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Otto H. Fort, of the Fort
Grocery Company, 119- 121 East Coates
street, Moberly, was born
at Danville, Mo., and is a son of William Bart-
lett and Jane (Welburn)
Fort. The father was born in Audrain County,
Mo., Dec. 25, 1833, and
died at Danville, Mo., in 1901. The mother was
born in Callaway County
in 1839 and died at Danville, 1877. They were
the parents of the
following children: Otto H., the subject of this sketch;
Thaddeus S., resides in
Washington state; Jesse, deceased; Fred B., lives
in St. Louis, Mo.; Emil,
was killed in an accident at LaPlata, Mo., Xug.
28, 1896; Mrs. Elvira
Powell was the wife of Shelor F. Powell, of Dan-
ville, Mo., and is now
deceased; Annie E., married J. C. Crause, Moberly,
Mo.
Otto H. Fort was educated
in the public schools of Danville, Mo.,
and the Robinson College.
He has made his own way since he was 15
years old, when he came
to Moberly and took an office with l. B. Porter,
and engaged in the real
estate and insurance business. He remained
with this firm until 1886,
when he and J. L. Vroom bought out the firm
and two years later they
dissolved partnership, Mr. Fort continuing the
business until 1892, when
he disposed of his real estate business, and
went with a Mutual Life
Insurance Company. He has successfully con-
tinued the insurance
business until the present time. Oct. 20, 1919, Mr.
Fort engaged in the
grocery business, in partnership with Howard E.
Brockman. However, he
continued to carry on the insurance business.
Mr. Fort was married
April 26, 1888 to Miss Mattie R. Burkholder,
daughter of Judge J. H.
Burkholder, who was well known and prominent
in Moberly and Randolph
County and who died in Kentucky about 1911
and his widow now
resides in Tennessee. To Otto H. and )Lattie R.
(Burkholder) Fort was
born one son, Harold, who was born June 3, 1890.
He was educated in
Moberly and was graduated from the Moberly High
School. Mr. Fort's first
wife died March 13, 1903, and on Dec. 12, 1904,
he was married to Ollie
Peirce, a daughter of John H. Peirce, of Moberly,
Mo., and to this union the
following children were born: Virginia A.,
married H. E. Brockman
of Moberly; Dorothy B. married John C. Goetze,
cashier in the Fort
Grocery Store; Thelma M., married Willima E. Fennel,
Jr.; Loah Mae, a student in
the Moberly High School, and Otto E.
Mr, Fort is a member of
the Masonic Lodge, the Benevolent and Pro-
tective Order of Elks, and
Knights of Pythias, The Fort Family are
members of the Episcopal
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