Henry Ford

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Henry Ford

• Biography By
• Daniel LaGesse

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Life Events

• 1863 Born in Detroit, Michigan
• Left family farm to work in Detroit machine
  shops
  
• 1888 Married Clara Bryant of Greenfield Township
• Moved to 10- acre farm in Dearborn, Michigan
• Moved back to Detroit, Becomes engineer at Edison
  Illuminating Company
  
• Edsel Bryant Ford, Henrys only child, is born
• Henry Fords first automobile, the Quadricycle,
  is created
  
• Ford Motor Company is officially incorporated
• The Model A goes on the market
• Ford begins manufacturing the famous Model T

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Life Events continued

• Began operations at new plant in Highland Park,
  Michigan
  
• Introduced assembly line at Highland Park,
  Michigan
  
• Starts paying workers 5.00 for an 8-hour day
• Loses bid for U.S. senate
• Edsel B. Ford becomes president of the company
• Focuses on air transportation, developes the
  tri-motor airplane
  
• Creates Greenfield Village
• Builds first V-8 automobile
• 1947 Henry dies a natural death

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Autmobiles

• 1896 Quadricycle
• Model A
• Model T
• Many other automobiles

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Accomplishments

• Made the automobile more efficient
• Created Greenfield Village to preserve American
  history of the 1900s
  
• Changed the life of American people

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Family

• Mother
• Father
• 2 Brothers
• Mother died when Henry was 12

• Henry married Clara Bryant of Greenfield Township
  in 1888
  
• Edsel Bryant Ford, son

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Characteristics

• Patience
• Creativity
• Inquisitive
• Perservering

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Jobs

• Jim Flowers Machine shop
• Edison Illuminating Company
• Henry Ford Company

• Detroit Automobile Company
• Ford Motor Company