From the "The Village of Harlem: Its People, Homes and Business – 50th
Anniversary Souvenir 1856 to 1906"
President of Harlem, Illinois, (1902, 1903 and 1904).
"One of the leading business men of Harlem is Mr. Henry J. Mohr, who has risen from his obscurity to the highest office in the gift of his fellow townsmen. He was born in Wisconsin in 1869 on a farm and lived there till he was nineteen years old. In 1888 he went to South Dakota where he also worked on a farm. Attracted by the possibilities of a great city, in 1890 he came to Chicago where he lived for three years. In 1893 he became connected with the Standard Oil Company and moved to Harlem. In 1894, desiring to engage in business on his own account, and with a total cash capital of fifteen dollars, two animals which might pass for horses, and a wagon which would track in any ruts, he started his business career as a retail oil dealer. In 1900 he entered a partnership with Mr. John Koppelmeyer in the in the coal business, the style of the firm being Koppelmeyer & Mohr. In 1904 he succeeded Mr. Koppelmeyer and added to the coal business, building material, brick, sand, lime, sewer, pipe, etc., with main office and yards at Maple and Harrison Sts., and branch office at 127 Madison St. He now conducts one of the largest and increasing coal and building material businesses in the suburbs of Chicago. By strict attention to business, hard work and popularity he became prosperous.
"In 1902 he was elected president of the town board for one year. In 1903 he was again elected to the same office for two years which he served with honor and credit. He is active in social affairs, belong to a number of social and faternal societies. He was married in 1892 to Miss Frances Hendriks of Chicago, a lady of high character. They have three children -- Ethel, Royo and Carl -- and live in a moer pleasant home on Marengo St."