San Luis Obispo County Biographies

Edward H. Gruenhagen

Submitted by Carolyn Feroben

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GRUENHAGEN BROS., the pioneer merchants of Creston. Robert W., the senior 
brother, was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in 1855, and Edward H. was born in the 
same place in 1859. Their parents, William F. and M. Gruenhagen, were natives of 
Germany, and came to the United States when they were respectively eight and ten 
years of age. They settled first in Milwaukee, and afterward in Oshkosh, 
Wisconsin, where they lived and raised their family. They came to California, 
October 2, 1884, and now reside at Creston, San Luis Obispo County. The brothers 
opened a store seventy-two feet long, and have it stocked with merchandise of 
all kinds, drugs, jewelry and farm implements; their business extends about 
fifty miles. They own a ranch of 740 acres thirty miles northeast of Creston, 
where they are raising horses and cattle.
   Robert W., in 1880, was married to Miss Bertha Zick, a native of his own town. 
They have three children, viz.: Ed. H., Elsie and Rover W. Edward H. Gruenhagen 
was married in 1889 to Miss Feda Ploetz, a native of Wisconsin. He enjoyed the 
distinction of being postmaster of the town during the administration of 
President Cleveland; in politics he is a democrat. His brother , Robert W., is a 
Republican.
 
A memorial and biographical history of the counties of Santa Barbara, San Luis 
Obispo and Ventura, California - Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1891, page 270