A devout Presbyterian, he was the primary benefactor of the McCormick Theological Seminary. (1809–1884), entrepreneur, publisher, father of modern agriculture, and founder of what became the International Harvester Company. His maternal grandparents were Scottish immigrants, George Sanderson and Catharine (née Ross) Sanderson, and paternal grandparents were Thomas (1702–1762) and Elizabeth ( née Carruth) McCormick, Presbyterian immigrants born in County Londonderry and County Antrim, Ireland respectively who married in 1728 and settled in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania in 1735. (1780–1846) was an American inventor who lived in rural Virginia. (1780–1846), and Mary Ann "Polly" Hall of Steeles Tavern, Virginia.
They are descended from an influential leader of modern agriculture, inventor Robert McCormick Jr. Various family members were well known as civic leaders. Later generations expanded into media and publishing ( Tribune Company), finance ( William Blair & Company), and real estate (McCormick Estate). The name became ubiquitous in agriculture starting in the 19th century and the press dubbed the McCormicks the "Reaper Kings".
Through the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company and later, the International Harvester Company and other investments, the McCormicks became one of the wealthiest families in America. The McCormick family of Chicago and Virginia is an American family of Scottish and Scotch-Irish descent that attained prominence and fortune starting with the invention of the McCormick Reaper, a machine that revolutionized agriculture and established the modern grain trade by beginning the mechanization of the harvesting of grain.
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