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Henry Ford was born on July 30, 1863. He was born in Dearborn, Michigan and was the first of six children.
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In 1879, at the age of 16 Henry left home to go to Detroit so he could become a mechanic at James F Flowers and Brothers.
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Henry Ford got married to Clara Bryant on April 11, 1888 and had one son named Edsel Ford.
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Henry met with Thomas Edison who approved of his experimentation of the Model T.Thomas Edison also motivated him so Ford continued on bettering his model of automobile, and completed a second vehicle in 1898.
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The Henry Ford Company was the second company for Henry Ford, founded November, 1901. It resulted from the reorganization of the Detroit Automobile Company.
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Henry Ford invented the model T, his most famous invention and which sold through the whole U.S.
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Henry Ford's car's were sold at such low prices at $850 in 1908 to less than $300 in 1925 which resulted of about 15 million model Ts sold in the U.S. which was 40 percent of the U.S.
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Henry Ford created the assembly line in 1913 which was the first moving assembly line invented and the assembly line could make a car in 30 minutes to 12 hours.
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In 1915 Henry traveled to Europe during World War I to talk people into peace instead of war.
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In 1918 the year the war, ended Henry ran as a democrat for senate seat from Michigan. He lost the election and never did public office again.
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Henry was awarded the Franklin Institute's Elliott Cresson Medal in 1928.
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During World War Two the Ford Motor Company made jeeps, tanks, and more for the Armed Forces.
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Henry Ford died on April 7, 1947 at the age of 83, in his home of Dearborn, Michigan.
