3. Born in 1863 on a farm in Michigan

4. Henry’s parents where William and Mary Ford

5. His brother’s and sister’s where Margret, Jane, William II, and Robert

6. He disliked farm life

7. His parents where immigrants from Ireland

8. He moved to Detroit when he was 17 to learn more about engines

9. His mom died at a young age

10. He met Clara Bryant, and they got married in 1880

11. They had a single son Edsel

12. He began the Ford Motor Company in 1903

13. Soon the Ford Motor Company was the biggest car factory in the world

14. Henry died April 17,1947 because of a stroke

15. When he died he was 84 years old

16. When Henry died, Edsel inherited the company