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 of Jeremiah and Sarah (Deer) Clore, natives of Virginia, who came to Kentucky in 1817, and to this county in 1828. His grandfather was a farmer all his life, and died about 1880, at the advanced age of ninetyone years, his widow surviving two years and dying at the same age.

His father, William Clore, was born in 1823, and spent his early life on the farm. He married Mary McGuffin, and came to Rising Sun, where he learned the implement trade, and afterward purchased the Clore Plow manufacturing establishment about ]850, remaining in control of the same untill his death in September, 1884.

Referring to his death, the Rising Sun Recorder said: "The death of "William Clore, proprietor of the Rising Sun Plow Manufactory, is a public loss. He was a strictly honest, honorable and warm hearted man; public spirited, and in every way a valuable man to the community.

Since 1847 he has been the manager of the plow factory, and his good judgment and close attention to the needs of farmers. North and South, and the superiority of his implements have given the business a wide notoriety." William Clore, whose name introduces this sketch, was educated in the public schools of Rising Sun, and since 1876 has been identified with the plow manufacturing business.

He was married in 1882, to Mary B. Buchanan, of Ohio County, daughter of Reese A. and Lena (Bush) Buchanan; her father was for many years a merchant of Rising Sun, but now deceased. They have one child — Edward.

Harry G. Clore, junior member of the firm of William Clore' s Sons, was born in Rising Sun in 1863. He obtained a practical education in the public schools of his native town, and since 1880 has been engaged in the plow manufacturing business. The institution is the chief manufacturing establishment of Rising Sun, and is well cared for under its present management.

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Source of this article "HISTORY OF DEARBORN AND OHIO COUNTIES, INDIANA"-1885

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