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The Edgerton Database |
Charles William Edgerton, son of Sidney P. and Lucy A. (Clay) Edgerton.
Mary J. Golden
Louisa M. Shearer
Charles William Edgeton was born at Galesburg,
Illinois on March 17, 1843, the eldest child of Sidney P. and Lucy (Clay)
Edgerton. Charles W. Edgerton was married twice. He was married first on October 27, 1874 at
Council Bluffs, Iowa to Mary J. Golden. Charles and Mary were divorced shortly after
their marriage and Mary was remarried to Joseph Roberts. The following notice of Mary (Golden)
Edgerton’s second marriage was published in The Columbus Journal on January 8, 1879: “MARRIED...ROBERTS-GOLDEN – On New Year's night, at the residence of Thos. Potts, in this city, Mr. Joseph Roberts was united by marriage to Miss Mary Golden, formerly the wife of Charles Edgerton of Omaha, from whom she was granted a divorce. Justice McAllister tied the matrimonial knot, and we hope the couple thus joined may never have cause to wish it severed, and that in their pathway through life they may be able to avoid the conjugal briars and thorns that must, without forbearance and a proper curbing of the spirit that is always ready with promptings that are wrong, beset the way.” Charles W. Edgerton was married a second time on
January 4, 1879 at Council Bluffs, Iowa to Louisa M. Shearer. Louisa was apparently previously married as
she had a daughter, Mary (aka Mabel), born March 1876, who later took the
surname Edgerton. Mary may have been
adopted by Charles Edgerton, although no record of such has yet been found. The household of Charles Edgerton was recorded in
the 1880 Federal
Census of Omaha (Ward 2), Douglas County, Nebraska (pg.
79; dwelling #164; family #180; enum. June 5, 1880), as follows:
At the time of this enumeration, the family was
residing at 1618 The household of Charles Edgerton was recorded in
the 1885
Nebraska State Census of Omaha (Ward 2), Douglas
County (pg. 38; dwelling #253; family #307; enum. June 11, 1885), as follows:
At the time of this enumeration, the family was
residing on Jackson St. Charles W. Edgerton was listed twice in J.M
Wolfe’s 1889 Directory of Omaha (J.M. Wolfe & Co., Omaha, Nebraska,
1889) – first as, “Charles W. Edgerton, collections, 203 S. 15th Street (at
also 1310 Jackson), Omaha”, and also as, “Charles W. Edgerton, Shearer &
Edgerton, 1310 Jackson, Omaha” In the
1890 Directory, he was listed as “Charles Edgerton, constable, 1415 Jones,
Omaha”. Charles
W. Edgerton was a witness to numerous marriages in Omaha, Nebraska throughout
the 1880’s and 1890’s. His name is
found written in the various marriage records as “Chas. W. Edgerton”, “C. W.
Edgerton” and “Charles William Edgerton”. Charles
W. Edgerton died after being hit by a train while crossing the tracks at
Lenape, Kansas on November 7, 1899. A notice of the
incident was published in The Steubenville Herald-Star on
Wednesday, November 8, 1899. Mrs.
Louisa M.
Edgerton was recorded in the 1900
Federal Census of Omaha (Ward 4), Douglas
County, Nebraska, residing in the household of her son-in-law, Julius
Mansfield (dwelling # 67; family #86; enum. June 7, 1900). She was enumerated as “Louisa M. Edgerton,
mother-in-law, widow, aged 59, born October 1840 in Indiana, father and
mother born in Ohio.” According to the
enumeration, Louisa was the mother of one child. Original Source Documents: 1880 Federal
Census – household of Charles William
Edgerton; Omaha (Ward 2), Douglas Co., NE. 1885
Nebraska State Census – household of Charles William Edgerton; Omaha (Ward 2), Douglas
Co., NE. Obituary –Charles
William Edgerton; The Steubenville
Herald-Star – Wednesday, November 8, 1899 1900
Federal Census – household of Mrs. Louisa
M. (Shearer) Edgerton; Omaha (Ward 4), Douglas Co., NE. |
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