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Cyrus Hall McCormick Sr., founder of the McCormick business dynasty. Robert McCormick Jr. (1780–1846) was an American inventor who lived in rural Virginia. [1] His maternal grandparents were Scottish immigrants, George Sanderson and Catharine (née Ross) Sanderson, and paternal grandparents were Thomas (1702–1762) and Elizabeth (née Carruth) McCormick, Presbyterian immigrants born in ...
Cyrus Hall McCormick portrait, held by the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.. Cyrus Hall McCormick was born on February 15, 1809, in Raphine, Virginia.He was the eldest of eight children born to inventor Robert McCormick Jr. (1780–1846) and Mary Ann "Polly" Hall (1780–1853).
They sold seven more in 1841. In 1843 a competition was held in which Hussey's reaper cut two acres and McCormick's larger reaper cut seven. [3] Until 1843 the reapers were produced in the shop on the McCormick farm. In 1844 Cyrus began licensing the McCormick design to others to produce, including a company in upstate New York, but quality ...
Cyrus Hall McCormick patented an early mechanical reaper. 1900 ad for McCormick farm machines—"Your boy can operate them" 1921 International Harvester Model 101 on display at the Iowa 80 Trucking Museum, Walcott, Iowa. 1925 International Model 63 Street-Washing Truck on display at the Iowa 80 Trucking Museum, Walcott, Iowa.
The 1842 season brought increased competition from the Cyrus McCormick reaper and Hussey was able to sell only 10 machines, despite offering two models, the smaller of which was priced slightly below McCormick's. [39] Nevertheless, Hussey's reaper "held first place" among all reapers in use prior to 1843. [16]
John Henry Manny (1825–1856) was the inventor of the Manny Reaper, one of various makes of reaper used to harvest grain in the 19th century. Cyrus McCormick III, in his Century of the Reaper, called Manny "the most brilliant and successful of all Cyrus McCormick's competitors," [1] a field of many brilliant people.
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In 1859, Cyrus was joined by his brothers Leander James McCormick and William Sanderson McCormick to form the company Cyrus H. McCormick and Brothers. By the end of the 19th century, McCormick's company had built a primitive combine, which could harvest grain even faster and cheaper than older reapers.