Born in Ohio in 1847
Youngest of seven kids
He had scarlet fever as a child, leaving him almost deaf
He had 1093 inventions
He married Mary Stillwell and had three children
He started his famous laboratory in New Jersey
He attained great fame and fortune for his inventions
His wife died and he remarried and had three more kids
He worked on inventions until his death in 1931
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