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1847Thomas Edison is born

Thomas Edison was born in Ohio on February 11. His family later moved to Michigan. 1859Thomas sets up one of his first chemistry labs

As a boy, Thomas Edison worked with the Grand Trunk Railroad.

He set up his very own chemistry lab on board the train. 1867Thomas Edison begins his first of many experiments

Throughout the Civil War Thomas worked as a wire operator.

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He became familiar with the telegraph instruments and started experimenting with them. 1868Thomas Edison files his first patent

After beginning work with Western Union, Thomas invented an automatic vote recorder.

He filed his very first patent for this machine. 1870Edison becomes a full time inventor

He moved to New Jersey and used all of his money and time to work on new inventions. He invented several stock market machines during this time. 1871Thomas Edison gets married to Mary Stillwell

Mary was one of Thomas's employees in New Je