He was instrumental in keeping the company intact after the Civil War till the time of Teddy Roosevelt. His father never had the business acumen that Charles had. Lots of companies in every industry back then had a short boom-bust cycle but Charles kept Deere growing slowly and he did have his share of setbacks. Charle's son-in-law proved to be not much more than a caretaker as the next head of Deere. William Butterworth went along very grudingly with ventures such as the Waterloo Engine Company rather than having a deep vision of the industry. His succesors (Deere family members by blood or marriage) Wiman and Hewitt provided the leadership to keep Deere from turning into an also-ran. A fate that befelled competitors such as Massey Harris and Minneapolis Moline.
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