Fresno County Biographies

David Dorn

Submitted by Sally Kaleta, June, 2007

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	David Dorn was born in Canada, in the year 1845. On the 
shores  of Georgian Bay he was reared and educated. Early in life he began to 
learn the blacksmith trade, and has followed that trade almost continuously from 
his youth up to the present time. In 1869 he visited Nebraska and Kansas, and 
finally settled in Buena Vista County, Iowa, where he made his home eleven 
years. Besides working at his trade he also had some farming interests in Iowa. 
In 1881, Mr. Dorn came to California. This was about the time the town of Selma 
was starting, and in the new town he located and established his blacksmith 
shop. To-day he is in the same spot, but is richer by several thousand dollars 
than he was then. His trade has steadily increased as the town has grown, and he 
now had a very profitable business. Adjoining his shop is his residence, and 
also some lots which belong to him. He owns 160 acres of unimproved land in Kern 
County. Mr. Dorn was married in 1870 to Annie Spratford, a native of England. 
Their family consists of four children, - two sons and two daughters. 

Source: "The Memorial and Biographical History of the County of Fresno, Tulare 
and  Kern, California," Lewis Publ. Co., 1892, p. 469.