Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The McCormick family of Chicago and Virginia is an American dynasty of Scottish and Irish descent that attained prominence and fortune starting with the invention of the McCormick Reaper, the machine that revolutionized agriculture and established the modern grain trade. Through the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company and later, the International Harvester Company, the name McCormick became one of the most recognized names during much of the 19th and 20th centuries. The press dubbed the McCormicks the \"Reaper Kings\". Branches of the family also went into real estate (Leander J. McCormick Estate) and media and publishing (Tribune Company) and were well known as society leaders in Chicago. They are descended from the grandfather of modern agriculture, inventor Robert McCormick, Jr. (1780–1846), and Mary Ann \"Polly\" Hall of Steele's Tavern, Virginia."@en }
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- McCormick_family abstract "The McCormick family of Chicago and Virginia is an American dynasty of Scottish and Irish descent that attained prominence and fortune starting with the invention of the McCormick Reaper, the machine that revolutionized agriculture and established the modern grain trade. Through the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company and later, the International Harvester Company, the name McCormick became one of the most recognized names during much of the 19th and 20th centuries. The press dubbed the McCormicks the \"Reaper Kings\". Branches of the family also went into real estate (Leander J. McCormick Estate) and media and publishing (Tribune Company) and were well known as society leaders in Chicago. They are descended from the grandfather of modern agriculture, inventor Robert McCormick, Jr. (1780–1846), and Mary Ann \"Polly\" Hall of Steele's Tavern, Virginia.".