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Edgerton

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Edward Edgerton, son of Andrew and Ann (Webb) Edgerton.

born:	January 16, 1800; Windham, Windham Co., CT. (VR 3:35)
died:	April 19, 1858; Freeport, Stephenson Co., IL.
buried:	Millington-Newark Cemetery; Millington, Kendall Co., IL. (GI)

married:

September 10, 1820; Mexico, Oswego Co., NY. (MA The Oswego Palladium 9/1820)

Fanny Cone, daughter of Gordon and Lovina (Jones) Cone. PHOTO

born:	February 7, 1800; Mexico, Oswego Co., NY.
died:	August 31, 1861; Newark, Kendall Co., IL.
buried:	Millington-Newark Cemetery; Millington, Kendall Co., IL. (GI)

Children:

Guilford Dudley, b. November 7, 1821; Mexico, Oswego Co., NY.
Martin Cone, b. August 29, 1827; Mexico, Oswego Co., NY.
Mary Ann, b. June 2, 1834; Mexico, Oswego Co., NY.
Julia Ann, b. October 17, 1838; Big Grove Township, Kendall Co., IL.

The household of Edward Edgerton was recorded in the 1830 Federal Census of Mexico, Oswego County, New York (pg. 252), with the following enumeration:

1 male “of 30 and under 40” (Edward);

1 male “of 5 and under 10” (son Guilford);

1 male “under 5 years of age” (son Martin);

1 female “of 50 and under 60” (mother Nancy); and,

1 female “of 30 and under 40” (wife Fanny).

The household of “Edward Egeton” was recorded in the 1840 Federal Census of La Salle County, Illinois (pg. 140), with the following enumeration:

1 male “of 40 and under 50” (Edward);

1 male “of 15 and under 20” (son Guilford);

1 male “of 10 and under 15” (son Martin);

1 female “of 20 and under 30” (wife Fanny – actually aged 40);

1 female “of 5 and under 10” (daughter Mary Ann); and,

1 female “under 5 years of age” (daughter Julia).

The household of Edward Edgerton was recorded in the 1850 Federal Census of Big Grove Township, Kendall County, Illinois (pg. 289; dwelling #110, family #98; enum. August 30, 1850), as follows:

Edward Edgerton	50	b. CT	farmer $2,000 real estate
Fanny	50	b. NY
Mary	15	b. NY	attended school
Julia	12	b. IL	attended school
William	20	b. NY
Nancy	75	b. CT

The household of Mrs. “Anna” Edgerton was recorded in the 1860 Federal Census of Big Grove Township, Kendall County, Illinois (pg. 74; dwelling #528, family #516; enum. July 6, 1860), as follows:

Anna Edgerton	60	b. NY	$700 real estate / $500 personal estate
Mary	25	b. NY
Julia	21	b. IL
Jane	20	b. IL
John	14	b. IL	attended school
Martin	20	b. NY

Some Account of the Cone Family in America (William Whitney Cone; Crane & Co., Topeka, Kansas; 1903; p. 197), provides the following biographical excerpt regarding Edward and Fanny (Cone) Edgerton:

“Fanny Cone, dau. of Gurdon Cone and Lovina Jones, b. Mexico, Oxwego county, N.Y., Feb. 7, 1800, m. Edward Edgerton in 1820. He was b. Jan. 16, 1800, and d. in Freeport, Ill., Apr. 19, 1858. In 1838 he removed with his family to Illinois, going most of the way by wagon. He settled in Kendall county, and became one of the prominent citizens of that county. Farmer and lumber-dealer. She d. Aug. 31, 1861, in Newark, Kendall county, Ill.”

Original Source Documents:

1830 Federal Census – household of Edward Edgerton; Mexico, Oswego Co., NY.

1840 Federal Census – household of Edward Edgerton; La Salle Co., IL.

1850 Federal Census – household of Edward Edgerton; Big Grove Twp., Kendall Co., IL.

1860 Federal Census – household of Mrs. Fanny (Cone) Edgerton; Big Grove Twp., Kendall Co., IL.

For the ancestry of Fanny (Cone) Edgerton, consult:

Cone, William Whitney; Some Account of the Cone Family in America; Crane & Co., Topeka, Kansas; 1903.