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He met and married Mary Stilwell, <ref>They were married on Christmas Day, 1871, when Mary was sixteen. [http://www.sparknotes.com/biography/edison/terms/char_6.html (Spark Notes)] </ref>
 
He met and married Mary Stilwell, <ref>They were married on Christmas Day, 1871, when Mary was sixteen. [http://www.sparknotes.com/biography/edison/terms/char_6.html (Spark Notes)] </ref>
 
and they had three children, Marion Estelle, Thomas Alva Jr, and William. (Later after Mary's death in 1884, he remarried. He wed his 2nd wife Mina Miller in 1886, they had 3 children, Madelene, Charles and Theodore, and remained together until his death).
 
and they had three children, Marion Estelle, Thomas Alva Jr, and William. (Later after Mary's death in 1884, he remarried. He wed his 2nd wife Mina Miller in 1886, they had 3 children, Madelene, Charles and Theodore, and remained together until his death).
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His first daughter was nicknamed "Dot", and his first son "Dash" (see [[Morse Code]]). <ref> [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edtime.html Edison: Timeline for Inventing Entertainment], Library of Congress </ref>
      
==Inventions==
 
==Inventions==
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http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/edison
 
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/edison
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http://www.nps.gov/archive/edis/edisonia.htm
    
[[Category:Inventors|Edison, Thomas Alva]] [[Category:Homeschooled persons]]
 
[[Category:Inventors|Edison, Thomas Alva]] [[Category:Homeschooled persons]]
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