William Ford, Who Crossed the Atlantic From Ireland by Steerage, Marries Fellow Country Woman Mary O'Hern.

The American Civil War begins; 150,000 Irishmen will serve with the Union forces, and 40,000 with the Confederacy

Death of Patrick Brontë from Ballynaskeagh, Co Down, father of Emily, Charlotte, Anne and Bramwell

William Ford, who crossed the Atlantic from Ireland by steerage, marries fellow country woman Mary O'Hern.

William Ford, who emigrated from Ireland to the United States by steerage, marries fellow Irish immigrant Mary O’Hern. The couple would go on to have a son, Henry Ford, who would revolutionize transportation and industry by pioneering the mass production of the automobile through the moving assembly line.