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Eli P. Edgerton, son of Isaac and Abigail R. (Edgerton) Edgerton.

born:	1826; Wallingford, Rutland Co., VT.
died:	November 17, 1898; High Bridge, Jessamine Co., NY. (OB The Harrodsburg Sayings 11/23/1898)
buried:	Nicholasville Cemetery; Nicholasville, Jessamine Co., NY. (OB The Harrodsburg Sayings 11/23/1898)

married:

October 31, 1865; Jessamine Co., KY.

Amanda T. Cogar, daughter of Thomas Turk and Ruth (Ewing) Cogar.

born:

May 1828; Nicholasville, Jessamine Co., KY. (CR KY1900 Lee)

Eli P. Edgerton was born in Wallingford, Vermont in 1826. He was the eldest child and only surviving son of Isaac and Abigail (Edgerton) Edgerton. Eli’s middle name may have been Philip, after his paternal grandfather. Eli’s mother died in 1839 when Eli was 13 years old; his father was twice remarried.

Upon his maturity, Eli resided for a time in Wallingford. In the 1850 Federal Census, he was recorded in the household of his father, Isaac, as “Eli Edgerton, aged 23, b. in Vermont”. Eli was also listed in the 1854 Tax lists for Wallingford, with the following particulars:

Eli P. Edgerton, Dist. No. 11.

1 Poll	2 00
Debts due	1 00
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	3 00

Circa 1855 – 1865, Eli P. Edgerton removed to Jessamine County, Kentucky, where he was married on October 31, 1865, to Miss Amanda T. Cogar, daughter of Thomas Turk and Ruth (Ewing) Cogar. Amanda was born in Nicholasville, Kentucky in May 1828. Eli and Amanda settled in the city of Harrodsburg, in Mercer County, Kentucky. They did not have any children.

Eli P. Edgerton was listed as a head of household in the 1870 Federal Census of Precint #5 (Harrodsburg), Mercer County, Kentucky (pg. 523; dwelling #173; family #192; enum. July 16, 1870). He and his wife were enumerated as follows:

Eli P. Edgerton	44	b. VT	millwright $3,000 real est. / $500 personal est.
Amanda	40	b. KY	keeping house

The household also included a half dozen other individuals (domestic servants, laborers, etc.).

The household of Eli Edgerton was recorded in the 1880 Federal Census of Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky (pg. 72; dwelling #198; family #198; enum. June 16-17, 1880), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Age	Bp	F Bp	M Bp	Occ
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Eli Edgerton		5?	VT	VT	VT	Owner of Sawmill
Amanda	wife	50	KY	KY	KY	Keeping house
Ruth Cogar	???	70	TX	TX	TX
Isaac Edgerton	father	8?	VT	VT	VT	Retired Farmer
Phillip Smith	hand	28	KY	KY	KY	Mill hand

Eli P. Edgerton died at High Bridge, Jessamine County, Kentucky on November 17, 1898. His death was recorded in the 1898 Register of Deaths for Jessamine County, Kentucky with the following particulars:

Name:	Eli Edgerton
Age:	6?
Marital status:	married
Occupation:	machinist
Date of death:	Nov. 17
Cause of death:	cholera mortus
Place of birth:	Jessamine [sic]
Residence:	Jessamine
Place of death:	Jessamine

The following obituary notice was published in The Harrodsburg Sayings on Wednesday, November 23, 1898:

“EDGERTON, ELI P.

Mr. Eli P. Edgerton died of a complication of diseases, Thursday, 11 o’clock, a.m., November 17, at his late home at High Bridge, Jessamine county. He was 73 years old. In his early manhood, between 25 and 30 years of age, he left his place of nativity, Rutland, Vermont, and came here to take charge of the machinery employed in the construction of the Kentucky Central railroad, a part of which has been purchased by the Cincinnati Southern. In 1863, he, Mr. J. E. Cogar, the projector of the enterprise, and Messes Nat. Lafon and Ephraim J. Young formed a Co-partnership and established a large saw and planing mill, near Brooklyn, in this county. Mr. Edgerton had full control and made it a success. The firm of E.J. Young & Co. was changed by Capt. Jack Lafon, purchasing Mr. Cogar’s interest and Mr. J. D. Hughes, that of Mr. Young, and the mills removed to High Bridge in 1876. About a year, since, Mr. Edgerton’s failing health compelled him to give up active labor in the mill and ever since he had been gradually failing. Thirty-four years ago, he was married to Miss Amanda Cogar, of this place. No children blessed this happy union and the widow survives. Both husband and wife were, for many years, members of the Methodist church at Mt. Zion and later of that at High Bridge. The funeral was conducted by Rev. Wm. Nolan, of Nicholasville, Saturday, 10 a.m., at the home of the deceased and the interment was in the Nicholasville Cemetery.”

A notice of Eli’s death was also published in the Jessamine Journal on November 25, 1898.

Eli P. Edgerton’s widow, “Amanda Edgerton”, was recorded, living alone, in the 1900 Federal Census of Lee, Jessamine County, Kentucky (pg. 40; dwelling #74; family #76). According to the enumeration, Amanda was born in Kentucky in May 1828. The record lists her marital status as widowed, and states that she had not had any children.

Original Source Documents:

1870 Federal Census – household of Eli P. Edgerton; Harrodsburg, Mercer Co., KY.

1880 Federal Census – household of Eli P. Edgerton; Harrodsburg, Mercer Co., KY.

Death record – Eli P. Edgerton; 1898 Register of Deaths, Jessamine Co., KY.