Cyrus McCormick, in full Cyrus Hall McCormick, (born February 15, 1809, Rockbridge county, Virginia, U.S.âdied May 13, 1884, Chicago, Illinois), American industrialist and inventor who is generally credited with the development (from 1831) of the mechanical reaper.
The Hayes had eight children, seven boys and a girl. Five of the children survived to adulthood. The children were raised at Spiegel Grove, the home of President Hayes which is in (what was rural but what is now central) Fremont, Ohio. Three of their children died in infancy.
Garnet and Julia married in 1841; they had three children, only one of whom survived to adulthood. Crandall's school was closed in 1834 because of antiblack sentiment, and a year later a mob attacked Noyes Academy. Garnet, along with classmates Alexander Crummell and Thomas Sydney, returned to New York City.