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FREDERICK SCHUCHMAN, merchant, Homestead, was born Aug. 10, 1848, in Pittsburgh. His father, Frederick Schuchman, Sr., was born and educated near Darmstadt, Germany, served for six years in the Germany army, and was a man of nerve and courage. He emigrated to America, and in Allegheny, Pa., married Elizabeth Myer, also a native of Germany, who became the mother of five children. In Pittsburgh he became a well-known business man, and died in 1855. Mrs. Elizabeth Schuchman secured an education for her children, and our subject believes that in a great measure his success is due to her early teaching. He graduated at the Iron City Business College, and immediately took charge of a set of books for F. Schild. At the age of twenty he opened a grocery store with his elder brother as partner, but after three years he became sole owner of the business. In 1880 he came to Homestead, where he built a large, handsome residence and store, in which he carries on a general grocery business, dealing also in builders’ hardware, feed, etc., and employing fifteen assistants. He has also an extensive ice house and livery-stable. Mr. Schuchman married Virginia C., daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Roth, and three children have been born to them: Walter R., Bertram F. and an infant daughter. Mr. Schuchman is a republican, and has filled the office of councilman He is a member of the R. A., Orion Council 244, of Pittsburgh.