What do we know about Edison’s family?

Edison got married in 1871, to Mary Stilwell who was a former employee of his. He did love his wife deeply, but their family life was not always an easy one. Edison was always busy with his work, and he would often sleep in the workplace. However, having seen Edison at work with his team in Newark, Mary was able to understand his obsession with work.

The Edison had three children, Marion, Thomas Jr. and William Leslie. For the first two, Edison had given the cute nicknames, ‘Dot’ and ‘Dash’ — taken from the Morse code used in telegraphs. Edison was very fond of his children.

Unfortunately, Mary became very ill and she died in 1884, at the young age of 29.

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