Thomas Edison was the seventh and last child of his parents; Samuel Ogden Edison, Jr. and Nancy Matthews Elliott.
Thomas Edison only received 3 months of official schooling, after that he was home schooled.
He became hard of hearing at the age of 12
His family moved to Port Huron in Michigan when the railroad bypassed Milan.
He became a telephone operator after he saved a boy named Jimmie Mackenzie from being hit by a train.
Jimmie Mackenzie’s father trained him as a telephone operator after he saved his son.
Thomas Edison only received 3 months of official schooling, after that he was home schooled.
He became hard of hearing at the age of 12
His family moved to Port Huron in Michigan when the railroad bypassed Milan.
He became a telephone operator after he saved a boy named Jimmie Mackenzie from being hit by a train.
Jimmie Mackenzie’s father trained him as a telephone operator after he saved his son.
