Re: Samuel - father of Thomas Alva
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Re: Samuel - father of Thomas Alva
JOHN BURTON 11/15/06
I have not answered one of these queries for years so bear with me.I, too, am a cousin to Thomas Alva Edison.My great grandmother was Alice Hampton who was married to John Armstrong.John and Alice both died in Kingman, ME.Maria Edison was the mother of Alice (Hampton) Armstrong.She appears to have been the daughter of one of the sons of Samuel Ogden Edison, Sr..Besides Samuel Ogden Edison, Jr. who was the father of Thomas Alva Edison, the other sons were named Marcellus, John, Thomas, Harry and David Edison.I saw an obituary of Alice (Hampton) Armstrong, when I was young, that was headlined "Own cousin to Edison".I don't know what newspaper that came from as I can no longer find the obit.A smaller one, in a separate paper, states that Alice was a second cousin to Thomas Alva Edison.Can anyone help me with this puzzle?My email is [email protected].