Franklin Clarence Mars
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Forrest Mars |
Franklin Clarence Mars (
Family
Franklin Mars was born on September 24, 1883, in Walden Township, Pope County, Minnesota.[1] He learned how to hand-dip chocolate candy as a child from his mother Alva, who entertained him while he had a mild case of polio.[2] He began to sell molasses chips at age 19.[3]
Mars and Ethel G. Kissack (1882–1980),
Mars and Ethel Veronica Healy (1884–1945) were married in 1910 and had one daughter, Patricia Mars (1914–1965).[5]
Mars, Incorporated
He started the Mars Candy Factory in 1911 with Ethel V. Mars, his second wife, in
In 1920, they moved to
In 1930, Mars developed the Snickers Bar.[7]
Death and legacy
Mars died from heart and kidney issues on April 8, 1935[3] at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.[8] Ownership of the family business passed to his son Forrest.
Horse racing
In the late 1920s, in Pulaski, Tennessee, Mars bought a number of local farms and constructed a large estate called Milky Way Farm. During its construction, Mars employed more than 935 men from Giles County to build a 25,000 square feet (2,300 m2) clubhouse, more than 30 barns, and a horse racing track.[9] Gallahadion won the Kentucky Derby in 1940 after Mars died.[3]
Mars lived the remainder of his life on the 2,800 acre (11 km2) farm and was buried there upon his death in 1935.[9] After Milky Way Farm was sold,[9] the remains of Mars and his wife Ethel V. Mars were moved to a private mausoleum at Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis, where they are currently interred.[10]
See also
References
- ^ "Mars, Incorporated: History in the Making". March 29, 2004.
- ^ a b c "History". Mars, Incorporated. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2008-10-06.[dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Franklin Mars". The Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest. Archived from the original on October 10, 2010. Retrieved 2011-07-12.
- ^ "Descendants of Gilbert Kissack". Retrieved February 25, 2011.
- ^ "Ethel V. Mars, Head of Candy Firm, Dies". Billboard. January 5, 1946. Retrieved February 25, 2011.
- ^ "Mars' chocolate history has surprising Tacoma backstory". thenewstribune. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
- ^ a b "Mars, Incorporated: History in the Making". Minnesota Monthly. Mars Inc. Group. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
- ^ Downs, Winfield Scott, ed. (1934). Encyclopedia of American Biography, Volume 3. he American Historical Society, Incorporated. p. 371.
- ^ a b c "History @ Milky Way Farm". Milky Way Farm. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
- ^ "Burial Search". Lakewood Cemetery. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
- "Mars Family". Practically Edible. Archived from the original on 2009-05-04. Retrieved 2007-11-11.
- www.MilkyWayFarms.com