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Chester Lyon Edgerton, son of Chester and Augusta (Fusselman) Edgerton.

born:	June 7, 1857; Fremont, Sandusky Co., OH. (OH State DC #74575) (OB Fremont Daily Messenger 11/18/1938)
died:	November 18, 1938; Fremont, Sandusky Co., OH. (OH State DC #74575) (OB Fremont Daily Messenger 11/18/1938)
buried:	November 21, 1938; Oakwood Cemetery; Fremont, Sandusky Co., OH. (OH State DC #74575)

married:

Laura Collins, daughter of William Collins.

born:	January 20, 1863; Ohio. (MO State DC #22229)
died:	June 22, 1917; Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO. (MO State DC #22229)
buried:	June 25, 1917; Elmwood Cemetery; Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO. (MO State DC #22229)

Children:

Maude, b. March 1878; Fremont, Sandusky Co., OH.
Fanny, b. January 1880; Kapioma Twp., Atchison Co., KS.
Edna, b. February 1882; Kapioma Twp., Atchison Co., KS.
Blanche, b. October 1884; Kapioma Twp., Atchison Co., KS.
Augusta, b. July 1887; Kapioma Twp., Atchison Co., KS.

married:

2: December 25, 1896; Monroe, Monroe Co., MI. (Co. VR 3:363:2769)

Amelia E. Wolfe, daughter of Frederick and Christina Wolfe.

born:	September 1, 1862; Bellevue, Sandusky Co., OH. (OB Fremont Messenger 6/5/1908)
died:	June 5, 1908; Ballville, Sandusky Co., OH. (OB Fremont Messenger 6/5/1908)
buried:	Oakwood Cemetery; Fremont, Sandusky Co., OH.

married:

3: September 1, 1908; Fremont, Sandusky Co., OH. (Co. VR 16:2527) (OB Fremont Messenger 4/4/1921)

Mina E. Voorhies, daughter of Andrew and Marguerite Elizabeth (Jackson) Voorhies.

born:	August 19, 1871; Jackson Twp., Sandusky Co., OH. (OH State DC #23940) (OB Fremont Messenger 4/4/1921)
died:	April 3, 1921; Fremont, Sandusky Co., OH. (OH State DC #23940) (OB Fremont Messenger 4/4/1921)
buried:	April 5, 1921; Oakwood Cemetery; Fremont, Sandusky Co., OH. (OH State DC #23940)

The household of Chester Edgerton was recorded in the 1880 Federal Census of Kapioma Township, Atchison County, Kansas (pg. 454; dwelling #163; family #168; enum. June 17, 1880), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Age	Bp	F Bp	M Bp	Occ
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chester Edgerton		23	OH	VT	OH	farming
Laura	wife	21	OH	NY	OH	housekeeping
Maude	dau.	2	OH	OH	OH
Fanny	dau.	4/12	KS	OH	OH

The household of Chester L. Edgerton was recorded in the 1900 Federal Census of Ballville, Sandusky County, Ohio (pg. 17; dwelling #349; family #316; enum. June 26, 1900), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Birthdate & place		Age	Marital	Parents’ birthplace
					Status	Father	Mother
----------------------------	------	------------------------		--------	-----------	----------	----------
Chester L. Edgerton	head	June 1857	OH	43	M 3y	VT	OH
Amelia G.	wife	Sept. 1864	OH	35	M 3y	Germany	Germany
Chester	father	Aug. 1819	VT	80	Wd	VT	VT

Chester’s occupation was listed as “farmer”, and Chester Sr. was listed as a “landlord”. According to this census record, Amelia had not had any children.

Chester’s first wife, Laura, had remarried circa 1894 to Robert M. Carr, of Kansas City, Missouri. She and her five daughters (two of whom had already married) were recorded together in Robert’s household in the 1900 Federal Census of Kansas City (Ward 4), Jackson County, Missouri (dwelling #71; family #98; enum. June 1, 1900). The enumeration of the family was as follows:

Name	Rel.	Birthdate & place		Age	Marital	Parents’ birthplace
					Status	Father	Mother
-------------------------	--------	------------------------		--------	-----------	----------	----------
Robert Carr	head	Sept. 1866	PA	33	M 6y	PA	PA
Laura	wife	Dec. 1865	OH	34	M 6y	OH	Ireland
Maud Boswell	st-dau.	Mar. 1878	OH	22	M 2y	OH	OH
Frederick	st-son-i-l	Oct. 1861	MO	38	M 2y	MO	IL
Fannie Edgerton	st-dau.	Jan. 1880	KS	20	S	OH	OH
John Cook	son-i-l	Jan. 1882	IN	18	M 1y	IN	IN
Edna	dau.	Feb. 1882	KS	18	M 1y	OH	OH
Blanche Edgerton	st-dau.	Oct. 1884	KS	15	S	OH	OH
Augusta	st-dau.	July 1887	KS	12	S	OH	OH
Laura Boswell	g-st-dau.	Aug. 1899	MO	9/12	S	MO	OH

According to the above census record, Laura was the mother of five children, all of whom were still living. The family was residing at 1404 Grand Avenue.

The household of Chester L. Edgerton was recorded in the 1910 Federal Census of Washington Township, Sandusky County, Ohio (dwelling #131; family #135; enum. May 4, 1910), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Age	Birthplace	Marital	Parents’ birthplace
				Status	Father	Mother
----------------------------	--------	--------	------------	-----------	----------	----------
Chester L. Edgerton	head	52	OH	M3 2y	VT	OH
Mina E.	wife	35	OH	M2 2y	OH	OH
Raymond E.	son	13	OH	S	OH	OH

According to the above census record, Mina was the mother of two children, one of whom was still living. Chester’s occupation was listed as “farmer”. The son, Raymond E., listed in this census was actually Chester’s step-son – that is, Raymond E. Mitcler, the son of his third wife, Mina.

Original Source Documents:

1880 Federal Census – household of Chester Lyon Edgerton; Kapioma Twp., Atchison Co., KS.

Marriage record – Chester Lyon Edgerton & Amelia E. Wolfe; Monroe Co., MI Vital Records, Marriages, Vol. 3, pg. 363, #2769.

1900 Federal Census – household of Chester Lyon Edgerton; Ballville, Sandusky Co., OH.

1900 Federal Census – household of Robert M. Carr; Kansas City (Ward 4), Jackson Co., MO.

Obituary – Mrs. Amelia E. (Wolfe) Edgerton; Fremont Messenger – Friday, June 5, 1908.

1910 Federal Census – household of Chester Lyon Edgerton; Washington Twp., Sandusky Co., OH.

Death Certificate – Mrs. Laura (Collins) Edgerton Carr; Missouri State Death Certificates, #22229.

Death Certificate – Mrs. Mina E. (Voorhies) Edgerton; State Death Certificates, #23940.

Obituary – Mrs. Mina E. (Voorhies) Edgerton; Fremont Messenger – Monday, April 4, 1921.

Death Certificate – Chester Lyon Edgerton; Ohio State Death Certificates, #74575.

Obituary – Chester Lyon Edgerton; Fremont Daily Messenger – Friday, November 18, 1938.

Funeral notice – Chester Lyon Edgerton; Fremont Daily Messenger – Tuesday, November 22, 1938.

Obituary – Chester Lyon Edgerton; Clyde Democrat – Thursday, November 24, 1938.