biography
pronunciation:
[kuhdahee]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1841–1910)
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| biography:
| Meatpacker, born in Callan, Co Kilkenny, Ireland. The family came to Milwaukee, WI in 1849, and at age 14 Michael began working for local meatpackers. By 1869 he was supervising the Plankinton & Armour Packing House and by 1875 was a partner of Armour & Co in Chicago. During the 1870s he introduced refrigeration into warehouse packing plants. His brother Edward A(loysius) Cudahy (1859–1941) was born in Milwaukee, WI, and started working as a meatpacker at age 12. In 1887 the brothers bought a packing plant near Omaha, NE with Philip D Armour. The Armour–Cudahy partnership broke up, and the plant became the Cudahy Packing Co (1890). Under Edward's supervision the company expanded significantly. His son, Edward A(loysius) Jr, was kidnapped in 1900 and held in chains for $25 000 ransom. Subsequently, Edward Jr entered the family business (1905) and became president (1926). |
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