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. 524-525

FREDERICK UNRUH, who is now retired, is prominent in the political 
affairs of Wheeling, and has held numerous offices of public trust.  He 
was born in Monroe county, Ohio, in 1839, and is a son of Frank and Anna 
M. (Bott) Unruh.
	Frank Unruh was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1812, and came to the 
United States in 1833, locating in Pittsburg, where he worked at 
carriage smithing.  In 1839 he went on a farm in Monroe county, Ohio, 
and remained there until 1845, when he returned to Pittsburg and again 
worked at his trade.  He continued there until 1851, when he removed to 
Wheeling, where he opened a grocery on Main street, two doors below the 
intersection of Twelfth street, continuing there two years, removing to 
Nos. 1226-1228 Water street, where he engaged in the grocery trade and 
became very prosperous.  While residing on Main street he took a trip to 
California in a sailing vessel, going by way of the Isthmus of Panama.  
One hundred and ten days were consumed in the voyage, and many hardships 
and interesting experiences were encountered.  He became interested in 
gold mining in California, but shortly returned to Wheeling.  He retired 
from active business in 1894, and died January 3, 1901.  he was united 
in marriage January 1, 1835, with Anna M. Bott, a daughter of Adam and 
Elizabeth Bott.  She was born in 1811, and they became parents of the 
following children:  Frederick, subject of this sketch; Caroline, who 
married Louis V. Blond and lives in Wheeling; and Elizabeth, who is the 
widow of Henry Stamm and is proprietor of the Stamm Hotel.  Mrs. Unruh 
died in 1897, at the advanced age of eighty-six years.
	Frederick Unruh came to Wheeling in 1851 with his parents, and 
there followed the trade of a baker and confectioner.  He has always 
taken a deep interest in politics, being affiliated with the Democratic 
party.  He served as deputy sheriff under Thomas J. Campbell; was 
secretary of the water board one term; was deputy collector under J. M. 
Warden, George Q. Black, S. L. Brice, William Miles, William H. Shafer 
and James B. Taney, and for two years was city collector.  The duties of 
his various responsible, official positions were discharged with 
thoroughness and dispatch and in a manner entirely satisfactory to all 
concerned.  He is a man of recognized business ability, and stands high 
in the esteem of his fellow citizens.