Biography harvey firestone
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By Bob Troyer
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Harvey S. Firestone
American businessman (1868–1938)
Not to be confused with Harvey Fierstein.
Harvey Samuel Firestone Sr. (December 20, 1868 – February 7, 1938) was an American businessman, and the founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, one of the first global makers of automobile tires.[1]
Family background
[edit]Firestone was born in 1868 in Columbiana, Ohio, and grew up on the farm built by his grandfather.[2] The family name was originally Feuerstein; Nicholas Feuerstein, Firestone's paternal ancestor, immigrated from Alsace in 1752 and settled in Pennsylvania.[3] He was the second of Benjamin and Catherine (née Flickinger) Firestone's three sons; Benjamin also had a son and a daughter by his first wife. In 1983, the original farm was disassembled and moved to Greenfield Village, a 90-acre (360,000 m2) historical site in Michigan founded by Henry Ford, and is now part of a larger outdoor museum.
On November 20, 1895, Firestone married Idabelle Smith.[4] They eventually had seven children. Notable great–grandchildren include: Andrew Firestone, Nick Firestone, and William Clay Ford, Jr. (the son of Henry Ford's grandson and Harvey and Idabelle's granddaughter Martha).
Education and career
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Firestone, Harvey S.
(1868-1938)
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
Overview
Industrialist Harvey Firestone established a rubber tire company with only a little cash and a fairly new patent in the rubber capital of the world, Akron, Ohio. A pioneer in the mass production process, Firestone created a company that became a major force in the industry and at its peak was counted among the "Big Five" tire manufacturers in the United States.
Personal Life
Born December 20, 1868, Harvey Samuel Firestone was raised on a farm in Columbiana, Ohio. His family was descended from immigrants from the Alsatian region of France. Firestone's early education was in a one-room school house. He graduated from high school, and then completed a business course at a Cleveland college. At the age of 27, Firestone married Idabelle Smith of Jackson, Michigan. The couple had five sons: Harvey S. Jr., Russell Allen, Leonard Kimball, Raymond Christian and Roger Stanley; all of the siblings worked in their father's business.
Firestone was a hard worker, but he enjoyed escaping from the rigors of business from time to time. He lived during an era that produced a number of great innovators. Some became his friends. It was not uncommon for Firestone to take long camping trips to remote regions with a