Maurice B. Clark (1827–1901) was a partner in a produce business with John D. Rockefeller Sr., along with Clark's two brothers, James and Richard.[1] Clark was from Malmesbury, England and moved to the United States in 1847.[2] He studied with Rockefeller at Folsom's Commercial College in Ohio.
His business career began with the firm of Otis & Sinclair. He went on a partnership with John D. Rockefeller in 1856, forming a grain and produce business named Clark & Rockefeller. In 1858, a new partner was added, George W. Gardner, later Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, and the Rockefeller name was removed to become Clark, Gardner & Company until 1862.[3]
They had become the largest grain dealers in Cleveland.[4] Gardner withdrew from the partnership and it became Clark & Rockefeller once more and other partners were added afterwards to become Clark, Rockefeller, & Co in 1864.[2] During the American Civil War (1863), the two partners went into the oil business. Eventually, Rockefeller bought Clark's (and his brothers') share of the company at auction for $72,500.[5]
Following this, Clark went on to start another oil company, the Star Oil company, which passed through several names and changes of partner, becoming Clark Brothers & Co, and Clark, Payne, & Co. In 1868, he joined new partners to form the Clark, Schurmer, & Scofield Company, which then became Clark, Scofield, and Teagle.[2] Following his work in the oil industry, he helped to organize the Cleveland Co-operative Stove Company. At the time of his death, he presided over the board of directors and he had been the company's president for twenty years.[6]
In addition to his work in the business community, he served one term in the City Council of Cleveland, representing the "old fourth ward" from 1872 to 1873.[2] He was also a prominent abolitionist, and one of the charter members of the First Wesleyan Methodist Church, known for its abolitionist outlook.[7]
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^G. Richard Shell, Mario Moussa, The Art of Woo: Using Strategic Persuasion to Sell Your Ideas (2007), p. 51.
^ abcdEarly Settlers Association of Cuyahoga County (1901). "Sketches of Deceased Members". Annals of the Early Settlers Association of Cuyahoga County. 4 (4): 391–393. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
^John D., A Portrait in Oils, John. K. Winkler, The Vanguard Press, New York, June, 1929, p. 50-56
^All 50 mayors in Cleveland history -- and their claim to fame, Cleveland, Peter Krouse, July 25, 2017
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