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Deere was born in 1804 in Rutland, Vermont. After his father was lost at sea when he was four years old, Deere was raised solely by his mother -
John Deere married Demarias Lamb Deere -
Sold his first one in 1838 -
In 1848, Deere moved his growing operation 70 miles southwest to Moline, Illinois, on the east bank of the Mississippi River -
By 1857, his annual output of plows was 10,000 -
His wife dies in 1865
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Following his wife's 1865 death, Deere married her sister, Lucinda Lamb, in June 1867 -
Deere’s business was incorporated under the Deere & Company name -
In 1873 he became the second mayor of Moline. -
John Deere died in 1886, with his heirs leading the company for the next century
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