Who were Thomas Edison's wives?

On December 25, 1871, Edison married 16-year-old Mary Stilwell, whom he had met two months earlier as she was an employee at one of his shops. They had three children:

• Marion Estelle Edison (1873-1965), nicknamed "Dot"
• Thomas Alva Edison, Jr. (1876-1935), nicknamed "Dash"
• William Leslie Edison (1878-1937)

Mary Edison died on August 9, 1884.

On February 24, 1886, at the age of thirty nine, Edison married 20-year-old Mina Miller in Akron, Ohio. She was the daughter of inventor Lewis Miller, co-founder of the Chautauqua Institution and a benefactor of Methodist charities. They also had three children:

• Madeleine Edison (1888-1979), who married John Eyre Sloane
• Charles Edison (1890-1969), who took over the company upon his father's death and who later was elected Governor of New Jersey

Mina outlived Thomas Edison, dying on August 24, 1947