1. The first man who was building cars.

2. Henry was born in Michigan on July 30, 1863.

3. When he was young he liked fixing farm machinery and watches.

4. When he was 13 years old he liked to build things with wood.

5. He was interested in the steam engine.

6. When he is 16 years old he moved to Detroit.

7. He worked in shops and made parts of machines.

8. In his free time he was building gasoline engines.

9. Henry Ford married Clara Jane Bryant on April 11, 1888. In 1891 he was working for Thomas Edison. In 1893 Henry and Clara had a son, Edsel.

10. Henry became a chief engineer. He worked on cars and other ideas until he died in 1947.

11. He had been building a lot of machine also.

12. Henry Ford was a great man. I feel like I am thankful to him.

13. Gaines, Ann. Discover The Life Of An Inventor: Henry Ford. Florida : Rourke Publishing LLC, 2002.