; Oscar C., February 8, 1878; Metha L., April 22, 1880, died July 14, 1881; Henry C., born April 15, 1882; Edward C., September 30, 1884; Fred C., March 9, 1887, died October 20, 1888, and Anna Augusta, born June 4, 1889. Mr. and Mrs. Schrebe are members of St. Mat- thew's German Lutheran church, of which he is president.
John W. Schultze, for many years a valued and popular public offi-
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cer of Wheeling, was born in Pultney township, Belmont county, Ohio, January 27, 1836. He is a son of August Carl Frederick Schultze, and his wife, whose maden name was Maria L. Koch, both of whom were natives of Hanover. They came to America in July, 1833, and set- tled at Wheeling, but two years later removed to Belmont county, where the father cleared and improved a farm. Subsequently return- ing to Wheeling, the father who was a window-glass blower by trade, followed his vocation for some time. In 1839 he was proprietor of a hotel on the site of the present Exchange bank on Twelfth and Main streets, which he kept for nearly six months. He was subsequently engaged in business until 1856. His death occurred December 21, 1870. He reared a family of four children in America, Henry, Charles, John W .. and Theodore. John W. Schultze spent his child- hood and youth at Wheeling and vicinity, received his early educa- tion in the common schools and was graduated at the Nichols & Holliday business college in 1852. At the age of ten years he began to learn the manufacture of cider and vinegar with his father, who opened a factory for that purpose in Ritchietown, in 1841, and he re- mained in this business until 1856, when he was appointed deputy sergeant for South Wheeling, under his brother Henry. This posi- tion he held until 1858, when he was elected sergeant, an office he held for three years. At the outbreak of the war he testified to his devo- tion to country by enlisting May 11, 1861, in Company B, of the fam- ous First Virginia infantry, and served three months, then receiving an honorable discharge. Returning home he was again elected ser- geant in 1862, and in 1863 was elected constable for Ritchie township, which office he held for four years. He was also during the war per- iod, enrolling officer for the tenth sub-district. In 1866, he was ap- pointed register of Ritchie township, Ohio county, which position he held for five years. In May, 1867, he was appointed alderman of South Wheeling, and in the following May, was elected to the same position, a position he held until 1870. In the meantime, in October, 1867, he was elected justice of the peace, an office which he has hon- orably and efficiently filled ever since. During the time that he held the office of alderman, which closed with the annexation of South Wheeling, he had the record of having collected more fines than all previous incumbents together up to the time he took office. In 1872, he was elected commissioner of Ohio county, and he has since that time served in all eight years in that function. He has also, since 1881, held the office of coroner eight years in succession. Justice Schultze is prominent as a member of the Knights of Pythias, of which he was grand chancellor for the state for the term ending November, 1879. He is also a member of Washington council, No. 1, Order of United American Mechanics, of which he is state counsellor; of the A. O. U. W .; and of Holliday post, No. 12, G. A. R. Politically he. has always been a republican. Mr. Schultze was married February 28, 1864, to Anna M., daughter of Frank Kappler, of Pittsburgh, and to them have been born eleven children; Charles F., Emma E., now dead; Theodore, Sarah J. (now Mrs. Samuel Wells), John W., Jr.,
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George O. D., Henry W., Anna M., August K., Blackburn B. D., and Hattie B.
H. J. Schulz, a leading retail boot and shoe dealer of Wheeling, was born in the province of Hesse, Germany, in 1841. He was educated in the public schools of his native state, and was instructed in the trade of shoe making. In 1866 he came to the United States, and landing in New York city, proceeded from there to Savannah, Ga., where in about one year he went to Baltimore, Md., and remained there some eighteen months. In 1868 he came to Wheeling, which has since been his home. For six months he worked here at his trade, and then opened a store on Market street, also carrying on custom work. The latter work he abandoned in 1874, and opened a stock of eastern goods on Main street, near the corner of Eleventh, whence he later re- moved to Eleventh street. He remained here ten years, for the most of the time running two stores, and in April 1, 1890, removed to 1034 Main street, where he carries on an extensive business. Mr. Schulz had but little capital when he came to Wheeling, and his present en- viable standing in business circles is due solely to his business ability, comprehension of the needs of the public and fair dealing. He is a member of the German Methodist Episcopal church, of which he has served as steward for eighteen years, and is now steward and trus- tee, and treasurer of the Chapline German Methodist Episcopal church. He was married in 1869 to Gertrude Niesz, who was born at Allegheny, Penn., and reared at Miltonburg, Ohio. They have had seven children, of whom five survive.
