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| | J. C. Penney - Boyhood to Merchant |
 | | Retail genius, philanthropist, "the man with a thousand partners," gentleman farmer, author, lecturer, world traveler, and the founder of the J.C. Penney Company: These are all words and phrases used to describe James Cash Penney. |
 | | The man whose name became synonymous with doing business according to the principles of the Golden Rule was born on September 16, 1875, on a small farm outside Hamilton, Mo. Penney's father was a poor farmer and unsalaried Baptist minister. |
 | | With great difficulty, he borrowed another $1,500 and moved his wife and infant son to Kemmerer, Wyo., a frontier mining town. |
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