The man who took the chief part in the invention and improvement of this reaper was an American, Cyrus H. McCormick, born in 1809, near Midvale, Virginia. Robert McCormick, the father of Cyrus, was a farmer, who, like many other farmers of the day, did other things besides farming.
Michael Gerald Ford (b. March 14, 1950) is the oldest of four children of President Gerald R. Ford and First Lady Betty Ford. --- Michael Ford married Gayle Brumbaugh in July of 1974, The Fords have three daughters, Sarah, Rebekah, and Hannah. ------Sarah married Blake Goodfellow and they have a daughter. 2.
President Gerald Rudolph Ford was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr. on 14 July 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska. His parents, Leslie Lynch King and Dorothy Ayer Gardner, separated shortly after the birth of their son and were divorced in Omaha, Nebraska on 19 December 1913. In 1917, Dorothy married Gerald R. Ford in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Fords began calling Leslie by the name Gerald Rudolff Ford, Jr., although his name wasn't legally changed until December 3, 1935 (he also changed the spelling of his middle name). 1  Gerald Ford Jr. grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with his younger half-brothers, Thomas, Richard and James.