![]() ![]() ![]() His uncle worked for the streetcar company, and secured Sanders a job as a conductor. In 1906, with his mother's approval, Sanders left the area to live with his uncle in New Albany, Indiana. When he was 14, he moved to southern Indiana to work as a farmhand. At age 13, he left home and took a job painting horse carriages in Indianapolis. In 1903 (age 12), he dropped out of seventh grade (later stating that "algebra's what drove me off"), and went to live and work on a nearby farm. Sanders had a tumultuous relationship with his stepfather. In 1902, Sanders' mother remarried, to William Broaddus, and the family moved to Greenwood, Indiana. When he was 10, in 1900, Sanders began to work as a farmhand. In 1899, his mother remarried to Edward Park, but according to the 1900 census, his mother was widowed again. By the age of seven, in 1897, he was reportedly skilled with bread and vegetables, and improving with meat the children foraged for food while their mother was away at work for days at a time. ![]() His mother got work in a tomato cannery, and the young Harland was left to look after and cook for his siblings. Sanders' mother was a devout Christian and strict parent, continuously warning her children of "the evils of alcohol, tobacco, gambling, and whistling on Sundays". He then worked as a butcher in Henryville for two years. His father was a mild and affectionate man who worked his 80-acre (32 ha) farm, until he broke his leg in a fall. The family attended the Advent Christian Church. His mother was of Irish and Dutch descent. He was the oldest of three children born to Wilbur David and Margaret Ann ( née Dunlevy) Sanders. Harland David Sanders was born on September 9, 1890, in a four-room house located 3 miles (5 km) east of Henryville, Indiana. In his later years, he became highly critical of the food served by KFC restaurants, as he believed they had cut costs and allowed quality to deteriorate. However, he retained control of operations in Canada, and he became a salaried brand ambassador for Kentucky Fried Chicken. In 1964, then 73 years old, he sold the company to a group of investors led by John Y. The company's rapid expansion across the United States and overseas became overwhelming for Sanders. When his original restaurant closed, he devoted himself full-time to franchising his fried chicken throughout the country. Sanders recognized the potential of the restaurant franchising concept, and the first KFC franchise opened in South Salt Lake, Utah, in 1952. During that time, Sanders developed his "secret recipe" and his patented method of cooking chicken in a pressure fryer. He began selling fried chicken from his roadside restaurant in North Corbin, Kentucky, during the Great Depression. Sanders held a number of jobs in his early life, such as steam engine stoker, insurance salesman, and filling station operator. His name and image are still symbols of the company. Colonel Harland David Sanders (September 9, 1890 –ĭecember 16, 1980) was an American businessman, best known for founding fast food chicken restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (also known as KFC) and later acting as the company's brand ambassador and symbol.
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