Milton Hershey founded the Hershey chocolate company
Popularized chocolate candy around the world
Invented milk chocolate
Was born on September 12th, 1857 and died on October 13, 1945
Born in Derry, Pennsylvania
Milton Hershey had a sister that died of scarlet fever when Milton was young, He is the only child of Henry Hershey and Veronica Snavely
Didn’t get much education because family kept moving, by 13 he was in 6 different schools
In fourth grade, his mother got him out of school and thought he should be in a job
Married Catherine Sweeney and had no children
Milton’s mother was strict and expected hard work from him, his father was into getting rich quick. Most of Milton’s childhood was on a farm
During World War II,