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Clara Ford died on September 29, 1950. The wife of the famous automobile pioneer and American industrialist, Henry Ford, had suffered a heart attack earlier in the year and her health had steadily declined. Clara was laid in repose at Fair Lane, her Dearborn, Michigan, home. Family buried her next to her husband in the Ford family cemetery in Detroit.
Clara Ford, wife of Henry Ford, drove this Detroit Electric. In the years before World War I many women chose electric cars because they started instantly without hand cranking and had no difficult-to-shift transmission. The superintendent of the Detroit Electric factory employed his daughter, Lillian Reynolds, to sell to women -- including Clara Ford, who drove this car into the 1930s.
Apr 4, 2022 · Born April 11, 1866, Clara Bryant was the third of 10 children and grew up on a farm in rural Michigan. She attended school until the age of 17 and shared similar childhood experiences as her future husband, Henry Ford. Meeting for the first time at a New Year’s dance in 1885, they appreciated each other’s serious and ambitious natures.
Businesswoman. The wife of Industrialist Henry Ford I, she was born in Greenfield Township, Michigan. She married Henry Ford on April 11, 1888, in her parents' home, and in November 1893, their only child Edsel was born. Mr. Ford related, I called her 'the Believer', because Mrs. Ford was the only one who believed in...
Biography of Clara Jane Bryant Ford, 1866-1950. By Linda Avery. Clara Bryant Ford was born in Wayne County, Michigan, on April 11, 1866, to Melvin S. Bryant and Martha Bench. In 1888, she married the automotive pioneer, Henry Ford. They had one child, Edsel. Her father was a farmer and also a state senator in the 1870's.
Henry Ford courted Clara Bryant from 1885-1888 before Clara's mother granted her daughter permission to marry. The ceremony was conducted by the Reverend Samuel W. Frisbie, for a $10 fee. Henry wore a blue suit and Clara a dress she made for the occasion. They were wed in the old-fashioned bay window in the home of Clara's parents, Melvin and Martha Bryant.
Clara Ford died on September 29, 1950. The wife of the famous automobile pioneer and American industrialist, Henry Ford, had suffered a heart attack earlier in the year and her health had steadily declined. Family buried her next to her husband in the Ford family cemetery in Detroit, Michigan.
