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THE LIFE OF HENRY FORD     Henry ford was born July 30, 1863. He was the starting child out of six born to William and Mary interbreeding. He grew up on a big farm in Dearborn, Michigan. He went to school in a one room building and did galore(postnominal) chores every day after he got home. He did not care farm chores. He did like to work on mechanical things. When he was 16, he left home to move to Detroit. He got a crease there working on machinery. Three years later he went back home and began to work on repairing steam engines. In 1888, he married Clara and ran a sawmill to make money.     In 1891, Henry Ford began working for Edison Illuminating Company in Detroit. He was promoted to principal guide in 1893. He began to experiment on internal combustion engines on his let time at home. In 1896, he built his own vehicle that moved on its own called the Quadricycle. He was not the first to make a machine that ran on gasoline by itse lf.      In 1903, the Ford Motor Company was created. He became the Vice President and the Chief Engineer of the corporation. There were other people who helped run the business and slacken off money to it. The company only made a few cars a day. In 1908, he made the Model T. It was reliable and did not personify a lot. It was easy to drive and handle on rough roads. It was a huge success.     By 1918, almost half of all the cars in the States were Model Ts. In 1910, in Highland, Michigan, Mr. Ford built another(prenominal) plant to make a lot more of these cars. In 1913, he created the first true