Today in Wheeling History: January 9--Andrew August Schramm, prominent Wheeling business person and president of the Uneeda Brewery Company, died at Ohio Valley General Hospital (1939).
Andrew August Schramm was born in Hessen, Germany on November 16, 1863, the son of Wilhelm and Margaret Kolbe Schramm. At age seventeen in 1881, he immigrated alone to America, initially spending two months in Bellaire, Ohio before settling permanently in Wheeling. He found employment with Patrick Sharkey, working as a collar and harness maker, a trade he had learned through apprenticeship in Germany.
In 1886, Schramm formed a partnership with William T. Burkle, establishing Schramm & Burkle at 1020 Market Street (later 1043 Market Street). The firm specialized in manufacturing long and short straw collars for horses, employing an average of fifteen workers and conducting a substantial wholesale business. He married Elizabeth C. Burkle on January 17, 1885, and they had four children: Marie (who married Emil Friebertshauser), Albert (who died in infancy), Charles, Andrew, and George.
After retiring from the harness business in 1902, Schramm helped organize the Uneeda Brewery Company in 1901, serving as treasurer before becoming president in 1906. In 1915, he organized the Wheeling Match Company, also serving as its president. The match factory was located in the former brewery plant. Schramm was a member of St. John's Evangelical Church, the St. John's Brotherhood, and the Beethoven Singing Society. He lived at 1918 Warwood Avenue and served on the boards of the Home Fire Insurance Company and Quarter Dollar Savings Bank.
Schramm died on January 9, 1939, at Ohio Valley General Hospital after declining health since September 1937. He was preceded in death by his wife Elizabeth, who died on December 22, 1930. Funeral services were held at his residence on January 12, 1939, with Rev. William J. Hausmann officiating, and he was entombed in the Greenwood Cemetery Mausoleum.
To learn more: Ohio County Public Library Archives, Wheeling WV (https://tinyurl.com/bp77z6ed); Find a Grave (https://tinyurl.com/mub56afy), West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History (https://tinyurl.com/4va28pa6) Wheeling Intelligencer (https://tinyurl.com/4va28pa6) (https://tinyurl.com/cz3zxdhz)
Photo credits: Ohio County Public Library Archives, Wheeling WV; Find a Grave, Wheeling Intelligencer
Andrew August Schramm was born in Hessen, Germany on November 16, 1863, the son of Wilhelm and Margaret Kolbe Schramm. At age seventeen in 1881, he immigrated alone to America, initially spending two months in Bellaire, Ohio before settling permanently in Wheeling. He found employment with Patrick Sharkey, working as a collar and harness maker, a trade he had learned through apprenticeship in Germany.
In 1886, Schramm formed a partnership with William T. Burkle, establishing Schramm & Burkle at 1020 Market Street (later 1043 Market Street). The firm specialized in manufacturing long and short straw collars for horses, employing an average of fifteen workers and conducting a substantial wholesale business. He married Elizabeth C. Burkle on January 17, 1885, and they had four children: Marie (who married Emil Friebertshauser), Albert (who died in infancy), Charles, Andrew, and George.
After retiring from the harness business in 1902, Schramm helped organize the Uneeda Brewery Company in 1901, serving as treasurer before becoming president in 1906. In 1915, he organized the Wheeling Match Company, also serving as its president. The match factory was located in the former brewery plant. Schramm was a member of St. John's Evangelical Church, the St. John's Brotherhood, and the Beethoven Singing Society. He lived at 1918 Warwood Avenue and served on the boards of the Home Fire Insurance Company and Quarter Dollar Savings Bank.
Schramm died on January 9, 1939, at Ohio Valley General Hospital after declining health since September 1937. He was preceded in death by his wife Elizabeth, who died on December 22, 1930. Funeral services were held at his residence on January 12, 1939, with Rev. William J. Hausmann officiating, and he was entombed in the Greenwood Cemetery Mausoleum.
To learn more: Ohio County Public Library Archives, Wheeling WV (https://tinyurl.com/bp77z6ed); Find a Grave (https://tinyurl.com/mub56afy), West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History (https://tinyurl.com/4va28pa6) Wheeling Intelligencer (https://tinyurl.com/4va28pa6) (https://tinyurl.com/cz3zxdhz)
Photo credits: Ohio County Public Library Archives, Wheeling WV; Find a Grave, Wheeling Intelligencer
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