Sacramento County
Biographies
RICHARD R. MOELLER
RICHARD R. MOELLER--A young man who, seeing the great natural resources and the business opportunities in California, brought hither his resources and threw himself into the hustle of business life in Sacramento, is Richard R. Moeller, junior member of Moeller Auto Sales Company. He was born in Davenport, Iowa, on July 13, 1887, and was reared and educated in the excellent grammar and high schools of his native city, completing also the course of study at the Davenport Business College. Having ably assisted his father on the farm from his youth, and wishing to branch out into the work of producing on a larger scale, he removed to South Dakota and took up ranching near Aberdeen in that state, engaging in grain-raising on a large scale. After a period of six years, in which time he had met with gratifying success, he was attracted to California, where greater opportunities seemed to be offered. Disposing of his holdings in South Dakota, he came to Sacramento in 1917, joining his brother, A. H. Moeller, in business under the firm name of Moeller Auto Sales Company, and purchasing the Sacramento branch of the Ford Motor Company, since which time they have continued the business and built up one of the best agencies in northern California. The large brick building they erected and own at Twelfth and K Streets, which is used entirely in their business, well indicates what they have accomplished. Mr. Moeller is giving all of his time to furthering the interests of the company and to enlarging the scope of their usefulness.
In Sacramento, on August 30, 1920, occurred the marriage of Mr. Moeller and Miss Annabelle MacDonald, a popular young lady born in the capital city, and their happy union has been blessed with one child, Annabelle. Mr. Moeller was made a Mason in Tuscan Lodge, No. 81, A. F. & M., in Frederick, S. D. He is now a thirty-second-degree Scottish Rite Mason, and is a charter member of Ben Ali Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. Active in civic and social affairs, he is a member of the Sutter Club, the Del Paso Country Club, and the Sacramento Chamber of Commerce. He is an automobile enthusiast and thoroughly appreciates the wonderful motoring routes of California, which pass through the most beautiful country in the world, resplendent with scenery of mountain, sea and plain. He is throwing his every effort into the systematizing and building up of their business, at the same time assisting, as far as he is able, any worthy enterprise that has for its aim the development of this wonderful garden spot of the world.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County,
California With Biographical Sketches, Page 742. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA.
1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.