George J. Mecherle

Infobox Person
name = George Jacob Mecherle


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birth_date = birth date|1877|06|07
birth_place = Merna, McLean County, Illinois
death_date = death date and age|1951|3|10|1877|6|7
death_place = Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois
occupation = farmer, insurance agent
known_for = founder of State Farm Insurance
spouse = May Edith Perry Mecherle (1900-1942) (her death)
Sylvia Mae Harbaugh Mecherle (1944-1951) (his death)
parents = Christian and Susan Hull Mecherle
children =

George Jacob "G.J." Mecherle [cite web
url = http://www.statefarm.com/about/about_story.asp
title = State Farm Story
publisher = State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
accessdate = 2008-08-31] (pronounced "Ma-herl") (born June 7, 1877) was the founder of State Farm Insurance, headquartered in Bloomington, Illinois. Mercherle, a farmer who became an insurance agent also, founded State Farm after becoming unsatisfied with the insurance rates charged to farmers, as those rates included the risks of city drives as well. [cite web
url = http://www.rnd.ilfb.org/history/simms/simms.html
title = State Farm, George Mecherle, and Farm Bureau
last = Simms
first = Steve
publisher = Illinois Farm Bureau
date = February 2004
accessdate = 2008-08-31]

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