From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY,"  Vol. I, page 425.
Brant & Fuller, 1890.


CHARLES SCHMIDT

Charles Schmidt, malster and assistant superintendent of the Reymann 
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 Germany, 
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 Washington, 
and near that place engaged in farming, which is his present 
occupation.  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 
living.  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 superintendent.  He 
had filled the duties of the first named station for several 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. 


(Linda Fluharty)