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  • Nancy Matthews Elliott Edison (1810–71) was born in Chenango County, New York, to Revolutionary War hero Ebenezer Matthews Elliott and his wife, Mercy Putnam. She mothered seven children, including prolific American inventor, Thomas Edison. [Source: Encyclopedia of Motherhood; Edison, Thomas, Mother of]

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