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- "William H. CLORE, senior member of the firm of William CLORE'S Sons,plow manufacturers, Rising Sun, was born in the latter town in 1857.He is a son of William CLORE, a native of Indiana, and grandson ofJeremiah and Sarah (DEER) CLORE, natives of Virginia, who came toKentucky in 1817, and to this county in 1828. His grandfather was afarmer all his life, and died about 1880, at the advanced age ofninety-one years, his widow surviving him two years and dying at thesame age. His father, William CLORE, was born in 1823, and spent hisearly life on the farm. He married Mary McGUFFIN and came to RisingSun, where he learned the implement trade, and afterward purchased theCLORE Plow manufacturing establishment about 1850, remaining incontrol of the same til his death in September, 1884. Referring to hisdeath, the Rising Sun Recorder said: "The death of William Clore,proprietor of the Rising Sun Plow Manufactory, is a public loss. Hewas a strictly honest, honorable and warm hearted man; publicspirited, and in every way a valuable man to the community. Since1847 he has been the manager of the plow factory, and his goodjudgment and close attention to the needs of farmers, North and South,and the superiority of his implements have given the business a widenotoriety.: William CLORE, whose name introduces this sketch, waseducated in the public schools of Rising Sun, and since 1876 has beenidentified with the plow manufacturing business. He was married in1882, to Mary B. BUCHANAN, of Ohio County, daughter of Reese A. andLena (BUSH) BUCHANAN; her father was for many years a merchant ofRising Sun, but now deceased. They have one child -- Edward. HarryG. CLORE, junior member of the firm of William CLORE'S Sons, was bornin Rising Sun in 1863. He obtained a practical education in thepublic schools of his native town, and since 1880 had been engaged inthe plow manufacturing business. The institution is the chiefmanufacturing establishment of Rising Sun, and is well cared for underits present management.
"HISTORY OF DEARBORN AND OHIO COUNTIES, INDIANA-1885"
SUBMITTED BY: Jackie DeCamp;http://members.tripod.com/~debmurray/ohioco/ohiorefc.html#wclore"
[Transcribed 14 March 2008, SLJuhl, Compiler]
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