Henry+Ford

Born 1863 Green Field Township, Detroit, Michigan, US April 7, 1947 Fair Lane, Dearborn, Michigan, US Henry Ford's Eulogy-
 * Founder of the Ford Motor Company
 * Believed that consumerism was the key to peace
 * Arrange family to control Ford Motor Company completely
 * Ford was Anglican/Episcopalian
 * **Father**: William Ford
 * **Mother**: Mary
 * **Wife**: Clara Jane Bryant
 * **Son**: Edsel Bryant Ford

=**Overview of Life Story:**= Henry Ford was born in Green Field Township, Detroit, Michigan(now known as Dearborn, Michigan). Henry had always had a passion about mechanics. In his early teens, his father gave him a pocket watch. At age fifteen, he had a reputation as being a watch repairman. In 1879 he left home to go work as an apprentice in a nearby city of Detroit. In 1882, he returned to Dearborn to work on the family farm. As time went on, he became skilled at using the Westinghouse portable steam engine. Soon he was hired by the Westinghouse company to service their steam engines. In 1888, he married Clara Jane Bryant and later had one child, Edsel Bryant Ford. At age 40, Henry Ford, and 11 other investors, created the Ford Motor Comapany. In 1908, Ford created the Model T. One of the biggest accomplishments in the history of motor cars. As time went on, Ford kept working for the Ford Motors Company. In 1938, Ford suffered a heart attack; which is what made him turn over his company to Edsel(his son). When Edsel died(1943), it Henry Ford out of retirement. In ill health, Henry gave the power of presidency to his grandson Henry Ford II. Henry Ford died in 1947 of a cerebral hemorrhage( A medical condition indicated by the rupturing of a blood vessel in the brain and the subsequent bleeding into the tissues of the brain) at age 83 in Fair Lane, and was buried in the Ford Cemetery in Detrioit.

=**Description on Invention:**= Though Henry Ford may have been the founder of the Ford Company, he also made a numerous amount of inventions. Some inventions may have included, a horseless carriage, the Model T, the Quadricycle, Lake St. Clair, and many other inventions. Each of of these creations were very important and helped revolutionize all of the United States means of transportation. For example, Ford constructed the horseless carriage so that he could finance work and improve the model. He produced the Quadricycle because he was doing different experiments on manufacturing cars; the Quadricycle was just one of the experiments the were successful. Another car, the Lake St. Clair, was known for its mile time. Ford created a car that could finish a whole mile in 39.4 seconds, smashing the record before like a cheetah beating a person in a race. The Lake St. Clair is what some of the best race car drivers back then used. It was the best of its kind. Lastly and most important invention was the Model T. The Model T truly revolutionized the means of transportation forever. The Model T included a steering wheel on the left, the entire engine and all transmission were enclosed, it was cheap. It was simple to drive and easy to repair. What more could you ask for in a car? By 1918(10 years after the Model T came out) half of America's cars were Model T's.

=**Impact Invention had on Society and World:**= First of all, the Model T was one of the biggest marks in the history of cars. The reason being is that is had different innovations such as steering wheel on left side of car, entire engine and all transmission was closed, four cylinders were cast in a solid block, and the suspension used two semi-oval springs; that even car companies today still use some innovations that the Model T consist of. It also impacted our society and world because it was cheap to buy, cheap to repair, and easy to use. How great is that? By 1918 almost half of America's car were Model T's. Ford's Model T not only revolutionized the future in manufacturing cars, it also gave new ideas to different people on how to improve cars. If it wasn't for Ford's Model T, most of our cars right now would not have a enclosed engine and transmission, and who knows, we probably would even have a steering wheel on the left side.

=**Death**= In 1938, Ford sadly suffered an initial heat attack. His heart attack caused him to turn over his company to his only son Edsel. In 1943, when Edsel died, Henry Ford had to come out of retirement. In ill health, he gave his power of presidency to his grandson Henry Ford II. He tragically died in 1947 of a [|cerebral hemorrhage] at the age of 83. He was buried in the Ford Cemetery in Detroit.

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