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16 may 1956 mary john manifold reese , anna alfreda reese twohig , edward elizabeth irons reese , marjorie marie reese staggs , ralph collins reese reese , helen grace reese carson , clara louise reese pearson lauzon , frances turner reese hoke , rose amos reese , rippon , mildred jane reese , harry burnett reese jr. robert , thomas reese , william reese , charles richard reese hyson reese , american 24 may 1879 hershey , pennsylvania , u.s. west palm beach , florida , u.s. h.b. , harry reese , poppy reese , mr. reese 's reese , hb reese , harry burnett reese 200px founder candy company , hershey , pa and chairman of the board , h.b. reese blanche edna -lrb- hyson -rrb- reese dr. robert reese bryan h. b. reese.jpg h. b. reese confectioner h.b. reese biography york county , pennsylvania , u.s. aquilla asbury reese , annie belinda manifold inventing reese 's peanut butter cups -lsb- http://www.harryburnettreese.info/ www.harryburnettreese.info -rsb- h. b. reese
 harry burnett reese
h. b. reese

harry burnett `` h. b. '' reese -lrb- may 24 , 1879 -- may 16 , 1956 , aged 76 -rrb- was an american inventor known for creating reese 's peanut butter cups and founding the h. b. reese candy company .
he was born in york county , pennsylvania on an agricultural and dairy farm .
he was the son of annie belinda -lrb- manifold -rrb- and aquilla asbury reese .
he married blanche edna -lrb- hyson -rrb- reese on august 1 , 1900 .
h.b reese invented reese 's peanut butter cups in 1928 .
he first moved to hershey , pennsylvania in 1917 , where he enjoyed a relatively prosperous job on a dairy farm owned by the hershey company until the farm was closed by hershey 's .
not long after moving his family to spring grove , pennsylvania , reese moved back to hershey , again working for hershey 's .
always an entrepreneur and inspired by his work , reese began experimenting with candies in his basement , by 1923 he created the h. b. reese candy company .
he built a new home and factory for his growing business in 1926 , selling a large assortment of candies .
by 1928 , h. b. and blanche had sixteen children .
that same year , h. b. reese invented reese 's peanut butter cups .
h.b. reese initially sold his many candies on consignment to retail stores , but by 1935 he was a success and was able to burn all his mortgages .
during world war ii , economic constraints and scarcity of materials led him to discontinue his other candies and concentrate solely on his peanut butter cups , his most popular offering .
