Gaston, Joseph.  "Portland, Oregon, Its History and Builders."  Vol. 2.  Chicago
- Portland: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1911. p. 595.
 
MARCUS FLEISCHNER

     The exactness of modern business methods has made the study of success a
science.  The business man is coming to realize that lack of success in his
business is due to some definite cause -- the greater his lack of success the
more vital the cause.  The closest scrutiny is, therefore, brought to bear that
the reason for this may be determined and through the employment of effective
methods the course of business be changed into the channel of prosperity.  A man
of originality, with good ideas and rich in the intuition of what is best in
connection with the business.  Marcus Fleischner has contributed much to the
prosperity of the large wholesale dry-goods and furnishing house of Portland,
operated under the name of Fleischner, Mayer & Company.  His history therefore
cannot fail to prove of interest to many of our readers.  Moreover, he is
numbered among the city's native sons, his birth having occurred on the 5th of
October, 1862.
     His parents were Jacob and Fannie (Nadler) Fleischner.  Reared in this
city, he pursued his early education in the public schools and afterward
attended St. Augustine College at Venice, California, where he was graduated
with the class of 1880.  The following year was then spent in travel and he then
made his initial step in the business world as a young man of nineteen years,
becoming an employe, in 1881, of the firm of Fleischner, Mayer & Company.
Following the death of his uncle, Colonel Louis Fleischner, in August, 1896, he
became one of the partners of the firm and has since had active voice in the
management of the business, the growth of which is chronicled year by year,
keeping pace with the marvelous development of the northwest.
     Mr. Fleischner was married in 1888 to Miss Caroline Stern, of San
Francisco, California, and they have one daughter, Flora, who is now the wife of
Henry W. Metzger, of the mercantile firm of H. Metzger & Company of Portland.
Aside from his business and home interests, Mr. Fleischner is connected with the
city's history through his association with fraternal, charitable and municipal
interests.  He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and
has been honored with the presidency of the Concordia Club of Portland for
several years.  He filled the office of fire commissioner under Mayor Harry Lane
but his ambition has not been in the field of office seeking.  His interest in
the organization of charity is shown in the fact that he is now the treasurer of
the First Hebrew Benevolent Society of Portland.  His interests therefore are
wide and varied, though at no time is he neglectful of business and in his
commercial career has manifested a progressiveness that is tempered by a safe
conservatism, making him one of the strong and forceful factors in wholesale
circles in Portland.

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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.