Editing John Deere (inventor) (section)

==Later life==
Later in life, Deere focused most of his attention on civil and political affairs. He served as president of the National Bank of Moline, as a director of the Moline Free Public Library, and was a trustee of the First Congregational Church.<ref name="deerebio"/><ref name=leaders>"[http://www.deere.com/en_US/compinfo/student/JohnDeerebio.html John Deere: Founder and President 1837–1886] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070611223612/http://www.deere.com/en_US/compinfo/student/JohnDeerebio.html |date=June 11, 2007 }}," ''Deere & Company'', official website. Retrieved May 22, 2007.</ref> Deere also served as [[Moline, Illinois|Moline's]] mayor for two years but due to chest pains and [[dysentery]] Deere refused to run for a second term.<ref name=deerebio/><ref name=dahlstrom>Dahlstrom, Neil and Dahlstrom, Jeremy.''The John Deere Story: A Biography of Plowmakers John & Charles Deere.'' Northern Illinois University Press, 2005, pgs. 101–104</ref> In 1875, he acquired, expanded and modernized the house now known as [[John Deere House]]. He died at home, named by him [[John Deere House|Red Cliff]], on May 17, 1886, at the age of 82.<ref name=DeereMansion>"[http://www.johndeeremansion.com/ John Deere Mansion Moline Il] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110208003249/http://johndeeremansion.com/ |date=February 8, 2011 }}," ''John Deere'', official website.</ref>

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File:Ogle County-Ashton-Gr Detour 027.jpg|The John Deere House in [[Grand Detour, Illinois]], built 1836
File:MiddleburyJohnDeereMonument.jpg|A monument in [[Middlebury, Vermont]] marking the shop in the town where John Deere learned the blacksmith trade
File:John Deere grave.JPG|John Deere grave in [[Riverside Cemetery (Moline, Illinois)|Riverside Cemetery]], Moline
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