<Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> 16 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.harryburnettreese.info </Td> </Tr> <P> Harry Burnett "H.B." Reese (May 24, 1879--May 16, 1956) was an American inventor and businessman known for creating the No. 1 selling candy brand in the United States, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and founding the H.B. Reese Candy Company . In 2009, he was posthumously inducted into the Candy Hall of Fame . </P> <P> H.B. Reese was born on May 24, 1879 on the Frosty Hill Farm, an agricultural and dairy farm located near the Muddy Creek Forks Historic District in York County, Pennsylvania . He was the only child of Annie Belinda Manifold (1854--1935) and Aquilla Asbury Reese Jr. (1845--1914). When it came to earning money as a young man, Reese was creative . He farmed the land, but also milked cows because doing so was a quick way to earn cash . He even built a pond where he raised frogs that he sold to restaurants in the Baltimore area . By 1898, Reese was an accomplished French horn player who performed with local area bands . </P>

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