Samuel Ogden Edison Jr.
(1804–1896)
BIRTH
August 16, 1804
PLACE
Digby, Nova Scotia
DEATH
1896
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Norwalk, Ohio
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Thomas Edison
(1847-1931)
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Samuel Ogden Edison Jr. was the father of inventor Thomas Edison. Born in Nova Scotia, he worked at several trades, took part in the 1837 Mackenzie Rebellion, and then moved to the United States with his family.
EARLY LIFE
Samuel was born in Digby, Nova Scotia, on August 16, 1804. He married Nancy Mathews Elliott on September 12, 1828; the couple later lived in Ontario and Ohio.
Samuel split roof shingles, worked as a tailor, and kept a tavern. After the failed rebellion in Upper Canada, he fled to the United States and eventually oversaw construction of Thomas Edison’s Menlo Park laboratory.
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DEATH
The National Park Service reports that Samuel died in 1896 at age 92; its account does not identify a cause.
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