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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 Jr. (May 16, 1859 – June 2, 1936) was an American businessman. He was president of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company from 1884 to 1902. [ 1 ] His tenure was marked by bitter conflict with the union, culminating in the death of two striking workers on May 3, 1886, the event which precipitated the Haymarket affair .
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. and Mary Ann "Polly" Hall. As Cyrus's father saw the potential of the design for a mechanical reaper, he ...
Christopher Polk/MTV1617/Getty Images for MTV The Cyrus family has seen no shortage of fame — or drama — over the years, and family patriarch Billy Ray Cyrus is often at the center of it all.
Miley Cyrus is sharing the story about how her parents came up with her birth name, Destiny Hope Cyrus. The "Flowers" singer, 31, opened up about the inspiration behind the name on a recent ...
Before becoming one of Hollywood’s biggest stars with roles in A Star Is Born and Maestro, Bradley Cooper was just a kid growing up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.. The actor and his older sister ...
In 1857, while visiting friends in Chicago, Nettie met Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809–1884), the eldest son of inventor Robert McCormick and Mary Ann "Polly" McCormick (née Hall). Cyrus and Nettie were married in 1858. Together, they were the parents of seven children: Cyrus Hall McCormick Jr. (1859–1936), who married Harriet Bradley Hammond ...
The McCormick family is a prominent business family in the U.S. states of Illinois and Virginia. Pages in category "McCormick family" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total.