Thomas Edison (1847-1931)

Thomas Alva Edison, of West Orange, New Jersey "America's Greatest Inventor"

He was born at Milan, Ohio, and raised in Port Huron, Michigan. He was completely deaf in one ear and could barely hear in the other. He received no formal education but was a voracious reader and by age-13 was funding his early experiments by selling candy, newspapers etc., on trains.

Parents (2)

Samuel Ogden Edison Jr.

Samuel Ogden Edison Jr., of Port Huron, Michigan

1804-1896

Nancy Matthews Elliott

Mrs Nancy (Matthews/Elliott) Edison

1810-1871

Spouses (2)

Mary Stilwell

Mrs Mary (Stilwell) Edison

1855-1884

Mina Miller

Mrs Mina (Miller) Edison

1865-1947

Children (6)

Marion (Edison) Oeser

Mrs "Dot" Marion Estelle (Edison) Oeser

1872-1965

Thomas Alva Edison II

Tom "Dash" Edison II, of Springfield, Massachusetts

1876-1935

William Leslie Edison

William Leslie Edison, of Wilmington, Delaware

1878-1937

Madeleine (Edison) Sloane

Mrs Madeleine (Edison) Sloane

1888-1979

Charles Edison

Charles "Lord Edison" 42nd Governor of New Jersey & U.S. Secretary of the Navy

1890-1969

Theodore Miller Edison

Theodore Miller Edison, Inventor, of West Orange, New Jersey

1898-1992