Background
Frank Mars was born in 1883 in Hancock, Minnesota. 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.
Frank Mars was born in 1883 in Hancock, Minnesota. 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.
" son Forrest Edward developed M&M"s and the Barometer He began to sell molasses chips at age 19. and Ethel G. Kissack (September 29, 1882 – April 11, 1980), a schoolteacher, were married in 1902. Their son, Forrest, Senior, was born in 1904 in Wadena, Minnesota.
They divorced. and Ethel Veronica Healy (1884 – December 25, 1945) were married in 1910.
That year he began to sell candy wholesale in Tacoma, Washington., Incorporated In 1920, they moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where founded March-O-Bar Company and began to manufacture chocolate candy bars.
The company later incorporated as, Incorporated. moved to Chicago in 1929 and settled in River Forest. He became an honorary captain of the Oak Park, Illinois police department.
In 1930, developed the Snickers Bar.
In the late 1920s, in Pulaski, Tennessee, bought a number of local farms and constructed a large estate called Milky Way Farm. During its construction, employed more than 935 men from Giles County to build a 25,000 square feet (2,300 m²) clubhouse, more than 30 barns, a horse racing track. lived the remainder of his life on the 2,800 acre (11 km²) farm and was buried there upon his death in 1934.