Henry’s Wife, Clara Ford

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Henry Ford met his wife, Clara Ford (formerly Clara Bryant) when he was 24 years old. Back on his father's farm, it was at a New Year's Even party at a nearby farmhouse that Henry Ford met his wife, then Clara Bryant. Clara was a friend of Ford's sister.

What was Henry Ford's wife, Clara Ford, like?

Henry Ford's wife Clara Ford had many nice qualities but to Henry Ford, she had one quality that surpassed all others.

Clara Ford was actually interested in his dream about the horseless carriage, and she encouraged him to pursue it. Henry Ford married her and then they moved to Detroit where he could be closer to the tools and resources he would need.

Henry and Clara Ford shared a common interest, which is one of the greatest indicators of a happy life. Clara and her husband lived happily together in their home near Detroit until they died.

Henry Ford's Son Edsel

Soon after moving to Detroit, Henry Ford and his wife Clara Ford had their first and only child. Henry and Clara Ford had a son whom they named Edsel after Henry Ford's best childhood friend.

Shortly after Edsel was born, Henry Ford rushed into the kitchen one day to show Clara Ford his first one-cylinder gasoline engine. It was the first step Henry Ford achieved in the creation of his horseless carriage.

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Young Henry Ford And the Horseless Carriage

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Throughout Henry Ford's entire life, he had always been interested in mechanics despite his father's efforts to get him interested in farming and become a farmer just like he was. Henry Ford knew he would not have made history being a farmer.

After three years of working his double shifts in Detroit, Henry Ford completed his apprenticeship and returned to the farm to help his father for a while.

Ford's first exposure to machines that operated by its own power instead of horses was actually with a steam engine. He discovered one of his father's neighbors had purchased a steam engine but couldn't find anyone who knew how to drive it. Henry Ford dashed over and volunteered for the job, of course.

Shortly after, the manufacturer of the engine itself heard about Henry's skill in driving and repairing the machine, and he hired Henry Ford to sell and repair steam engines throughout southern Michigan. Henry was also sent to Detroit occasionally to repair other machines.

Henry Ford and Internal Combustion, horseless carriage

On one of his trips into Detroit at that time, Henry Ford was introduced to an internal combustion engine. It was love at first sight. Immediately, Henry saw the possibilities. This engine relied on gasoline instead of coal or steam, and it was smaller and lighter than a steam engine.

Henry set to work to find out all he could about the engine. He learned to repair it, to take it apart, even to build a new one. All along, the question on his mind was whether this engine could someday be the key to his dream of building a horseless carriage. Finally, Henry Ford decided to build his own internal combustion engine, and try it out.

It took him several years to build his first fully working 1-Cylinder engine, which arrived just days after the birth of his only son, Edsel.

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