-Henry Ford Henry Ford's parents left Ireland during the potato famine and settled in the Detroit area in the 1840s. Henry Ford, born July 30, 1863, was the first of William and Mary Ford's six children. ... Henry enjoyed a childhood typical of the rural nineteenth century, spending days in a one-room school and doing farm chores. ... Probably the most dramatic event in Henry Ford's life happened in 1876 when he was thirteen years old. ... The meeting with Thomas Edison gave Henry Ford fresh inspiration and his spirit was renewed by the famous inventor's words of encourage...

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