Biographical Sketch of Gustav Gruber, Lafayette County, Missouri >From "History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled from the most authentic official and private sources" St. Louis, Mo. Historical Company, 1881. ********************************************************************** Gustav Gruber, postoffice Lexington, Mo., one of the few business men in Lexington who can boast of that city as his birthplace. He was born in Lexington September 24, 1854, where h was raised and educated. He was reared to the grocery business, his father having for years been engaged in that business. After he was grown he spent two years clerking in the wholesale grocery house of Young & Jones, St. Louis, and for a time was with the wholesale house of Bargon & Brockoft. He then returned to Lex- ington and embarked in the grocery line with a younger brother, under style of G. Gruber & Bro., which continued four years. In 1878 Gustav bought out his brother, and since then has been alone. He moved to Franklin street soon after dissolving with his brother, and has now a large and steadily growing trade. He is one of the most enterprising merchants in the city, and has a business standing unusual for so young a man. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny (Eisenbarger) Harrell ====================================================================