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Clark E. Edgerton, son of Solomon Everest and Martha Lucretia (Belding) Edgerton.

 

born:

February 1856; Clover Twp., Henry Co., IL.  (CR NE1900 Wayne City)

died:

June 12, 1923; Des Moines, Polk Co., IA.  (GI)

buried:

Glendale Cemetery; Des Moines, Polk Co., IA.  (GI)

 

married:

May 26, 1881; Henry Co., IL.  (Co. VR 1:91)

 

Martha Arminta Gamble, daughter of Thomas Wilson and Margaret C. (Elder) Gamble.

 

born:

November 1, 1860; Oxford, Henry Co., IL  (IL State DC #20784)

died:

May 3, 1927; Galesburg, Knox Co., IL.  (IL State DC #20784)

buried:

May 5, 1927; Woodhull Cemetery; Clover Twp., Henry Co., IL.  (GI)

 

Children:

  1. Ethel, b. February 16, 1883; Sanborn Co., SD.

 


The household of Clark E. Edgerton was recorded in the 1885 South Dakota State Census as follows (Dist. #93, Sanborn County, pg 14, SD 1, ED 93, enum. June 1, 1885; abstract courtesy of Karen Collignon-Foley)

 

Name

Rel.

Age

Bp

F Bp

M Bp

Occ

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Clark E. Edgerton

Head

29

IL

NY

VT

[--?--] agent

Araminta

 

24

IL

NY

VT

 

Ethel

 

2

SD

IL

IL

 

 

The foregoing abstract was provided by Karen Collignon-Foley, Volunteer of Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness for Kittitas County, Washington (http://www.raogk.org/).

 

The household of Clark Edgerton was recorded in the 1900 Federal Census of Wayne City, Wayne County, Nebraska (pg. 99; dwelling #339; family #339; enum. June 19, 1900), as follows:

 

Name

Rel.

Birthdate & place

Age

Marital

Parents’ birthplace

 

 

 

 

Status

Father

Mother

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Clark Edgerton

head

Feb. 1856

IL

44

M 19y

England

NY

Arminta

wife

Nov. 1860

IL

39

M 19y

PA

PA

Ethel

dau.

Feb. 1883

SD

17

S

IL

IL

 

According to the above census record, Arminta was the mother of one child.  Clark’s occupation was listed as “salesman traveling”, and Ethel was noted as “at school”.  The household also included two boarders, Nora Richards and A.A. Bedal.