John Deere's Childhood

In 1804, John Deere was born. He was born in Rutland, Vermont on February 7th. At four years old, his father got lost at sea, and his mother, Sarah Deere, was left to raise five children. He received a simple education due to his family's lack of money. Since he was intrested in becoming a blacksmith, after school he would watch the blacksmith work. He took a job in his early teenage years, where he ground bark for small pay. He took this job to help out his mother, of this, his mother didn't know.