Andrew Anderson of Ames and Miss -a Gord of Des Moines. He also leaves four brothers, Ole Gord of Badger, Tom Gord of Arlington, Texas, Jesse Gord of Ogden and Pete Gord of Marshalltown, three sisters, Mrs. All were present at the services with the exception of the daughters who were unable to be here. Ervin Hoinke of Cincinnati, Ohio, Terrance Gord of Wayne, Mich., Harry Gord of Ames, Oney Gord of Des Moines, Jennings, Charles and Bert of Slater. The children left to mourn his loss are Miss Sadie Gord and Mrs. His marriage to Mary Severson took place in 1892.
Two solos "Abide With Me" and "Sometime We'll Understand" were sung by Mrs. The pall bearers were Calfing Finch of Kelley, Henry Sampson, Erick Ryen, Christ Tweedt, Ole Frovick and Henry Roney. Many beautiful floral offerings surrounded the casket. 29-Funeral services for Henry Gord, 67, were held Friday afternoon at the Jennings Gord home and at two at the Bethlehem church.
Malcomson gave Ford full control over his production, and the company introduced the Model A in 1904.įor Henry Ford, failure did not hinder innovation, but served as the impetus to hone his vision for a technology that would ultimately transform the world.Slater, Jan. Several years after the second parting with Murphy, Ford met Alexander Malcomson, a coal magnate with a risk-taking spirit like Ford. These two failures could have been career-ending, but Ford continued. Shortly after Murphy brought in an outside manager to supervise Ford’s process, Ford left the company and everyone wrote him off. Ford felt that Murphy pressured him to prepare the automobile for production and set unrealistic expectations from the beginning. However, their second venture, the Henry Ford Company, stumbled from the start. He convinced Murphy to give him a second chance, a rare occurrence in the early 20 th century. He realized that his previous automobile design depended on serving numerous consumer needs. Soon after, they dissolved the company.įord recalibrated his efforts after his first failure. Ford wanted to create the perfect automobile design, but the board saw little results. In 1901, a year and a half after the company began operations, Murphy and the shareholders got restless. The Detroit Automobile Company resulted from this union, but problems arose shortly after its creation. Murphy, a Detroit businessman, to back his automobile production. Capital was difficult to attain, however, and in the late 1800s no one had established a standard business model for the automobile industry. Once Ford created the Quadricycle, an automobile prototype, he needed funding to start work on enhancing it.
Nonetheless, Ford used the lessons from these failures to instruct his future success as an inventor and a businessman. His investors got cold feet over Ford’s meticulousness, and he was unable to find solid financial backing for the automobile in his first two ventures. His innovative manufacturing process produced low-cost, reliable vehicles, while simultaneously keeping his workers well-paid and loyal.īefore his success, however, Ford encountered failure during initial production of his first automobile. He optimized transportation and forever changed the United States automobile industry. Henry Ford is one of the most renowned entrepreneurs in history. Henry Ford, standing, and Barney Oldfield in 1902, via Wikimedia Commons.