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McCormick, Leander J. 1819-
Benefactor; born in Walnut Grove, Va., Feb. 8, 1819; brother of Cyrus Hall McCormick.
He was connected with the first reaper manufacturing industry with his father and brother.
In 1848 he moved to Chicago, and in the following year engaged with his brothers in the manufacture of reapers.
He retired from active business in 1889.
In 1871 he gave the McCormick Observatory and a large 24-inch refracting telescope to the University of Virginia.
He died in Chicago, Feb. 20, 1900.