The Witch of Edison

In 1876, inventor Thomas Edison moved to the area and set up shop in a small, unincorporated community known as Menlo Park. In 1954, to honor the controversial inventor, Raritan Township was renamed after him. A big part of Edison, New Jersey is that St. James Church I mentioned a moment ago, along with its accompanying burial ground. Among those interred are members of the town's founding families, British Revolutionary War Soldiers, Civil War Soldiers, and a man named Thomas Harper. But perhaps the most well-known burial of them all is that of Mary Moore, the Witch of Edison.