WHO+WAS+CYRUS?

Born: February 15, 1809 Place of Birth: Rockbridge County, Virginia Died: May 13, 1884 Primary residence: “Walnut Grove” north of Lexington, Virginia Primary innovation: Mechanical Reaper (hay bailer) Other innovations: -none- Family: Robert Hall McCormick (father), Mary Ann McCormick (mother), Leander J. McCormick & William Sanderson McCormick (brothers) , Nettie Fowler McCormick (wife) Education: he only received a limited amount of education Other jobs held: none besides inventor Other inventors/innovators they worked with: none Influenced by other innovators/inventors: His father worked on a project with a horse-drawn reaper, but never finished it and gave him the reaper. Then he worked on it and made his reaper (hay bailer)
 * __ Cyrus McCormick __**