Sacramento County
Biographies
ELBERT V. POLHEMUS
ELBERT
V. POLHEMUS.--Recognized as among the most valued acquistions
in Elk Grove, the East Side Market of Elbert V. Polhemus
has long been one of the real magnets attracting residents there, and leading
the good folks of that progressive town to feel that life there is particularly
comfortable. Mr. Polhemus
was born in Elk Grove, and it is natural that, being familiar with its spirit,
he should be especially serviceable in the development of the town's commercial
activity.
The date
of his birth is recorded as St. Valentine’s Day, 1888, when he entered the
family circle of Josiah A. and Emma (Stickney) Polhemus;
his father being a pioneer who came to California in 1859, and settled for a
while at Coloma, where he in time mined.
He was only six weeks old when his father and mother started for the
West from
Elbert Polhemus attended the public schools, and then remained
with his father on the home ranch until he was twenty years of age, when he
commenced to work in a butcher shop; and about 1913, he established his present
business, in which they have been so successful, meeting with the same cordial
response from the Elk Grove public that every proprietor of a first-class
market, catering to the most important domestic wants, affording comfort and
health, and also co-operation in economy, is sure to receive. Both father and son are deeply interested in
Mr. Polhemus married Miss Hazel Nichols, of Elk Grove, on June
24, 1914, and their married life has been made happier through the birth of
three children, Elbert, Robert and Mary.
Mr. Polhemus belongs to the Foresters and
Masons, and he is also a member of the Elk Grove Parlor of the Native Sons of
the Golden West.
Transcribed by Suzanne Wood.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With
Biographical Sketches, Page 529. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA.
1923.
© 2007 Suzanne Wood.