Frederick Henry Carl Schwertfeger, one of the enterprising busi- ness men of Wheeling, member of the well-known firm of George E. Stifel & Co., retail dry goods merchants, was born in the town of Adelepsen, Hanover, Germany, February 17, 1842. At the age of three years he emigrated to the United States, with his parents, and to the city of Wheeling, where his family established their home in the year of 1845. The father died when the subject of this mention was fourteen years old. Mr. Schwertfeger was reared at Wheeling, receiving his school training in the Fifth ward public school, and in the German Zion's Lutheran school. He found employment of var- ious kinds, in childhood, and about the year 1857, entered the hard- ware store of Franzell Bros., as clerk. In the year of 1863, he began his career in the dry goods trade, in the establishment of Senseny & Cooper, and he was subsequently with Brues & Coffer, and then formed the partnership with Mr. George E. Stifel, which still exists. Mr. Schwertfeger is a member of the German Zion's Lutheran church. On October 7, 1869, he was married to Lena M., daughter of Mr. John Pfarr, of Wheeling, and they have three daughters. The mother of of Mr. Schwertfeger still survives, at the age of seventy-seven years. Mr. Schwertfeger came to this country with his parents as a poor boy, and by industry, honesty and economy, has achieved the position as one of our leading dry goods merchants and one of the prominent German citizens.
N. B. Scott, of Wheeling, who is prominently associated with the
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manufacturing interests of the upper Ohio valley, has also gained a national fame in recent years, through his connection with the leader- ship of the republican party, and as a member of the national com- mittee during the famous campaign of 1888. Mr. Scott was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, in 1843, and is of an old Scotch family dis- tinguished for heroic conduct in the border wars which once raged in that country. Noted for great stature, some of them having a height of six feet four inches, or six feet seven, they were formidable figures in those days of internecine struggle. The first of the ancestors to settle in America was John Scott, a protestant, who left Scotland and removed to Ireland, making his home in county Donegal in about 1770. At a subsequent date he removed to America, and with a sister, Elizabeth Stewart, who had accompanied him, settled in Washington county, Penn. There his sister remained, and she is the ancestor of a large family of descendants of the name of Stewart. John Scott, however, removed to Guernsey county, Ohio, where he passed the re- mainder of his days. David Scott, his son, was born in Washington county, Penn., and was fifteen years of age when the family removed to Ohio. He was brought up as a farmer. About the year 1831 he was married to Mary Bay, whose parents were Americans of Scotch descent, and to this union three sons and three daughters were born. The father passed away in 1866, but the mother, at the age of eighty- one years, is now living with a daughter in Chicago. N. B. Scott was reared in Guernsey connty, and received his education in the public schools. During the struggle for national existence he played the part of a patriotic citizen, though not yet of voting age, when he en- listed in 1862. He served until the close of the war and was mustered out in July, 1865, with the rank of commissary sergeant. Returning, he engaged in merchandise, and in 1868 removed to Bellaire with his brother-in-law, J. G. Webster, and went into business with him. His connection with the manufacturing business began in 1870, when he engaged in the manufacture of glass in Bellaire, with the National Glass company. In 1873 and 1874 he was connected with the La Belle Glass company of Ohio, and in 1875 he was employed by the Central Glass company as salesman. Promotion soon followed, and he became secretary of the company in 1878, and president in 1883. The Central works are among the most extensive of the kind in the world, employing 500 men. Mr. Scott is also interested in a number of other enterprises, manufacturing and financial, and president of the Dollar Savings bank. Since Mr. Scott became a voter he has taken a deep interest in political affairs, and has been an active worker in the interests of the republican party. When barely twenty- one years of age, he was elected mayor of Millwood, now Quaker City. After his removal to Wheeling in 1877, he was elected to the city council from the Third ward for two years, beginning in 1880, and was made president of the second branch of that body. While a member of the council he was nominated by his party for state sen- ator, and was elected by a majority of 195 to succeed a democrat whose majority was about 700. In 1886 he was re-elected to that
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