ORTH BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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ORTH, Clarence L. - b: 1847 Van Buren Co, IA
source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 534
residence: Clinton Twp

Clarence L. Orth, produce commission merchant, an enterprising citizen of 
Clinton, owes his nativity to Van Buren County, Iowa, where he was born October 
1, 1847. He there passed his younger days on a farm, and obtained a good 
education from the schools of that county. In 1869 he went to Bloomfield, Iowa, 
where for three years he followed the produce commission business. Then for six 
months he did business at Chariton, Iowa, and upon going to Leon, of that state, 
was in the produce business for two and a half years. Subsequently he became 
located in Chillicothe, Missouri, where he did a large and successful business till 
1880. Then he came to Clinton, Missouri, and in September of that year 
established himself as a commission merchant, on the east side of the square. In 
May, 1881, he occupied his present building, near the depot, where he now does 
business. Besides handling produce he is interested in various other enterprises, 
among which may be mentioned the cooper and ice trades, manager of the broom 
factory, and city agent for a cracker manufactory. Mr. O. was united in marriage 
August 24, 1878, to Miss Lucy Harper, a Missourian by birth. They have two 
children: Estella and Fannie.

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