Paul Arthur Sorg

Paul Arthur Sorg (July 22, 1878 - May 4, 1913) was an owner and exhibitor of show horses.[1]

Biography

He was born on July 22, 1878 in Middletown, Ohio to Paul John Sorg and Susan Jennie Gruver (1854–1930). He was married to Grayce Aull of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They had a son, Paul Arthur Sorg, Jr. who died at 3 months old in 1911. In 1900 he inherited $10,000,000 (approx. $250,000,000 in 2009 dollars) from his father, who died in 1902.[1] On obtaining his majority, he was elected president of the Merchants' National Bank, being at that time the youngest national bank president in the United States.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Paul A. Sorg is Dead". New York Times. May 5, 1913. Retrieved 2009-11-27. Paul Arthur Sorg, 34 years old, known as an owner and exhibitor of show horses, died yesterday at his home, 12 East Eighty-seventh Street. ...
  2. ↑  Homans, James E., ed. (1918). "Sorg, Paul John". The Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: The Press Association Compilers, Inc.


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