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Leland was the son of Leander Leland and Zilpha Tifft. He married Ellen Rhoda Hull (April 24, 1846 – January 15, 1914), the daughter of Elias Hull. They had three children: Martha Gertrude (1868–1912), Wilfred Chester (November 7, 1869 – 1958), and Miriam Edith (1872–1894).
As the United States prepared to enter World War I, Henry Leland wanted his Cadillac Motor Car Company to build Liberty V-12 aircraft engines for the military. But Billy Durant, head of corporate parent General Motors and a dedicated pacifist, refused Leland's request.
Jan 26, 2021 · Henry and Wilfred Leland formed Lincoln Motor Co. in 1917 and received a contract to produce 6,000 Liberty engines during World War I.
Leland and his son Wilfred formed the Lincoln Motor Company in 1917 to build Liberty aircraft engines and, after WWI ended, began building luxury automobiles. However the company became insolvent in 1922, and would be bought out by Henry Ford.
Jul 23, 2014 · Henry Martyn Leland founded Lincoln Motor Company. The collection contains the papers of both Henry M. Leland and his son, Wilfred C. Leland.
Nov 24, 2016 · With his son, Wilfred, and many poached Cadillac employees, Leland formed a company to manufacture military engines, and named it after the first man he ever voted for, Abraham Lincoln.
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Following a dispute with Billy Durant, whose General Motors corporation acquired Cadillac in 1909, Leland resigned and founded Lincoln Motor Company in 1917. Henry Leland grew up in Vermont and learned the importance of precision manufacturing in New England's state-of-the-art factories.
