Bert Grimm was born December 29, 1882, at Little, Tyler County, West Virginia, to Sarah Harriet Grim, a daughter of Salem and Malissa (VanCamp) Grim. On July 27, 1902, Bert married Ethel Gorrell in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Little, Tyler County West Virginia. Bert first was a school teacher in Pleasants County, West Virginia, in 1903, and then in Tyler County, West Virginia. He attended West Liberty State College in 1914 and 1915, and then continued to teach school, this time at Shiloh until 1918. Frustrated by the need for a year-round income, and dismayed by the trend of replacing experienced teachers and principals with persons of greater education, the family moved to Friendly, in Tyler County West Virginia in 1918 and Bert began working in the Sistersville oil fields for the Carter Oil Company. In the 1921-22 school year, he returned to teaching, in Friendly, when Shirley, his eldest child, began teaching. Shirley caught the flu in November, refused to stay home and recuperate, and by the next weekend had developed pneumonia. She died on December 3, 1921. In 1922, Standard Oil Company began opening oil fields in South America. In May, Bert, as a member of the first three-man team, was sent to Argentina. He made a total of five trips to Argentina and Bolivia, working as an engineer in charge of construction, until he retired in 1940. After retiring, Bertrand returned to Friendly where he served as mayor and was active in civic affairs. Bert and Ethel had three children: Shirley Margaret (born September 27, 1903, in the Union District of Pleasants County), Harper Granville (born August 17, 1907 at Everett, also known as Rippentuck), and Leota Faye (born May 28, 1913, at Little). Bertrand M. Grimm died October 5, 1962, and is buried with his mother and his daughter Shirley, at the Friendly Cemetery.