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The Man Who Made Life Easier Henry Ford was one of the greatest pioneers of American History. He created the Model-T automobile and invented the fast paced assembly line. Henry was born on July 30, 1863 in Dearborn, Michigan in the upstairs bedroom of a farmhouse where he lived. He was the first of six children. He lived with his mother, Mary Litogot Ford, and his father, William Ford, who emigrated from Ireland in 1847. He had a typical childhood, with many chores to do on the farm such as: tending animals, orchards, vegetable gardens, and sowing and reaping the crops. Henry never liked to do that kind of work, because it was boring to him. The only type of farm work he was interested in was work with The McCormick Mechanical Reaper. This machine could do the work of ten men all at one time. Ford was the kind of boy who would like to take things apart and put them all back together again. Machines and tools were toys to him while other boys were interested in sports. He knew what he wasted to do with his life right away, and that was to be a mechanic. Ford spent his spare time reading all about gas engines. Henry started out by taking watches apart and putting them back together again. Many people started bringing their broken watches and clocks to him to fix. When Henry was thirteen, he had lost his mother Mary.
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