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Milton Hershey was born on a farm that his great grandparents built in 1826. Milton was born 31 years later in 1857.
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Milton Hershey starter school in 1862. He had 8 years of education but he attended 7different schools. He attended 7 different schools because Milton moved alot. Milton stopped his formal education after the 4th grade.
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The Hershey chocolate company produced chocolate and cocoa for flavoring and coating Hershey's own caramels. The first recorded sale of Hershey's chocolate was on April 17, 1895
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When Milton was on a trip to James Town New York, he met Catherine Sweeney. She was 26 when they met. They ended up getting maried in New York City on May 25, 1898.
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Cathrerin died in 1915. She died because of an unknown illness. After her death Milton always carried a picture of her.
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Sadly, Milton S. Hershey died in 1945.
