THOMAS EDISON

WHEN WAS HE BORN?

• Thomas Edison was

born in 1847 in

Milan, Ohio.

• He grew up in Port

Huron, Michigan.

FAMILY

Thomas Edison was the seventh child.

FIRST WIFE

Thomas Edison had two wives.

The first wife was Mary Stilwell, they had three

children.

Mary died in 1884. She died when she was 29.

SECOND WIFE

His second wife was Mina Miller.

They had three children as well.

FIRST JOB

Thomas Edison’s first job was as a telegraph

operator.

His first patented invention

was the vote recorder in 1869.

Later in 1871 he invented

the phonograph. He was 24

years old and it became very

popular.

Thomas Edison improved the

light bulb idea, using

electricity.

INVENTIONS

His other inventions

was, motion picture

camera.

He has over 1,093

patents in the US.

Thomas Edison had a

winter escape in Fort

Myers, Florida.

There are two houses,

one for Thomas Edison's

family and one for the

guests.

He had a lab there as

well.

FORT MYERS

Thomas Edison died in 1931.