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__ John Deere Profile __ Born: Feb 7, 1804 Place of Birth: Vermont Died: May 17, 1886 Primary residence: Vermont Primary innovation: The Steel plow Other innovations: Family : John Deere had five other brothers and sisters. His Dad died when he was just 4 years old and left his mother to take care of the children. Education: Blacksmith apprentice. Other jobs held: When he was in his early teens he took a job with a tanner and ground bark for money shoes and a pair of clothes. Left home at 17 and was a apprentice of a well known blacksmith. Other inventors/innovators they worked with: Influenced by other innovators/inventors: Other information: His blacksmith shops had burned to the ground twice. John Deere was born Feb 7, 1804. His dad died while John was 4 years old. His family was very poor and John got a job in his early teens grounding bark for a tanner. When he was 17 he left his family and went to be a blacksmith apprentice for a well known blacksmith. Here he learned his blacksmith skills. He moved out to Illinois to make money and pay his debt. Before long he heard frustrated farmers angry about their cast iron plows not breaking through the tougher soil and the soil sticking to the plow. John Deere then created the steel plow which would break through the tough soil and being highly polished that it would clean itself as it moved through the field. This was a great invention because it made plowing a much easier task and everyone needed this and used the new plow.