BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO

"History of the Upper Ohio Valley" Vol. II, 1890.

Presented by Linda Fluharty from hard copies provided
by Mary Staley & Phyllis Slater.


Page 599.


ROBERT W. MUHLEMAN - One of Bellaire's best physicians and most successful
citizens, is Robert W. Muhleman. M. D., who was born in Monroe county,
Ohio, in 1853. His parents, Fred and Elizabeth (Zink) Muhleman, were
both natives of Switzerland, from which country they emigrated to America
about 1830, going direct to Monroe county, where the father engaged in
farming, remaining in this business up to the time of his death in 1884.
He was married in Monroe county, Ohio, in 1843. This marriage was blessed
by the birth of eight children, all of whom survive the father. Mrs.
Fred Muhleman still resides on the farm in Monroe county. Dr. Muhleman,
the principal of this biography, received his preliminary education in
the Monroe county schools, afterward attending Baldwin university, at
Berea, Ohio. After attending college, he returned to his home and
taught school for a number of years, during the years of 1873-4 he
was superintendent of public schools at Barnesville, Monroe Co., Ohio.
In the vacations he had been applying himself to the study of medicine
under the tutelage of Dr. S. A. Muhleman, of Wheeling. In 1876 he
entered the Pulte Medical college, of Cincinnati, and was graduated
therefrom in 1877. The same year he began the practice of medicine in
Bellaire, and has remained there since, having acquired a very large
practice. In 1879, Dr. Muhleman, in company with C. C. Cratty, C. C.
Kelley, H. Roemer and several others, organized the Union Glass company;
in 1882, he, with D. J. Smith, S. R. Hamilton and John Shannafelt,
organized the Crystal Window Glass company, of which he was made
president, and he holds this position at present. He is also largely
interested in the Bellaire Window Glass company, in which he holds the
office of vice president. Dr. Muhleman invested very largely in Wichita,
Kansas, property in the year 1877, and in this enterprise has met with
the success which follows business tact and thrift. He is a member of
the Methodist Episcopal church of Bellaire, being one of its most
efficient members. In politics, he is a loyal democrat.