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The Edgerton Database |
Edward Leroy Edgerton, son of William Andrew Jackson and Mary (
Ethel M. Hill, daughter of Edgar and Harriet Hill.
Children:
The following biography of Edward Leroy Edgerton
is excerpted from The Centenial History
of Oregon 1811-1912, Volume III (Chicago, Ill.: The S.J. Clarke
Publishing Co.; 1912; pg. 585): “EDWARD L. EDGERTON. The business interests of Clatskanie find a worthy representative in Edward L. Edgerton, a general merchant, who was born in Taylorville, Illinois, on the 21st of November, 1875, a son of William A. and Mary Edgerton, the former a native of Vermont and the latter of Illinois… Edward L. Edgerton spent the first nine years of his life in the middle west and then came with his father to the Pacific coast, where he has since lived. His education was acquired in the public schools and his business training was received under his father's direction. In 1905, when thirty years of age, he started upon an independent business life and has since been proprietor of a general mercantile store in Clatskanie. He has here a well selected line of goods and makes every effort to meet the wishes of his patrons and to give to them full value received. On the 4th of May. 1904, Mr. Edgerton was married to Miss Ethel Hill, who was born in Wisconsin and in 1891 came from that state to Portland with her parents, who are still -living in the Rose city. They have but two children, their son, the younger, Leroy Hill, being still at home. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Edgerton has been blessed with one child, Leonard James, born September 7, 1907. Politically Mr. Edgerton is a republican but while he keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day, he has never sought nor desired public office as a reward for party fealty. He and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal church and are people of sterling worth, being held in high regard wherever known and most of all where they arc best known.” The household of “E. Leroy Edgerton” was recorded
in the 1910
Federal Census of Clatskanie City,
According to the above census record, Ethel was
the mother of one child. Leroy’s
occupation was listed as “retail merchant”. The household of “E. Leroy Edgerton” was recorded
in the 1920
Federal Census of Clatskanie City,
Original Source Documents: World War I
Draft Registration Card – Edward Leroy Edgerton; Clatskanie, Columbia
Co., OR. 1910 Federal
Census – household of Edward Leroy Edgerton; Clatskanie City, Columbia
Co., OR. 1920 Federal
Census – household of Edward Leroy Edgerton; Clatskanie City, Columbia
Co., OR. |
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