Mahlon Kline

Mahlon N. Kline (6 February 1846 – 27 November 1909) was an American pharmacist who was president and general manager of Smith Kline & Co.

Career

Born in Windsor Township in Pennsylvania, Mahlon Kline was educated at a local school in Upper Bern.^[1] He qualified as a teacher and briefly taught at a school at Hyde Park.^[1] He then went to the Eastman Business College at Poughkeepsie.^[1]

In 1865 he joined Smith & Shoemaker: Mr Shoemaker resigned in 1869 and in 1875 the business became Smith Kline & Co.^[2] Under Mahlon Kline's leadership it became the third largest pharmaceutical business in the United States.^[1]

He was active in local business affairs and, in 1900, became a director of the local Bourse.^[1] He was also active in State politics and in 1905 he became treasurer of the State Committee of the Lincoln Party.^[1]

He died in 1909.^[3]

Family

In 1874 he married Isadora E. Unger and together they went on to have two daughters, Isadora Caroline Kline and Leah Elizabeth Kline, and one son, Clarence Mahlon Kline.^[1]

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