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Wuth, Dr. W.A. Otto, senior member of the firm Wuth & Stafford,
consulting and analytical chemists at 516 Market Street, Pittsburg, was born in December, 1833, in Wiesbaden, Germany, son of Dr. Francis and Wilhelmina
(Wilhelmj) Wuth. His ancestors for several generations have been people of culture, well known in science and law. Christian Charles Wuth, his grandfather,
who spent his seventy years of life in Germany, and was a valued member of the Medical Council, had four sons. Dr. Francis Wuth died in the Fatherland in 1845,
at the early age of thirty-five years, having already won a place of prominence in the medical profession. He married Wilhelmina Wilhelmj, one of the ten children,
three sons and seven daughters, of August Wilhelmj, who was a lifelong resident of Germany and for many years the President of the Supreme Court of Cassation.
The celebrated violin player, Wilhelmj, is an own cousin of the subject of this sketch.
Dr. W. A. O. Wuth is the only one living of the three children born to his parents. He received a collegiate education in Wiesbaden, where he was fitted for
the University of Heidelberg, from which he was graduated in 1856. Three years later he came to America with the intention of devoting himself to the profession
of chemist. From that time until the latter part of 1864 he was engaged with the Pennsylvania Salt Company. Resigning his position at that time, the present
firm of Wuth & Stafford was formed, and has since carried on an extensive business. Dr. Wuth has become well known in scientific circles, having won a
reputation for knowledge and skill in his profession, and being considered an authority on all subjects connected therewith. Taking an active interest in the
welfare of his adopted country, he is a stanch Republican. He is a member of the Heidelberg University Society.
The Doctor was married in January, 1873, to Miss Camilla B. Barclay, daughter of Josiah and Jane (Smith) Barclay. Two children have been born to Dr. and Mrs.
Wuth — Barclay and Berthold— both of whom are college students. Mrs. Wuth is a member of the Daughters of the Revolution, her great-grandfather, Colonel Hugh
Barclay, having been an officer in the Revolutionary War. She is a member of the Episcopal church.
Biographical review: containing life sketches of leading citizens of Pittsburg and the vicinity, Pennsylvania. Boston: Biographical Review Pub. Co., 1897, Author: Anonymous.
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