Family tree of John DEERE
Inventor, Industrialist, Businessman
Born John DEERE
American blacksmith and manufacturer who founded Deere & Company
Born on February 7, 1804 in Rutland, Vermont, USA , United States
Died on May 17, 1886 in Moline, Illinois, USA
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He married in 1827, and fathered nine children.
... John Deere was born in Rutland, Vermont. After a meager education, he was apprenticed in 1821 at age 17, to Captain Benjamin Lawrence, a prosperous Middlebury blacksmith, and entered the trade for himself in 1825.
He married in 1827, and fathered nine children.
John Deere settled in Grand Detour, Illinois. As there were no other blacksmiths in the area, he had no difficulty finding work. Growing up in his father’s Rutland, Vermont, tailor shop, Deere had polished and sharpened needles by running them through sand. This polishing helped the needles sew through soft leather.
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