John Clark Dore

Biography

John Clark Dore, born in 1822, spent his adult years in Ossipee where he worked to nourish the sense of shared purpose that defined his town. He approached every civic responsibility with steady diligence, supporting local schools and encouraging neighbors to find common ground.

Those who knew him remember Dore as a patient steward of Ossipee's quiet strengths, a presence who sought to leave the town better organized and kinder than he found it before passing in 1900.