Mary Stilwell Edison - U.S. National Park Service
Mary Stilwell was born in Newark, New Jersey on September 6, 1855, the daughter of Nicholas Stilwell and Margaret Crane. At his subsidiary, the News Reporting Telegraph Company in Newark , Edison had noticed the 16-year-old punching perforations into telegraph tape.
Thomas Edison’s First Wife May Have Died of a Morphine Overdose
Nov 15, 2011 · Those online sources helped Carlat and his team uncover new information about Edison’s personal and professional life, including the intriguing possibility that his first wife, Mary Edison, died from a morphine overdose on August 9, 1884.
The Edison Family - Thomas Edison
Mary and Thomas Edison had three children in their 13 years of marriage. However, since none of them had children of their own, there are no living direct descendants of Thomas and Mary Stilwell Edison. Mary and Thomas Edison’s first child was Marion Estelle, born on February 18, 1873.
Thomas Edison's first wife may have died of a morphine overdose - Phys.org
Nov 16, 2011 · Mary Stilwell Edison, Thomas Edison's first wife, died on August 9, 1884. When Louis Carlat and his colleagues at the Thomas Edison Papers, which is based at Rutgers University, began working on...
Edison's Two Families — Edison Museum - Beaumont, Texas
Mary Stilwell Edison - First Wife: Mary was born in Newark, New Jersey on September 9, 1855 as the daughter of Nicholas Stilwell and Margaret Crane. Mary caught Edison's eye while she worked at Edison's subsidiary the News Reporting Telegraph Company at the young age of 16.
Heartbreak at Menlo Park | National Endowment for the …
Mar 4, 2014 · Volume 7, Losses and Loyalties (2011), covers the months from April 1883 through December 1885, and contains documents from one of the most tragic events of Edison's life: the death of his first wife, Mary Stilwell Edison, at a young age.
How Did Thomas Edison’s Wives Die? - Celeb Answers
Dec 25, 2020 · Thomas Edison’s first wife, Mary Stilwell, officially died from “congestion of the brain” and his second wife Mina Miller died from a heart attack after Edison’s death. There is still a lot of speculation on how Mary Stilwell died.
The Mystery Around Thomas Edison's First Wife, Mary Stilwell …
Thomas Edison’s first wife, Mary Stilwell Edison, passed away on August 9, 1884. While the exact cause of her death is not certain, there is some evidence to suggest that she may have died from a morphine overdose.
Rutgers project uncovers rare facts hidden in millions of pages of ...
Jan 11, 2012 · — Mary Stilwell was 15 when a rainstorm caught her by surprise on her way home from school, leading her to take refuge in Thomas Edison’s factory in Newark. She noticed his "handsome eyes" — and...
NPS Historical Handbook: Beehives of Invention
May 19, 2005 · He had married Mary Stilwell in 1871, when she was an employee in his Newark shop. He was 24 and she was 16. Their years together were marked by long hours of solitude for Mary Edison, for he found his greatest meaning in life in the laboratory, not the home.