2. He married Emma Frances Harman (Monroe also reported but extant children's death certificates use Harman/Harmon)
3. Either "Ellen" was an alternate name for Emma or they divorced and he married Ellen lnu. ca. 1880
4. Children: Jennie Selestine (b./d. 1868), Georgeanne Shearer (b./d. 1870), Samuel H. (b. 07/25/71), Joseph Monroe (b. 03/01/74), George Robinson (b. 02/28/77), Christian Columbus (b. @1878, d. 01/28/81), Frances Austin (b. 01/27/81, d. 08/22/81), Bessie (b. 06/??/82), Clara (b. 02/??/84), and Reese Albert Edison (b. 05/10/87)
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In 1860, he was a laborer living with and/or working for farmer David Swartz in Centre Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 7" tall and had light hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 16, 1864, overstating his age by two years, as a private with Co. A, 201st Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company June 24, 1865.
He married Emma F. (unknown surname) and fathered Samuel H. (b. @1872), Joseph M. (b. @1874), and Christian C. (b. @1878). Emma and Christian apparently divorced, because he married Ellen (surname unknown) and fathered Bissie (b. 06/82), Clara (b. 02/84), and Reese Albert Edison (b. 05/10/87).
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Update to children et al: Jennie Selestine (b. 09/12/68, d. 1868), Georgeanne Shearer (b. 04/17/70, d. 08/02/70), Samuel Henry (b. 07/25/71), Joseph Monroe (b. 03/01/74), George Robinson (b. 02/28/77), and Christian Columbus (b. 01/27/81, d. 01/28/81). Either Emma and Christian divorced and he married another woman named Ellen lnu. or Ellen is an alternate name for Emma. Children Frances Austin (b. 01/27/81, d. 08/22/81), Elizabeth Johnston "Bessie" (b. 06/30/82), Clara Rosana (b. 02/10/85), and Reese Albert Edison (b. 05/10/87). Cause of his death is listed as "carcinoma of stomach."
2. He married Emma Frances Harman (Monroe also reported but extant children's death certificates use Harman/Harmon)
3. Either "Ellen" was an alternate name for Emma or they divorced and he married Ellen lnu. ca. 1880
4. Children: Jennie Selestine (b./d. 1868), Georgeanne Shearer (b./d. 1870), Samuel H. (b. 07/25/71), Joseph Monroe (b. 03/01/74), George Robinson (b. 02/28/77), Christian Columbus (b. @1878, d. 01/28/81), Frances Austin (b. 01/27/81, d. 08/22/81), Bessie (b. 06/??/82), Clara (b. 02/??/84), and Reese Albert Edison (b. 05/10/87)
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In 1860, he was a laborer living with and/or working for farmer David Swartz in Centre Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 7" tall and had light hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 16, 1864, overstating his age by two years, as a private with Co. A, 201st Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company June 24, 1865.
He married Emma F. (unknown surname) and fathered Samuel H. (b. @1872), Joseph M. (b. @1874), and Christian C. (b. @1878). Emma and Christian apparently divorced, because he married Ellen (surname unknown) and fathered Bissie (b. 06/82), Clara (b. 02/84), and Reese Albert Edison (b. 05/10/87).
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Update to children et al: Jennie Selestine (b. 09/12/68, d. 1868), Georgeanne Shearer (b. 04/17/70, d. 08/02/70), Samuel Henry (b. 07/25/71), Joseph Monroe (b. 03/01/74), George Robinson (b. 02/28/77), and Christian Columbus (b. 01/27/81, d. 01/28/81). Either Emma and Christian divorced and he married another woman named Ellen lnu. or Ellen is an alternate name for Emma. Children Frances Austin (b. 01/27/81, d. 08/22/81), Elizabeth Johnston "Bessie" (b. 06/30/82), Clara Rosana (b. 02/10/85), and Reese Albert Edison (b. 05/10/87). Cause of his death is listed as "carcinoma of stomach."
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