Perhaps a little known fact about Dr. Edison was that inventor Thomas Alva Edison was his first cousin. On the day of his death, Quincy’s Bijou Theatre, 7th and Hampshire, was showing Thomas Edison’s picture, “The Great Strike”.
The Quincy Daily Journal, 3/11/1905, p. 5
DR, EDISON PASSED AWAY
FORMER ARMY SURGEON SUCCUMBED AT HOME HOSPITAL —WELL KNOWN RESIDENT OF QUINCY.
Dr. George W. Edison died late yesterday afternoon at the Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home hospital of bronchial pneumonia. He had been ill for several months, and his advanced age and other physical ailments had made his recovery very doubtful. He suffered a stroke of paralysis about 20 years ago, and had been helpless for.-years. He was removed to the Home hospital on March 18, 1903, since which time he had been gradually failing.
Dr. Edison was widely known and respected in the city. He was prominent In army circles here when the war broke out and he did his share attending to the sick and wounded boys In blue. He was made city physician for Quincy, and was later appointed a surgeon on the Mississippi river hospital, boats plying between St Louis and Vlcksburg. He was enrolled in the army at Quiricy on Jan. 31, 1865, in company D, 148th Illinois Infantry. He was discharged at Nashville, Tenn., on Sept 6, 1865, and for many years after that was one of the leading physicians of Quincy.
The doctor was a Canadian by birth, being born at Vienna, Ontario, on Oct 12, 1826. He moved to Milan, O., when still a young man, and on May 22, 1849, he was married to Miss Mary Harris. The family lived some time at Cleveland, O., and then moved to Hastings, Minn., from where they again moved to Quincy. The widow and three children survive. The children are: Mrs. E. K. Stone Quincy; Mrs. George Watkins, of Chicago, and George W. Edison. The funeral will take-place tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon at 2 o'clock from E. K. Stone's residence, 1636 Maine street. The burial will be private.
[[ Contributed by Bob Keith ]]
The Quincy Daily Journal, 3/11/1905, p. 5
DR, EDISON PASSED AWAY
FORMER ARMY SURGEON SUCCUMBED AT HOME HOSPITAL —WELL KNOWN RESIDENT OF QUINCY.
Dr. George W. Edison died late yesterday afternoon at the Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home hospital of bronchial pneumonia. He had been ill for several months, and his advanced age and other physical ailments had made his recovery very doubtful. He suffered a stroke of paralysis about 20 years ago, and had been helpless for.-years. He was removed to the Home hospital on March 18, 1903, since which time he had been gradually failing.
Dr. Edison was widely known and respected in the city. He was prominent In army circles here when the war broke out and he did his share attending to the sick and wounded boys In blue. He was made city physician for Quincy, and was later appointed a surgeon on the Mississippi river hospital, boats plying between St Louis and Vlcksburg. He was enrolled in the army at Quiricy on Jan. 31, 1865, in company D, 148th Illinois Infantry. He was discharged at Nashville, Tenn., on Sept 6, 1865, and for many years after that was one of the leading physicians of Quincy.
The doctor was a Canadian by birth, being born at Vienna, Ontario, on Oct 12, 1826. He moved to Milan, O., when still a young man, and on May 22, 1849, he was married to Miss Mary Harris. The family lived some time at Cleveland, O., and then moved to Hastings, Minn., from where they again moved to Quincy. The widow and three children survive. The children are: Mrs. E. K. Stone Quincy; Mrs. George Watkins, of Chicago, and George W. Edison. The funeral will take-place tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon at 2 o'clock from E. K. Stone's residence, 1636 Maine street. The burial will be private.
[[ Contributed by Bob Keith ]]
Perhaps a little known fact about Dr. Edison was that inventor Thomas Alva Edison was his first cousin. On the day of his death, Quincy’s Bijou Theatre, 7th and Hampshire, was showing Thomas Edison’s picture, “The Great Strike”.
The Quincy Daily Journal, 3/11/1905, p. 5
DR, EDISON PASSED AWAY
FORMER ARMY SURGEON SUCCUMBED AT HOME HOSPITAL —WELL KNOWN RESIDENT OF QUINCY.
Dr. George W. Edison died late yesterday afternoon at the Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home hospital of bronchial pneumonia. He had been ill for several months, and his advanced age and other physical ailments had made his recovery very doubtful. He suffered a stroke of paralysis about 20 years ago, and had been helpless for.-years. He was removed to the Home hospital on March 18, 1903, since which time he had been gradually failing.
Dr. Edison was widely known and respected in the city. He was prominent In army circles here when the war broke out and he did his share attending to the sick and wounded boys In blue. He was made city physician for Quincy, and was later appointed a surgeon on the Mississippi river hospital, boats plying between St Louis and Vlcksburg. He was enrolled in the army at Quiricy on Jan. 31, 1865, in company D, 148th Illinois Infantry. He was discharged at Nashville, Tenn., on Sept 6, 1865, and for many years after that was one of the leading physicians of Quincy.
The doctor was a Canadian by birth, being born at Vienna, Ontario, on Oct 12, 1826. He moved to Milan, O., when still a young man, and on May 22, 1849, he was married to Miss Mary Harris. The family lived some time at Cleveland, O., and then moved to Hastings, Minn., from where they again moved to Quincy. The widow and three children survive. The children are: Mrs. E. K. Stone Quincy; Mrs. George Watkins, of Chicago, and George W. Edison. The funeral will take-place tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon at 2 o'clock from E. K. Stone's residence, 1636 Maine street. The burial will be private.
[[ Contributed by Bob Keith ]]
The Quincy Daily Journal, 3/11/1905, p. 5
DR, EDISON PASSED AWAY
FORMER ARMY SURGEON SUCCUMBED AT HOME HOSPITAL —WELL KNOWN RESIDENT OF QUINCY.
Dr. George W. Edison died late yesterday afternoon at the Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home hospital of bronchial pneumonia. He had been ill for several months, and his advanced age and other physical ailments had made his recovery very doubtful. He suffered a stroke of paralysis about 20 years ago, and had been helpless for.-years. He was removed to the Home hospital on March 18, 1903, since which time he had been gradually failing.
Dr. Edison was widely known and respected in the city. He was prominent In army circles here when the war broke out and he did his share attending to the sick and wounded boys In blue. He was made city physician for Quincy, and was later appointed a surgeon on the Mississippi river hospital, boats plying between St Louis and Vlcksburg. He was enrolled in the army at Quiricy on Jan. 31, 1865, in company D, 148th Illinois Infantry. He was discharged at Nashville, Tenn., on Sept 6, 1865, and for many years after that was one of the leading physicians of Quincy.
The doctor was a Canadian by birth, being born at Vienna, Ontario, on Oct 12, 1826. He moved to Milan, O., when still a young man, and on May 22, 1849, he was married to Miss Mary Harris. The family lived some time at Cleveland, O., and then moved to Hastings, Minn., from where they again moved to Quincy. The widow and three children survive. The children are: Mrs. E. K. Stone Quincy; Mrs. George Watkins, of Chicago, and George W. Edison. The funeral will take-place tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon at 2 o'clock from E. K. Stone's residence, 1636 Maine street. The burial will be private.
[[ Contributed by Bob Keith ]]
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