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Birth,Milan, Ohio, U.S.
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Edison's family moved to Port Huron, Michigan
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Edison moved to Louisville, Kentucky, as an employee of Western Union
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Edison married 16-year-old Mary Stilwell (1855–1884)
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the invention that first gained him wider notice was the phonograph
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Thomas Edison's first successful light bulb model, used in public demonstration at Menlo Park,
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he founded the Edison Illuminating Company
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Edison married the 20-year-old Mina Miller (1865–1947)
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