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Ethel Mars (center) with her mother and aunt c.1898, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, DC. Ethel Mars was born in Springfield, Illinois, in 1876 [2] to Adelia and Alonzo Mars, a railroad clerk. During most of her childhood, Mars and her parents lived with her mother's parents.
Ethel Veronica Mars (née Healy; June 1884 – December 25, 1945) was an American businesswoman and racehorse owner. She was Ethel Veronica Healy prior to her marriage in 1910 to Franklin Clarence Mars , the founder of the candy company Mars Inc.
Ethel Mars may refer to: Ethel Mars (artist) (1884–1959), American woodblock printmaker; Ethel V. Mars (1884–1945), American businesswoman and racehorse owner
Franklin Clarence Mars (/ ˈ m ɑːr z /; September 24, 1883 – April 8, 1935) was an American business magnate who founded the food company Mars Inc., which mostly makes chocolate candy. Mars' son Forrest Mars developed M&M's and the Mars bar and founded the Ethel M Chocolate Factory .
Ethel M Chocolates was founded by Forrest Mars Sr., who previously oversaw Mars Inc., known for its candy products. Mars retired from the eponymous company in 1973, [2] but soon grew bored. [3] In 1979, he was planning a new candy venture named after his mother, Ethel Gale Mars (nee Kissack).
Maud Hunt Squire and Ethel Mars (right), Springfield, Illinois, c.1898. She met Ethel Mars , with whom she would remain for the rest of her life, at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. The couple went to Paris in 1903, remaining there until the outbreak of World War I forced them to return to the United States in 1915.
The Mars family is an American family that owns the ... July 1, 1999) – son of Frank C. Mars and Ethel G. Mars. Invented M&M's. Audrey Ruth Meyer (May 25, 1910 ...
Franklin Mars and his second wife, Ethel V. Mars, purchased the 2,800-acre (11 km 2) property in 1930, shortly after establishing a southern office of Mars Candies in Nashville. Architect James F. Drake was hired to design the Tudor Revival manor house and farm facilities for breeding Thoroughbred horses and Hereford cattle. Construction peaked ...