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Cyrus Hall McCormick was born on Febuary 15, 1809. He was born on a large farm in Lexington, Virginia. His father and mother were Robert McCormick and Maryanne McCormick respectivley.
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When McCormick was 15, he developed a low weight "cradle" to allow people to harvest more grain with less effort.
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After his father tried unsuccessfully to build a reaping machine, young McCormick took over and had one ready and tested with 2 months.
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McCormick saw a great upcoming demand for farm machines in the rapidly expanding midwest and recieved his first patent, by that time he had sold few reapers.
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By this time McCormick sold over a hundred reapers.
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McCormick once was challenge by another inventor to find whose machine cut the most grain. On the day of the contest, it rained. While McCormicks machine was able to cut in damp conditions, his opponents was not.
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When McCormick's wealth increased, he decided to build a main factory in Chicago.
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McCormick won the gold metal at London's Crystal Palace Exposition and quickly became world famous.
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In this year he became the largest manufacturor of farm equipment in the world, andmarried his wife Nettie Fowler
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By this time, McCormick had expanded as far as Russia and New Zealand
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McCormick died on May 13, 1884. His last words were "Work, work, work"
