MILTON SNAVELY HERSHEY WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1857 IN DERRY TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA. HE HAD ONE SISTER NAMED SERINA BUT DIED AT THE AGE OF 4 BECAUSE OF SCARLET FEVER IN 1867 WHEN MILTON WAS 9. MILTON PARENTS ALSO FOUGHT MANY TIMES WHEN HE WAS LITTLE. AT AGE 13 MILTON'S EDUCATION HAD ENDED. AT AGE 14 MILTON LEARNED TO MAKE SWEETS WHERE MILTON'S CAREER HAD LIT UP.