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Henry Ford - College Essay

Henry Ford

was known for mass producing cars and for the first time the average family
had the chance to own one. Henry was born to the name Henry William Ford. His parents William
and Mary Litigot Ford were married in 1862 waiting just one year to have Henry as their first
born on July 30, 1863 in Springwells Michigan a suburb of Dearborn.
His childhood was an average for a farm boy. He went to a couple of different farm
schools through out his boyhood. When he was not studying he working on the farm or reading one
of his father's McGruffy Readers just for fun. Just like any boy he did not like to work on the
farm, but instead of not doing it he did it while day dreaming of building a ...

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walked to Detroit to get a job at Michigan Car Works making repairs for $1.10 a day. He then
received a apprenticing job at Dry Dock Engine Company where he was a natural at designing
engines and repairing them. After mastering the machinists trade he went back home to go to a
small business college for three months. At home he met and courted Clara Bryant a daughter of
a neighboring farmer.

They were wed on April 11, 1888. Their home was on a 40 acre farm his father had given
him. He was not happy working on a farm and Clara knew it. So she insisted on them moving to
Detroit whether or not he had a job. Luckily he found a job fairly quickly and he began doing
what he loved and wanted to do build cars. He designed and built a car in a shed behind his
house on Bagley Avenue. People were in awe when he would ride about town almost bragging that
he had built a car. Soon after he was working as chief engineer at Detroit Edison Co. making
$1,800 a year; ...

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