Sutter-Yuba County Biographies

ANTHONY WILLIAM BIHLMAN

Transcribed by: Kathy Sedler

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            Endowed with vim and energy, Anthony William Bihlman has acquired 
extensive landholdings and won for himself the confidence and regard of his 
fellow citizens.  He was born in the Live Oak section of Sutter County, where he 
now makes his home and operates his ranch of 276 acres, one mile south of Live 
Oak, which he devotes to grain, stock-raising and fruit-growing.  He was born on 
his father�s ranch near Live Oak, April 25, 1867, the eldest son of George and 
Sophia (Eberman) Bihlman, both natives of Germany.
            Anthony W. Bihlman received his preliminary education in the 
district grammar school, walking a mile each day to and from school, after which 
he attended a private school in Marysville for two years, and then had a year�s 
course at Santa Clara College.  Returning to the home place, he then assisted 
his father with the ranch work, assuming the entire management.
            The marriage of Mr. Bihlman occurred at San Jose, April 28, 1892, 
and united him with Miss Mary Krehe, born near Live Oak, Cal., the eldest child 
of Henry and Anna (Heier) Krehe.  Mrs. Bihlman attended the local school at Live 
Oak, and then attended Santa Clara Notre Dame Convent.  Three children have 
blessed this union.  Genevieve is a graduate of Marysville High School and the 
State Teachers� College at Chico, and was a successful teacher until she became 
the wife of N. H. King; they have one son, Howard.  Mr. King is a hardware 
merchant with stores in Marysville and Live Oak.  A son, George H. Bihlman, is 
represented elsewhere in this history.  Marie is a graduate of the Marysville 
College of Notre Dame, class of 1918; and in 1919 she entered the College of the 
Pacific, majoring in music.  For a time she also attended business college in 
San Jose.  Mr. Bihlman has served twenty-one years as a trustee of the Clay 
school district.  In politics he is a Democrat; and fraternally he ahs been 
affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of American for the past sixteen years.  Mrs. 
Bihlman is a charter member of the Live Oak Woman�s Club. She owns 155 acres 
near Live Oak, a part of her father�s ranch.
 
History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
p. 1288