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Bradford David Edgerton, son of David C. and Lois (Brown) Edgerton.

born:	November 4, 1821; Painted Post, Steuben Co., NY.
died:	April 22, 1903; Sullivan, Tioga Co., PA.
buried:	Ames Hill Cemetery; Sullivan, Tioga Co., PA. (GI)

married:

Abigail ----

born:	~1824; Pennsylvania. (CR PA1850 Sullivan – “ae 26y”)
died:	September 28, 1866; Sullivan, Tioga Co., PA. (GI) (OB Tioga County Agitator 10/17/1866)
buried:	Ames Hill Cemetery; Sullivan, Tioga Co., PA. (GI)

Children:

Hester Ann, b. June 1843; Sullivan, Tioga Co., PA.
Dexter E., b. December 24, 1844; Sullivan, Tioga Co., PA.
Sarah Helen, b. September 1846; Sullivan, Tioga Co., PA.
Francis Eugene, b. January 1848; Sullivan, Tioga Co., PA.
Adolphus Winfield, b. February 1850; Sullivan, Tioga Co., PA.

married:

2: March 17, 1868; Mansfield, Tioga Co., PA.

Eunice Ann Squire, daughter of Judson and Permelia (York) Squire.

born:	May 3, 1837; Sullivan, Tioga Co., PA.
died:	April 12, 1913; Sylvania, Bradford Co., PA.
buried:	April 15, 1913; Gray Valley Cemetery; Sullivan, Tioga Co., PA. (GI)

Children:

Merritt B., b. November 18, 1875; Sullivan, Tioga Co., PA.

Bradford David Edgerton was born in Painted Post, Steuben Co., New York on November 4, 1821, the eldest son of David C. and Lois (Brown) Edgerton. He was no doubt named for his paternal grandfather. There is no primary record of Bradford’s birth in Painted Post vital records, however the following item from The Mansfield Advertiser on November 8, 1899, verifies family reports:

“Bradford Edgerton of Sullivan twp. was 78 on Nov 4th, attending was his sister Mrs. O. Larrison of Caton, father of Merritt Edgerton.”

Bradford appears to have followed his father’s (and grandfather’s) custom of dropping the “r” from their last name. The census records of Bradford’s family, as well as the inscription on his tombstone, uniformly list his surname as “Edgeton”.

The household of Bradford “Edgeton” was recorded in the 1850 Federal Census of Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania (pg. 28; dwelling #49; family #49; enum. Oct. 10, 1850), as follows:

Bradford Edgeton	28	b. NY	farmer $600 real estate
Abigail	26	b. PA
Hester Ann	8	b. PA	att. school
D.E.	5	b. PA	att. school
S.H.L.	4	b. PA
Francis E.	2	b. PA
A.W.	8/12	b. PA

Bradford was living nearby his father, “David C. Edgeton”, whose household (dwelling #51; family #51) was enumerated on the same page of the census roll.

The household of Bradford “Egerton” was recorded in the 1860 Federal Census of Rutland Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania (pg. 573; dwelling #1437; family #1437; enum. August 11, 1860), as follows:

Bradford Egerton	28	b. NY	farmer $1,200 real est. / $700 pers. est.
Abigail	26	b. PA
E. A.	8	b. PA
L. H.	14	b. PA
F. E.	12	b. PA
D. E.	15	b. PA

Bradford’s first wife, Abigail, died in Sullivan, Pennsylvania on September 28, 1866. The following notice of her death was printed in the Tioga County Agitator on October 17, 1866:

“ABIGAIL EDGETON…Died in Sullivan 28th Sept., Abigail, wife of Mr. Bradford Edgeton, aged 43 yrs.”

Bradford was remarried on March 17, 1868 in Mansfield, Pennsylvania to Mrs. Eunice Ann (Squire) Hulslander. Eunice was the daughter of Judson and Permilia (York) Squire and the widow of Thomas Jacob Hulslander, who had died during service in the Civil War. Bradford had at least one child by his second wife, a son Merrit B., born in December 1875.

The household of Bradford “Edgeton” was recorded in the 1870 Federal Census of Rutland, Tioga County, Pennsylvania (pg. 1; dwelling #1; family #1), as follows:

Bradford Edgeton	--	b. NY	farmer $2,500 real est. / $700 pers. est.
Eunice	33	b. PA	keeping house
Francis	22	b. PA
Thomas	8	b. PA

[Note: The youngest child listed in this census was actually Thomas Hulslander (not Edgerton). He was Bradford’s stepson, the son of his second wife, Eunice.]

The household of Bradford “Edgeton” was recorded in the 1880 Federal Census of Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania (pg. 400; dwelling #263; family #272; enum. June 29, 1880), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Age	Bp	F Bp	M Bp	Occ
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Bradford Edgeton		58	PA	--	--	farming
Eunice A.	wife	43	PA	NY	NY	housekeeping
Merrit B.	son	4	PA	PA	PA
Tho. J. Hulslander	son-i-l	18	PA	PA	PA	works on farm

The household of Bradford “Edgeton” was recorded in the 1900 Federal Census of Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania (pg. 169; dwelling #124; family #126; enum. June 15, 1900), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Birthdate & place		Age	Marital	Parents’ birthplace
					Status	Father	Mother
----------------------------	--------	------------------------		--------	-----------	----------	----------
Bradford Edgeton	head	Nov. 1821	PA	78	M 42y	PA	CT
Eunice	wife	May 1836	PA	64	M 42y	CT	NY
Merrit B.	son	Dec. 1875	PA	24	M 1y	PA	PA
Anna R.	dau-i-l	(?) 1877	PA	22	M 1y	PA	PA
Frank	gson	Aug. 1889	NE	10	S	PA	PA

According to the above census record, Eunice was the mother of five children, four of whom were still living. Anna had not yet had any children. Bradford was listed as a “farmer” and Merrit as a “farm laborer”.