"Portrait and Biographical Record of Portland and Vicinity, Oregon." Authors: "a compilation of this work....by a number of writers". Chapman Publishing Co; Chicago, 1903. p. 812. MARCUS G. FLEISCHNER In his capacity as superintendent of the manufacturing department of Fleischner, Mayer & Co., Marcus G. Fleischner is maintaining the reputation of his family as a competent and reliable business man, and is also building up an enviable reputation for personal integrity and public spiritedness. Mr. Fleischner is one of the sons of that fine old pioneer settler, Jacob Fleischner, and was born in the city of Portland, October 5, 1862. Jacob Fleischner was a merchant by occupation, was born in Austria, but spent the greater part of his life in America. From the state of Iowa he came to Oregon via the plains, engaged in a general merchandise business in Albany, and afterward in Portland, to which city he removed in 1860. At present retired form active business life, he is living with his wife, Fannie (Nadler) Fleischner, is Portland, having accumulated a competence by virtue of his business discretion and wise disposal of the opportunities by which he was surrounded. Mr. Fleischner became identified with the present firm in 1880, directly after his graduation from the St. Augustine college in California, in the classical course. In 1896 he was admitted into the firm as a partner, and the following year established the manufacturing department. This was soon after the panic of 1893, when all business in the northwest was practically at a standstill. Leading business men said it would be impossible to make a success of this department, but in the face of all these obstacles, Mr. Fleischner did succeed, and today is carrying on a business second to none of its kind in the west. In San Francisco, Cal., Mr. Fleischner married Caroline Stern, a native of San Francisco, and daughter of David Stern, a pioneer of San Francisco; was auditor of the county of that name for several years, and devoted much of his life to promoting educational work. One child has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Fleischner, Flora Stern. Mr. Fleischner is variously identified with fraternal and social affairs in Portland, is a charter member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, and is a member of the Abernethy Cabin, Native Sons of the Golden West. He is extremely popular and enterprising, and is one of the foremost members of the younger generation of business men in Portland. ******************* Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in April 2006 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.