Placer
County
Biographies
GEORGE F. HUBER
George Frederick Huber, an
enterprising businessman of Auburn, California, and one of the trustees of the
city, is a native of Germany, born on the 19th of January, 1848, in
the state of Wurttemberg. His father,
George Adam Huber, still lives in the old country, and is now eighty-four years
of age. He is a member of the Lutheran
Church, as also was his wife, Mary Elizabeth Huber, who died in 1873. The Huber’s as far back as their history is
known were residents of Germany.
George F. Huber passed the first
fifteen years of his life in his native land, receiving a good common-school
education there. In 1863, at the age of
fifteen, he came to America, stopping first for a short time in Detroit,
Michigan, where he had an uncle. From
Michigan he came direct to California.
Like most newcomers to this state at that early day, he first tried his
luck in the mines, his first venture being on the American River, where he met
with fair success. Later he bought a
farm in El Dorado County, on which he settled and where he carried on farming
operations for sixteen years. At the end
of that time he came to Auburn. Here he
opened a bakery and a little later engaged also in the liquor business, both
wholesale and retail, and from the first he was successful in his business at
this place. He erected and owns the
building in which his bakery and wholesale and retail liquor store are
located. Also he is interested in mining
operations. He is a stockholder and the
president of the Gold Slide Mining Company, with property on the American
River.
Politically Mr. Huber has been a
Democrat ever since he has been a voter.
During his residence on his ranch he took a deep interest in educational
affairs and for a number of years served his district. In the spring of 1900 he was elected one of
the trustees of the city of Auburn.
Mr. Huber was happily married in
1870 to Miss Susan Byer, a native of Germany, and
they have one daughter, Mary, who is now the wife of D. W. Fairchild, of
Auburn.
Mrs. Huber is a member of the
Catholic Church. Mr. Huber was reared in
the Lutheran faith, but is not identified with any church. He has been a member of the Masonic
fraternity since 1874 and is also a member of the I. O. R. M.
Transcribed by
Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
“A Volume of Memoirs and Genealogy of Representative Citizens of Northern
California”, Pages 512-513. Chicago Standard Genealogical Publishing Co. 1901.
© 2010
Gerald Iaquinta.