From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY,"  Vol. I, page 231.
Brant & Fuller, 1890.


GEORGE W. BREMER

George W. Bremer, senior member of the firm of Bremer & Schaefer, 
wholesale confectioners and dealers in fancy groceries, was born at 
Wheeling, September 7, 1854, the son of Christian and Caroline 
(Specht) Bremer.  His parents were natives of Germany, and immigrated 
and settled at Wheeling in 1847, and still reside in this city.  They 
reared a family of six children:  William, George W.; Anna, wife of 
Edward Schaefer; Henry, Ella and John.  George W. was reared at 
Wheeling, and educated in the public schools of the city until he was 
twelve years of age, when he left school, and after various 
employments entered the fancy grocery store of Davis & Miller, by 
whom he was employed for thirteen years, first as errand boy, later 
as clerk, and during the last six years of his engagement with them, 
as traveling salesman.  Having acquired a thorough acquaintance with 
the business, in 1881 he embarked in the trade with his brother-in-
law, Mr. Schaefer, purchasing the business of Louis Braun at the old 
stone bridge, where they were located one year and three months.  
They then did business at the Reed block on Main street, and remained 
there until 1886, since when they have occupied their establishment 
extending from Main to south streets.  This firm started out with a 
limited capital, but with excellent knowledge of business they have 
manifested, and the remarkable popularity they soon achieved, have 
given them a trade second to none in the city.  Mr. Bremer is in 
politics a democrat.  He is a member of the United Presbyterian 
church, and his fraternal affiliations are with the Masonic order, in 
which he has the degrees of  R.A.M., K.T., and Mystic Shrine.  In 
May, 1881, Mr. Bremer was married to Rebecca E., daughter of Thomas 
and Barbara Colvin, of Wheeling, and he has one son:  Earl C.    


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