Harold McCormick Sr.
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Harold Fowler McCormick Sr. (1872 - 1941)

Harold Fowler McCormick Sr.
Born in Chicago, Illinoismap
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Husband of — married 26 Nov 1895 (to 1921) in Chicago, ILmap
Husband of — married 11 Aug 1922 (to 1931) in Passy, Paris, Seine, Francemap
Died at age 69 in Beverly Hills, Californiamap
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Biography

Wikidata: Item Q9286520, en:Wikipedia help.gif - Fabulously wealthy industrialist


Harold was born in 1872 in Chicago Illinois. He was the son of inventor Cyrus Hall McCormick and philanthrophist Nancy Maria Fowler.

He was the president of the International Harvester Company. In his youth he was also a keen sportsman, competing in the US National Tennis Championships in the 1890s.

He married (1) Edith Rockefeller, daughter of Standard Oil co-founder John D Rockefeller. They had 5 children:

  • John Rockefeller McCormick (1897–1901), who died from Scarlet fever.
  • Editha McCormick (1903–1904), who also died young.
  • Harold Fowler McCormick Jr. (1898–1973), who married Anne Urquhart Brown "Fifi" (née Potter) Stillman (1879–1969), who had previously been married to James A. Stillman, and was the daughter of James Brown Potter and Mary Cora Urquhart.
  • Muriel McCormick (1903–1959), who married Elisha Dyer Hubbard (1878-1936), a nephew of Elisha Dyer Jr. and grandson of Elisha Dyer (both Rhode Island governors), in 1931.
  • Mathilde McCormick (1905–1947), who married Wilheim Max Oser (1877–1942), a Swiss riding instructor, in April 1923.

In 1921 Clarence Darrow worked with two other lawyers including George A. Cooke, former Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, while representing Harold in divorce proceedings with Edith. The couple divorced on December 28, 1921 in Chicago.[1]

He married (2) Ganna Walska, a Polish opera singer. They divorced in 1931, childless.

In May 1938 he married Adah Wilson, his nurse, in Pasadena, California.[2]

He passed away in 1941 of a cerebral hemorrhage, at his home in Beverly Hills, California and is buried at Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.

Find A Grave: Memorial #120216706

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  • Information lifted from Wikipedia and Findagrave profiles - please amend and add further sources as appropriate.
  1. FindAGrave Bio provided by contributor TAYLOR (#47701928).
  2. "Harold F. M'Cormick Weds". The New York Times. June 1, 1938. p. 20. - quoted on his sister's Wikipedia page, but curiously not on his.






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Harold and Luke are 12th cousins 7 times removed.
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