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

Typed by Carol Taylor Lanza.

Pages 714 & 715

PHILIP MAURER, joint proprietor of one of the finest restaurants and 
saloons in the city of Wheeling, West Virginia, is a self-made man of 
the truest type.  He was born in West Virginia, July 6, 1867, and is a 
son of Henry and Margaret Maurer, both natives of Germany who 
immigrated to this country in the late "forties".  Ten children were 
born of this union, only six of whom are living at the present time.  
Philip is the youngest and only living son, and resides with his 
mother, his father having died in January, 1884. 

Mr. Maurer was elected in 1899, a member of the second branch of the 
city council to fill the unexpired term of Walter T. Worls, and served 
with so much satisfaction to his people that he was re-elected for a 
full term in 1900.  He has served on the following committees, --
finance, railroad claims, remostrances, petitions, and wharfs.  

The early years of Mr. Maurer's life were spent at public school, until 
he attained the age of thirteen years, when he found employment in a 
barber shop, and continued there for two and a half years, until he had 
learned the trade.  At the early age of sixteen years, he started a 
shop of his own, which proved to be very successful: conducted it for 
eight years and then sold the business.  

During these years he had joined a building and loan association and 
had taken eight shares, which matured about the time he sold out.  The 
proceeds of these, together with the accumulations from the sale of his 
barber shop, gave him a nice sum of money.  In 1890, with this money he 
entered into a copartnership with K. Bader, and started one of the 
finest restaurants and saloons in the city, on Market Street.  They 
have continued in this business very successfully up to the present 
time.

Mr. Maurer was formerly a member of Black Prince Lodge. No. 19.  K. Of 
P., and at present belongs to the Berwin-Verein of this city.