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Caleb Avery Edgerton, son of William Wallace and Calista L. (Avery) Edgerton.

born:	August 24, 1849; Ridgeway, Orleans Co., NY.
died:	June 11, 1880; Chicago, Cook Co., IL. (GI)
buried:	Palmyra Village Cemetery; Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY. (GI)

married:

Sarah A. Miller, daughter of Alfred and Sophia (Eddy) Miller.

born:	September 1851; Marion, Wayne Co., NY.
died:	1928; Cooper Twp., Kalamazoo Co., MI. (GI)
buried:	West Cooper Cemetery; Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., MI. (GI)

Children:

Marion Lula, b. March 9, 1870; Marion, Wayne Co., NY.

The household of “Avery C. Edgerton” was recorded in the 1870 Federal Census of Marion, Wayne County, New York (pg. 303; dwelling #208; family #212; enum. August 31, 1870), as follows:

Avery C. Edgerton	20	b. NY	farmer $11,000 real estate / $1,850 personal estate
Sarah	19	b. NY	keeping house
Marian	2/12	b. NY	b. Mar
James Miller	17	b. NY	farm laborer

The household of Caleb A. “Edgarson” was recorded in the 1880 Federal Census of Eureka, Barton County, Kansas (pg. 125; dwelling #14; family #14; enum. June 1-2, 1880), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Age	Bp	F Bp	M Bp	Occ
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Caleb A. Edgarson		30	NY	VT	NY	physician
Sarah A.	wife	29	NY	NY	NY	keeping house
May	dau.	6	NY	NY	NY

The household of Mrs. Sarah (Miller) Edgerton was recorded in the 1900 Federal Census of Cooper Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan (dwelling #122; family #130; enum. June 9, 1900), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Birthdate & place		Age	Marital	Parents’ birthplace
					Status	Father	Mother
----------------------------	--------	------------------------		--------	-----------	----------	----------
Sarah Edgerton	head	Sep. 1852	NY	47	Wd	NY	NY
Avery	gson	Feb. 1888	MI	12	S	MI	NY
Mary Cassady	servant	Oct. 1876	MI	23	S	Canada	Canada

According to the above census record, Sarah was the mother of one child.

Mrs. Sarah A. Edgerton was remarried on May 7, 1902 at Kalamazoo County, Michigan to John J. Van Antwerp. According to the marriage record (Kalamazoo County Marriages, pg. 135), Sarah was a resident of Cooper, Michigan, aged 50, born Zulphin, Michigan, daughter of Alfred Miller and Sophia Eddy; and John was a resident of Cooper, Michigan, aged 38, born Kalamazoo, Michigan, son of C. T. Van Antwerp and Mary J. Dobell. Abstract of marriage record courtesy of Diane Hosler.

Original Source Documents:

1870 Federal Census – household of Caleb Avery Edgerton; Marion, Wayne Co., NY.

1880 Federal Census – household of Caleb Avery Edgerton; Eureka, Barton Co., KS.

1900 Federal Census – household of Mrs. Sarah A. (Miller) Edgerton; Cooper Twp., Kalamazoo Co., MI.

Marriage record – Mrs. Sarah A. (Miller) Edgerton & John J. Van Antwerp; Kalamazoo Co., MI Vital Records; vol. 1, pg. 482, #6199.

Gravestone photo – Mrs. Sarah A. (Miller) Edgerton Van Antwerp; West Cooper Cemetery; Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., MI.