Mother of Thomas Alva Edison. Daughter of Ebenezer Matthews Elliott and Mercy Peckham. Born in Chenango County, New York, she moved with her family to Vienna, Ontario and taught school there before marrying Samuel Ogden Edison Jr. on Friday, September 12, 1828. They had four children who lived to adulthood (Marion Wallace (Page), William Pitt, Harriet Ann (Bailey), and Thomas Alva), as well as three others (Carlisle Snow, Samuel Ogden III, and Eliza Smith) who died young. Most sources give her birth year as 1810, based on an entry in the Edison family Bible. However, more recent genealogical research suggests 1808 as her probable year of birth.
Mother of Thomas Alva Edison. Daughter of Ebenezer Matthews Elliott and Mercy Peckham. Born in Chenango County, New York, she moved with her family to Vienna, Ontario and taught school there before marrying Samuel Ogden Edison Jr. on Friday, September 12, 1828. They had four children who lived to adulthood (Marion Wallace (Page), William Pitt, Harriet Ann (Bailey), and Thomas Alva), as well as three others (Carlisle Snow, Samuel Ogden III, and Eliza Smith) who died young. Most sources give her birth year as 1810, based on an entry in the Edison family Bible. However, more recent genealogical research suggests 1808 as her probable year of birth.
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