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Thomas Edison obtained his last (1,093rd) patent at
age 83. In August 1931, he collapsed at Glenmont . From that point,
he steadily declined in health and was housebound until 3:21AM on Oct
18th, when the inventor died. A death mask was made. His body was placed
in the Laboratory building on Lakeside, Avenue in West Orange and
thousands of mourners paraded past. That evening he was buried.
Countless individuals, communities and corporations throughout the world
dimmed their lights, or briefly shut down their power in tribute.
With Mrs. Herbert Hover, Henry Ford, and Harvey
Firestone were in attendance, he was buried at Rosedale Cemetery, Orange,
New Jersey, with Mina, his second wife buried beside him upon her death.
In 1963, the remains of both were exhumed from Rosedale Cemetery and
reinterred at Edison's Glenmont estate. Edison's New Jersey Research
Laboratory and Glenmont are today preserved as part of the Edison National
Historical site. |
