Sacramento County
Biographies
ELIAS
GRUHLER
ELIAS GRUHLER, of Sacramento, is a native of Aldingen, Spaidingen, Wurtemberg, born October 24, 1855, his parents being Fred and Christina Maria (Glazer) Gruhler. He was reared at his native place, and attended the government schools between the ages of six and fourteen years. At the age of twenty years he entered the German army in the Twelfth Company, Seventh Regiment, Thirteenth Army Corps, and served with honor and credit until 1880. During that time his stations were Stuttgart, Ulm, Freidenstadt and Ludwigsburg. The first year he was a subaltern, having charge for eight or ten years; the next two years his authority was enlarged, and during the last two years he served as sergeant. After 1880 he was in the government civil service, with headquarters at Stuttgart. In 1884 he came to New York, and from there to Sacramento. On the 9th of February, 1884, he opened the Postoffice Exchange, and in October, 1888, removed to his present location, at No. 924 Second street. Mr. Gruhler was married October 29, 1884, to Miss Mary R. Bolaz, a native of Wurtemberg. They have two children, viz: Othelia and Ada. Mr. Gruhler has been president and secretary of the local lodge of Hermann’s Sons, and is also a member of the Verein-Eintracht, in which he has held the office of secretary. Mr. Gruhler is an affable and courteous gentleman, and shows by his bearing the results of his training in the magnificent German army organization.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Davis, Hon. Win. J., An Illustrated History of
Sacramento County, California. Pages 758-759. Lewis
Publishing Company. 1890.
© 2007 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.