Henry Ford: Henry Ford, American industrialist who revolutionized factory production with his assembly-line methods. Ford spent most of his life making headlines. Your physician may not take part in all Henry Ford MyChart offerings. Please check with your doctor how you may interact with them through MyChart as.

Timeline The Life of Henry Ford Downtown Detroit, c. 1880, Courtesy: Detroit Public Library, Burton Collection July 30, 1863 Henry Ford is born on a farm to William and Mary Ford in Springwells Township, Michigan, located nine miles outside of Detroit.

December 1879 Henry Ford leaves his family farm to pursue his interest in machinery in Detroit. One of his first jobs is at the Flowers Brothers Machine Shop where, for a salary of $2.50 a week, he shapes brass valves on a milling machine. April 11, 1888 On her 22nd birthday, Clara Bryant of Greenfield Township marries Henry Ford.

Bryant grew up on a farm a few miles northeast of the Ford homestead. Clara Ford holding baby Edsel, Courtesy: The Henry Ford Museum November 6, 1893 Clara gives birth to a son, Edsel Bryant Ford. The family is living in a rented house on Bagley Avenue in Detroit.

June 4, 1896 After two years of spending nearly every free minute refining his engine in the small shed behind his home, as well as in a basement room at Edison Illuminating, Ford completes his first automobile, the 'Quadricycle,' and drives it through the streets of Detroit. Cardimax Fx 2111 Manual Meat. Henry Ford driving the 1896 Quadricycle, Courtesy: The Henry Ford Museum August 5, 1899 With financial investors he has attracted with his quadricycle, Ford forms the Detroit Automobile Company. Over the next several years, Ford will have a number of financial backers, who eventually all become exasperated with his constant attempts to update and improve his models.

October 10, 1901 Ford enters one of his cars in a 10-mile car race in Grosse Pointe, which he wins. His victory makes him the talk of automotive circles. Soon after, he builds a newer, more powerful racer -- the 999 -- which sets an American speed record of five miles in five minutes 28 seconds. Racing on the Grosse Pointe Track, Courtesy: The Henry Ford Museum June 16, 1903 Henry Ford and his partner Alexander Malcomson, Detroit’s largest coal dealer, incorporate the Ford Motor Company with $28,000 in cash and $21,000 in promised funds from 10 other investors -- primarily friends, relatives, or business contacts of Malcomson.