predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place children office birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name occupation
willis lucullus palmer james b. parramore june 27 , 1916 -lrb- aged 79 -rrb- climax , michigan orlando , florida eva gore gore robinson 13th mayor of orlando february 4 , 1837 1893 josephine lucinda dawley gore caroline gore mahlon gore
 1896 mahlon gore newspaper editor
mahlon gore

mahlon gore -lrb- february 4 , 1837 - june 27 , 1916 -rrb- was an american politician , who was the thirteenth mayor of orlando from 1893 to 1896 .
gore was born in michigan and left home at the age of 15 to start work as a printer .
he enlisted in the second michigan infantry in 1861 , and after completing his three months of service decided not to re-enlist and moved to iowa with his first wife , josephine .
they later homesteaded in the dakota territory , where gore is believed to have made the first filing in dakota territory under the new homestead act on january 1 , 1863 .
by 1880 , his health was failing and so he moved to orlando , florida .
after gore moved to orlando he purchased the orange county reporter and entered the newspaper business .
he was later elected to the orlando city council , and served as mayor of orlando from 1894 to 1896 .
in 1912 , he helped to found the first unitarian church of orlando along with his second wife , caroline .
gore died on june 27 , 1916 , aged 79 .
he was interred at greenwood cemetery .
