The household of Dwight P. Edgerton was recorded in the 1900 Federal Census of Madison (Ward 6), Madison County, Wisconsin (dwelling #459; family #634; enum. June 15, 1900), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Birthdate & place		Age	Marital	Parents’ birthplace
					Status	Father	Mother
----------------------------	--------	------------------------		--------	-----------	----------	----------
Dwight P. Edgerton	head	Aug. 1871	TN	28	M 8y	NY	WI
Mattie R.	wife	July 1873	OH	26	M 8y	OH	IL
Gladys A.	dau.	May 1893	TN	7	S	TN	OH
Erving	son	Nov. 1895	WI	4	S	TN	OH

According to the above census record, Mattie was the mother two children, both of whom were still living. Dwight’s occupation was listed as “machinist”, and Gladys was noted as “at school”. The family was residing at 1338 East Main Street.

The household of Frank Edgerton was recorded in the 1910 Federal Census of Sun Prairie Township, Dane County, Wisconsin (pg. 170; dwelling #88; family #88; enum. April 27, 1910), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Age	Birthplace	Marital	Parents’ birthplace
				Status	Father	Mother
----------------------------	--------	--------	-----------	----------	----------	----------
Dwight P. Edgerton	head	38	TN	M 18y	NY	WI
Mattie	wife	36	OH	M 18y	OH	IL
Gladys	dau.	17	TN	S	TN	OH
Erving	son	14	WI	S	TN	OH

According to the above census records, Mattie was the mother of two children, both of whom were still living. Dwight’s occupation was listed as “farmer”.

Original Source Documents:

Marriage record – Dwight P. Edgerton & Mattie R. Evans; Rhea Co., TN Vital Records, Marriages 1892; pg. 74, #2.

1900 Federal Census – household of Dwight P. Edgerton; Madison (Ward 6), Dane Co., WI.

1910 Federal Census – household of Dwight P. Edgerton; Sun Prairie Twp., Dane Co., WI.

Anniversary announcement – Dwight P. & Mattie (Evans) Edgerton; The Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin) – Sunday, July 26, 1942.