Cyrus Hall McCormick and Nancy "Nettie" Fowler

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Husband Cyrus Hall McCormick ¹

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           Born: 15 Feb 1809 - Rockbridge Co, VA 1
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           Died: 13 May 1884 - Chicago, Cook Co, IL 1
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         Father: Robert McCormick (1780-1846) 2
         Mother: Mary Ann Hall (      -1853) 3

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       Marriage: 26 Jan 1858 1

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Wife Nancy "Nettie" Fowler ¹

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           Born: 1835
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           Died: 1923
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         Father: Melzar Fowler (      -      ) 4
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 M Cyrus Hall McCormick, Jr. ⁵

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           Born: 16 May 1859 5
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         Spouse: Harriet Bradley Hammond (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 5 Mar 1889 5

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2 F Mary Virginia McCormick ⁵

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           Born: 5 May 1861 5
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3 M Robert McCormick ⁵

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           Born: 5 Oct 1863 5
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           Died: 6 Jan 1865 5
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 F Anita McCormick ⁵

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           Born: 4 Jul 1866 5
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         Spouse: Emmons Blaine, Esq. (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 26 Sep 1889 5

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5 F Alice McCormick ⁵

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           Born: 15 Mar 1870 5
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           Died: 25 Jan 1871 5
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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6 M Harold Fowler McCormick ⁵

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           Born: 2 May 1872 5
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         Spouse: Edith Rockefeller (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 26 Nov 1895 5

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7 M Stanley Robert McCormick ⁵

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           Born: 2 Nov 1874 5
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General Notes: Husband - Cyrus Hall McCormick

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He was an Inventor and founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, which became part of International Harvester Company in 1902.

From the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, he and many members of his family became prominent residents of Chicago.

Although he is credited as the "inventor" of the mechanical reaper, he based his work on that of many others, including Roman, Scottish and American men, more than two decades of work by his father, and the aid of Jo Anderson, a slave held by his family. Cyrus McCormick filed patents for the invention, and his achievements were chiefly in the development of a company, marketing and sales force to market his products.

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General Notes: Wife - Nancy "Nettie" Fowler

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She was an orphan from New York who had graduated from the Troy Female Seminary and moved to Chicago, Illinois.

1 Leander James McCormick, McCormick Family Record and Biography (Chicago, IL: Publisher Unknown, 1896), Pg 302.

2 Leander James McCormick, McCormick Family Record and Biography (Chicago, IL: Publisher Unknown, 1896), Pg 249.

3 Leander James McCormick, McCormick Family Record and Biography (Chicago, IL: Publisher Unknown, 1896), Pg 300.

4 Leander James McCormick, McCormick Family Record and Biography (Chicago, IL: Publisher Unknown, 1896), Pg 303.

5 Leander James McCormick, McCormick Family Record and Biography (Chicago, IL: Publisher Unknown, 1896), Pg 304.