TIMELINE OF TOMS LIFE 1847 Born in Milan, Ohio, on February 11 1854 The Edisons move to Port Huron, Michigan 1859 Works as a newsboy on the railroad 1863 Works as a telegraph operator in cities around the U.S. 1868 Moves to Boston, Massachusetts; inv...
Tom was a man who never ran out of ideas. Although Tom was hard of hearing, he never lost his hearing completely. He didnt let it become a problem, even when his hearing got worse as he got older. In fact, he said it was a good thing because he could...
In 1884, at the height of his success, Tom suffered a terrible loss. His wife Mary died of an illness. She was only twenty-nine years old. Tom had his children stay in New York City. His electricity business was there. He wanted to spend as much time...
It was the summer of 1878. Tom had been working hard for a long time. He was thinking about taking a vacation. Then a friend invited him to join a group of scientists. They were traveling by train to Wyoming to see an eclipse of the sun. Tom decided...
In the mid 1800s, a man in France and a man in Massachusetts both came up with ways to record soundbut as a pattern on paper much the way the dots and dashes of Morse code look on paper. Nobody had figured out how to record sounds and play them back...
In 1869 Tom arrived in New York without a job. But Tom had no trouble finding one. He was already known and respected as a smart young man with exciting, original ideas. He was someone who could make things. Tom had no problem finding work. After a w...
Al was twelve when his father helped him get a job on the Grand Trunk Railroad. The train traveled back and forth between Port Huron and Detroit, Michigan, every day. Al was a newsboy. Along with other boys, he sold newspapers, magazines, and snacks...
Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11, 1847, on a cold snowy night in Milan, Ohio. His parents, Nancy and Samuel, named him Thomas after his great-uncle and Alva after Captain Alva Bradley, a good friend of his father. The family didnt call him...
One day the Edisons couldnt find six-year-old Al, as his family called him. They were visiting Als older sister and her husband on their farm. It was just outside of Milan, Ohio. The year was 1853. Suddenly Als uncle had an idea. He ran out to the ba...
John Wilkes Booth was never brought to trial. A few days after the shooting, his hiding place was discovered. He was shot to death trying to escape. Booth thought what hed done was noble and heroic. However, all over the nation, people mourned the de...
