From "History of Wheeling City and Ohio County, West Virginia and 
Representative Citizens," by Hon. Gibson Lamb Cranmer, 1902. 

Typed by Laurie Birks Dean

pp. 410-411

Herman B. GRIMM, who is secretary of the Reymann Brewing Company, of 
Wheeling, West Virginia, is one of the well-known business men of the 
city.  He was born in Saxony, Germany, July 23, 1853, and is a son of 
Charles W. Grimm.
	Charles W. Grimm was a dry goods merchant of Zeulenreda, 
Germany, and his death occurred in Wheeling, West Virginia, in the 
sixty-third year of his age.  His widow died in 1895, at the age of 
seventy-four years.  Herman B. was their only child.
	Herman B. Grimm was reared and educated in Germany, where he 
received a thorough mental training in schools and from private 
tutors.  After leaving school he entered his father's establishment, 
but subsequently was employed in the office of the recorder of deeds, 
as an accountant and deputy.  He held that position, on which he had 
a life tenure, about three years, at the end of which period he 
resigned it to come to America.  His parent's set sail for the United 
States in 1880, and Herman accompanied them.  They came at once to 
Wheeling, and in April, 1881, Mr. Grimm entered the office of the 
Reymann Brewing Company as clerk.  In January, 1882, he was given 
charge of the books, and from that position, in 1883, he was promoted 
to be secretary of the company.  This position he has since filled 
with notable ability, and he has become well known among the foremost 
business men of Wheeling.  Mr. Grimm was also secretary of the opera 
house orchestra for a number of years.
	The subject of this sketch was married, in 1896, to Anna M. 
Hess, of Wheeling, West Virginia, and to their union one child, Carl 
H., was born.