Cyrus McCormick Jr.

Cyrus Hall McCormick Jr. (May 16, 1859 – 1936) was an American businessman. He was president of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company from 1884 to 1902.[1]

Cyrus Hall McCormick Jr.[2]

Biography

McCormick was the oldest child of inventor Cyrus Hall McCormick Sr. and philanthropist Nancy Fowler. He was born in Washington, D.C. on May 16, 1859. McCormick married Harriet Bradley Hammond on March 5, 1889. They had three children: Cyrus Hall McCormick III was born September 22, 1890. Elizabeth McCormick was born July 12, 1892. Gordon McCormick was born June 21, 1894.[3]

He was president of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company from 1884 to 1902. McCormick was later president of the merged International Harvester Company starting in 1902.[4] He was also a member of the Jekyll Island Club aka The Millionaires Club, on Jekyll Island, Georgia.[5] McCormick died in 1936. His brother Harold Fowler McCormick was the husband of Edith Rockefeller. McCormick's son Cyrus Hall McCormick III wrote a history of his grandfather's life and times, his company, and the successor company.[6]

McCormick's daughter Elizabeth died at the age of twelve, and in 1908 her parents established the Elizabeth McCormick Memorial Fund, which supported child health and welfare efforts in Chicago and nationwide for many years. Physician and public health advocate Caroline Hedger worked for the fund from 1920 to 1942.[7]

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See also: McCormick family
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References
  1. "A Brief Biography of Cyrus Hall McCormick, (1809-1884)". Wisconsin Historical Society. 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  2. Donovan, Henry. "Chicago Eagle". Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  3. Leander James McCormick (1896). Family record and biography. L.J. McCormick. p. 305.
  4. "Cyrus Hall McCormick". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
  5. "About The Resort | Jekyll Island Club Resort". www.jekyllclub.com. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  6. McCormick 1931.
  7. https://www.cct.org/2019/07/a-daughters-legacy-a-lasting-impact-for-chicago-children/ "A Daughter’s Legacy, A Lasting Impact for Chicago Children", Lorca Jolene, July 16, 2019, Chicago Community Trust

Bibliography
  • McCormick, Cyrus Hall III (1931), The Century of the Reaper, Houghton Mifflin, ASIN B000859TCW, LCCN 31009940A history monograph by the grandson of Cyrus Hall McCormick I. Subtitle: An account of Cyrus Hall McCormick, the inventor of the reaper; of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, the business he created; and of the International Harvester Company, his heir and chief memorial.


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