What is Cyrus McCormick?
[[File:Cyrus McCormick engraving.png|thumb|right|180px|McCormick in c. 1860s]] '''Cyrus Hall McCormick, Sr.''' (February 15, 1809 &ndash; May 13, 1884) was an [[Americans|American]] inventor and founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, which became part of International Harvester Company in 1902. He invented the crop machine the [[Reaper]]. From the Blue Ridge Mountains of [[Virginia]], he and many members of his family became well known residents of [[Chicago]]. The [[McCormick Place]] is named after him. McCormick was born on February 15, 1809 in [[Rockbirdge County, Virginia|Rockbridge County]], [[Virginia]]. He lived in [[Raphine, Virginia]]. He was married to Nancy Fowler from 1835 until his death in 1884. They had four children. McCormick died from a stroke on May 13, 1884 in [[Chicago]], Illinois, aged 75.<ref>{{cite book |author= William Thomas Hutchinson |title= Cyrus Hall McCormick: Harvest, 1856-1884 |volume= 2 |location= New York |publisher= D. Appleton, The Century Company |year= 1935 |url= https://archive.org/details/cyrushallmccormi000264mbp }}</ref> He is buried in [[Graceland Cemetery]] in [[Uptown, Chicago]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.antiquefarming.com/machinery.html Farm Equipment] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070916023823/http://www.antiquefarming.com/machinery.html |date=2007-09-16 }} on Antique Farming web site * {{Find a Grave |694 |Cyrus Hall McCormick}} * {{cite web |title= McCormick-Guggenheim-Morton-Medill family of Illinois |work= [[The Political Graveyard]] |url= http://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10643.html |accessdate= January 1, 2011 |archive-date= January 1, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110101015701/http://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10643.html |url-status= dead }} * {{cite web |title= Our History |publisher= McCormick - Argo Tractors S.p.A. |url= http://www.mccormick-intl.com/mccormick/brand_page/en-US/8605/Our_History.aspx |accessdate= January 10, 2011 |archive-date= December 16, 201