MILTON SNAVELY HERSHEY WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1857 IN DERRY TOWNSHIP PA. HIS SISTER SERINA DIED WHEN SHE WAS ONLY 4 AND WHEN MILTON WAS 9 IN 1864. HE MARRIED CATHERINE SWEENEY IN 1898. THE COUPLE OPENED A SCHOOL IN 1909 CALLED THE HERSHEY INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. CATHERINE HAD EVENTUALLY DIED IN 1915. MILTON'S LIFE HAD COME TO AN END ON OCTOBER 13, 1904. HE DIED OF PNEUMONIA AT AGE 88.