Sacramento County
Biographies
PETER J.
NUSBAUM
PETER J. NUSBAUM.--An American in everything but birth and a Californian since he was six years of age, Peter J. Nusbaum has demonstrated his ability as a public servant in many ways and now is the efficient superintendent of the City Cemetery at Tenth and Y Streets, Sacramento. He was born in Germany on April 28, 1878, the son of William E and Katherine Nusbaum, who came from their native land to California in 1884, settling in Sacramento. Here the father spent his last days and here the mother is still living, surrounded by a large circle of admiring friends.
Peter J. Nusbaum attended the Sacramento schools and then began an apprenticeship to learn the trade of sheet metal worker, following it in the shops of the Southern Pacific for eighteen years. Leaving the employ of this company in 1917, he entered the service of the city of Sacramento as superintendent of the City Employment Bureau, serving one year; then he served as inspector in the street department. He again entered the employ of the Southern Pacific in the passenger car department and in October, 1921, he was appointed to his present position. In every position of trust Mr. Nusbaum has given the best that is in him to satisfy those whom he serves.
Mr. Nusbaum is a member of Sacramento Lodge No. 6, B. P. O. Elks and is fond of out-of-door life, spending his vacations in whipping the streams for fish. He is public-spirited, and is highly respected by all who know him.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With
Biographical Sketches, Page 894.
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.