When Henry was a young teenager his father had set him of to do farm work. Unsatisfied with farm work, Henry left home the next year at age 16 to take a apprenticeship as a machinist in Detroit. In the later years he would find himself being able to operate and service steam engines.
In 1888, Henry married Clara Ala Bryant and briefly returned to farming to support his wife and son, Edsel. But three years later, he was hired as an engineer for the Edison Illuminating Company. In 1883, his natural talents earned him a promotion to Chief Engineer.All the while, Ford developed his plans for a horseless carriage, and in 1896, he constructed his first model, the Ford Quadricycle. Within the same year, he attended a meeting with Edison executives and found himself presenting his automobile plans to Thomas Edison. The lighting genius encouraged Ford to build a second and better model.After a few trials building cars and companies, in 1903, Henry Ford established the Ford Motor Company.
Henry Ford introduced the Model T in October of 1908. However, more than for his profits, In 1914, he sponsored the development of the moving assembly line technique of mass production. After that, he introduced the $5-per-day wage as a method his company. Almost half of all cars in America in 1918 were Model T’s. After teaching the world many techniques Henry Ford died on April 7, 1947.
