Chrysler
LLC Chronology
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| | 1846 | Thomas Jeffery is born in England; emigrates to U. S., becomes maker of Rambler bicycles in Chicago; sells company to build Rambler automobiles in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in 1902. | | 1864 | John Francis Dodge is born in Niles, Michigan. Forms Dodge Brothers with brother Horace in 1914. | | 1864 | Jonathan Dixon Maxwell born in Howard County, Indiana; co-founds Maxwell-Briscoe in 1903. | | 1864 | Charles W. Nash is born in Cortland, Illinois; as President of Buick, hires Walter Chrysler; later forms Jeffery Co. to produce the Nash automobile. | | 1868 | Horace Elgin Dodge is born in Niles, Michigan. | | 1868 | Horace Elgin Dodge is born in Niles, Michigan. The Dodge Brothers -- Biography Open PDF. | | 1873 | John N. Willys born in Canandaigua, New York; will rescue Overland (founded 1903) to form Willys-Overland in 1909. | | 1873 | Hugh Chalmers born; will acquire control of Thomas-Detroit in 1908 to former Chalmers-Detroit, ultimately Chalmers, later merged with Maxwell. | | 1875 | Walter Percy Chrysler is born April 2 in Wamego, Kansas. He will become only major railroad industry figure to achieve success in the automobile industry, introduce the advanced Chrysler automobile and found the Chrysler Corporation which, under his leadership, will become the third of the Detroit Big Three automakers and the second largest producer after General Motors. | | 1878 | Joseph E. Fields (1878 - 1951) -- Biography Open PDF. | | |
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