Albany lies along the Great Southern Railway and the South Western and Albany highways to Perth-Fremantle, 240 miles (386 km) northwest. The town serves an area of wine growing and dairy, beef, lamb, fruit, and potato farming.
Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, and grew up in Port Huron, Michigan. He was the seventh and last child of Samuel Ogden Edison, Jr. (1804â1896, born in Marshalltown, Nova Scotia) and Nancy Matthews Elliott (1810â1871, born in Chenango County, New York).
Quick Answer. Thomas Edison is famous because he is the most prolific inventor in American history. His 1,093 patents, a record number, covered innovations and improvements in a number of areas such as electric power, motion pictures and sound recording. Edison was born in Ohio in 1847 and began experimenting at a young age.