Family Tree
On January 26, 1858 he married Nancy Fowler (1835–1923), better known as "Nettie". They had seven children:
- Cyrus Hall McCormick Jr. was born May 16, 1859.
- Mary Virginia McCormick was born May 5, 1861.
- Anita McCormick was born July 4, 1866, married Emmons Blaine on September 26, 1889, and died February 12, 1954. Her husband was the oldest son of the US Secretary of State James G. Blaine.
- Alice McCormick was born March 15, 1870 and died less than a year later on January 25, 1871.
- Harold Fowler McCormick was born May 2, 1872, married Edith Rockefeller, and died in 1941.
- Stanley Robert McCormick was born November 2, 1874, married Katharine Dexter (1875–1967), and died January 19, 1947.
Mary Virginia and Stanley Robert both suffered from schizophrenia. Stanley McCormick's life inspired the 1998 novel Riven Rock by T. Coraghessan Boyle.
Cyrus McCormick was the uncle of Robert Sanderson McCormick (son-in-law of Joseph Medill); granduncle of Joseph Medill McCormick and Robert Rutherford McCormick; and great-granduncle of William McCormick Blair, Jr.
| Robert McCormick (1780–1846) |
Mary Ann Hall (1780–1853) |
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| Nancy Fowler McCormick (1835–1923) |
Cyrus McCormick (1809–1884) |
Mary Ann Grigsby (1828–1878) |
William Sanderson McCormick (1815–1865) |
Leander J. McCormick (1819–1900) |
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| Cyrus McCormick Jr. (1859–1936) |
Harold Fowler McCormick (1872–1941) |
Joseph Medill (1823–1899) |
L. Hamilton McCormick (1859–1934) |
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| Robert Sanderson McCormick (1849–1919) |
Kate Medill (1853–1932) |
William Grigsby McCormick (1851–1941) |
Ruby McCormick (1860–1882) |
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| Joseph Medill McCormick (1877–1925) |
Ruth Hanna McCormick (1880–1944) |
Robert R. McCormick (1880–1955) |
Chauncey Brooks McCormick (1884–1954) |
William McCormick Blair (1884–1982) |
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| Brooks McCormick (1917–2006) |
William McCormick Blair, Jr. (born 1916) |
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