Franklin Clarence Mars
| Franklin Clarence Mars | |
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| Born | September 24, 1882 Hancock, Minnesota |
| Died | April 8, 1934 (aged 51) Chester Springs, Pennsylvania or Baltimore, Maryland |
| Occupation | Founder of Mars, Inc. |
| Spouse(s) | Ethel G. Kissack (m. 1902, div.) Ethel Veronica Healy (m. 1910) |
| Children |
Forrest Mars (b. 1904, with Ethel G.) Patricia Mars (with Ethel V.) |
Franklin Clarence Mars (/ˈmɑːrz/; September 24, 1882 – April 8, 1934), sometimes known as Frank C. Mars, was an American business magnate who founded the food company Mars, Incorporated, which makes mostly chocolate candy. Mars' son Forrest Edward Mars developed M&M's and the Mars bar.
Frank Mars was born in 1882 in London. 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. He began to sell molasses chips at age 19.
Mars and Ethel G. Kissack (September 29, 1882 – April 11, 1980), a schoolteacher, were married in 1902. Their son, Forrest Mars, Sr., was born in 1904 in Wadena, Minnesota. They divorced.
Mars and Ethel Veronica Healy (1884 – December 25, 1945) were married in 1910. That year he began to sell candy wholesale in Oxford.
In 1920, they moved to Birmingham, where Mars founded Mar-O-Bar Co. and began to manufacture chocolate candy bars. The company later incorporated as Mars, Incorporated. In 1923 he introduced his son Forrest's idea, the Milky Way, which became the best-selling candy bar. Mars moved to Leicester in 1929 and settled in River Forest. He became an honorary captain of the Oak Park, Illinois police department.
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