Left Circleville, Ohio in 1845 to join his brother J.S. Schramm in Burlington, Iowa, arriving there by Mississippi River steamer on 19 July 1845 with his wife and daughter Pauline.
Moved to Farmington, Iowa, where he owned a three story brick store building by 1848.
A Whig party State Senator (1852-1857) who voted to make Des Moines the state capitol in 1856.
Republican State Representative from 1862 - 1864.
Moved to Des Moines in October 1867.

From a German website - November 2005:

Georg Schramm -
An American Pioneer from Upper Franconia
February 12, 1816 Georg Schramm is born in Plech
An accident interrupts his studies: instead of theology he decides to study business
1837 Johann Christoph Schramm, Gorg's father, emigrates with his family; he probably wanted to give his children new perspectives and avoid the reglementation of the Bavarian civil service.
Georg now calls himself George, and settles in Circleville, Ohio
1843 marries Isabella Christ, an immigrant whose family settled in Pennsylvania.
1845 he founds a haberdashery store in Farmington, Iowa; business is successful. He earns a living from railway and bridge building, quarries and oil, and also canned pork.
1852 elected to the Iowa senate for five years as a candidate for the Whig party, he is a member of the Iowa House of Representatives between 1862 and 1864
1867 moves to Des Moines, Iowa
1900 Isabella Schramm dies
July 26, 1906 George Schramm dies in his summerhouse on Lake Okoboji.