Nancy Fowler McCormick
Nancy Maria "Nettie" McCormick (; February 8, 1835 – July 5, 1923) was an American philanthropist. Through marriage, she became a member of the prominent McCormick family. Early life Nettie was born on February 8, 1835, at Brownsville in Ontario County, New York. She was the daughter of Melzer Fowler (1803–1835), a prosperous farmer who died a month before her birth, and Clarissa Fowler (née Spicer; 1805–1842), who died when she was seven years old. She was raised by her grandmother in Clayton, New York, and attended Emma Willard School in Troy, New York. Marriage and children In 1857, while visiting friends in Chicago, Nettie met Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809–1884), the eldest son of inventor Robert McCormick and Mary Ann "Polly" McCormick (née Hall). Cyrus and Nettie were married in 1858. Together, they were the parents of seven children: Cyrus Hall McCormick Jr. (1859–1936), who married Harriet Bradley Hammond in 1889. Mary Virginia McCormick (1861–1941), who suffered from schizophrenia. Robert McCormick III (1863–1865), who died young. Anita Eugenie McCormick (1866–1954), who married Emmons Blaine, son of the U.S. Secretary of State James G. Blaine, in 1889. Alice McCormick (1870–1871), who died young. Harold Fowler McCormick (1872–1941), who married Edith Rockefeller,