Where was milton hershey born?

In addition to creating the Hershey Trust Company for the Milton Hershey School, he created The M.S. Hershey Foundation in the depths of the Great Depression to help fund educational and cultural activities in Derry Township (the town now known as Hershey, PA). read more

Milton Hershey was born on September 13, 1857 to Henry and Veronica "Fanny" Snavely Hershey. Born the son of a Christian father, his family were members of Pennsylvania's Mennonite community. His ancestors were Swiss and German and had settled in Pennsylvania in the early 1700s. read more

Milton Hershey was born on September 13, 1857, in Derry Township, Pennsylvania, although some sources say he was born in Derry Church, Pennsylvania. Following an incomplete rural school education, Hershey was apprenticed at age 15. read more