Thomas Edison By jhobson Feb 11, 1847 Born milan,OH 1856 he turned his family celler in to a lab 1859 had scarlet fever 1869 Thomas moved to new York and later established his lab 1876 tomas moved his lab to menlo park, new jersey 1887 he moved his lab to new jersey 1931 he was born in 1847 and died in 1931