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Elmer William Edgerton, son of Ezekiel and Martha (Furniss) Edgerton.

born:	January 6, 1865; Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH. (OH State DC #32380)
died:	May 4, 1919; Lakewood, Cuyahoga Co., OH. (OH State DC #32380)
buried:	May 6, 1919; Riverside Cemetery; Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH. (OH State DC #32380)

married:

1: January 14, 1887; Sandusky, Erie Co., OH.

Julia A. Matson, daughter of Alonzo and Sarah (O’Connor) Matson.

born:

~1866; Connecticut. (CR OH1880 Cleveland – “ae 14y”)

Children:

Edith R., b. August 20, 1887; Brooklyn, Cuyahoga Co., OH.

married:

2: July 19, 1895; Cuyahoga Co., OH.

Myrtle Belle Laird, daughter of Ralph O. and Sarah Angenette (Broad) Laird.

born:	December 19, 1867; Perry, Buchanan Co., IA. (OB Pittsburgh Daily Dispatch 1/14/1902)
died:	January 13, 1902; Allegheny, Allegheny Co., PA. (OB Pittsburgh Daily Dispatch 1/14/1902)

Children:

Ralph Laird, b. June 24, 1897; Allegheny, Allegheny Co., PA.

The household of Elmer W. Edgerton was recorded in the 1900 Federal Census of Allegheny City (Ward 2), Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (pg. 92; dwelling #48; family #62; enum. June 4, 1900), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Birthdate & place		Age	Marital	Parents’ birthplace
					Status	Father	Mother
----------------------------	--------	------------------------		--------	-----------	----------	----------
Elmer W. Edgerton	head	Jan. 1865	OH	35	M 5y	MA	OH
Myrtle	wife	Dec. 1867	IA	32	M 5y	OH	IA
Ralph	son	June 1897	PA	2	S	OH	IA
Edith	dau.	Aug. 1887	OH	12	S	OH	IA

According to the above census record, Myrtle was the mother of one child. Elmer’s occupation was listed as “Mfg of Spring beds” and Edith was noted as “at school”.

The Cleveland Public Library Necrology Files provide the following data for Elmer W. and Myrtle (Laird) Edgerton:

Id#: 0087612; Reel #022

Name: Edgerton, Elmer W.

Date: May 6, 1919

Source: unknown

Notes: Edgerton, Elmer W., beloved father of Edith Edgerton Streakly and Ralph L. Edgerton, brother of Mrs. Charles Holmden, Madison, Ohio; Mrs. Zephronie Cosgrove, Seattle, Wash., on Sunday, May 4, 3 p.m. Funeral services Tuesday, at 2 p.m. from Koebler’s Parlors, 2340 E. 55th st. Interment Riverside cemetery.

Id#: 0087641; Reel #022

Name: Edgerton, Mrs. Myrtle Laird

Date: January 15, 1902

Source: unknown

Notes: Edgerton, Mrs. Myrtle Laird, Monday morning, at 11:10 at her home, Allegheny, Pa., aged 34 of pneumonia. Funeral Friday, January 17, at 2 p.m. standard time from residence of Mrs. Mellen, No. 7 Library Ave.

The following obituary for Mrs. Myrtle (Laird) Edgerton was published in the Pittsburgh Daily Dispatch on Tuesday, January 14, 1902:

“MRS. MYRTLE L. EDGERTON – Mrs. Myrtle Laird Edgerton, wife of E. W. Edgerton, President of the Keystone Mattress & Spring Bed Company in Manchester, Allegheny, died at her home, 702 Taylor avenue, Allegheny, yesterday morning of pneumonia. Mrs. Edgerton for the past three weeks had been nursing her father-in-law, Ezekiel Edgerton, aged 69 years, who has been suffering from a general breakdown due to a complication of diseases. While nursing her father-in-law, Mrs. Edgerton contracted a cold which developed into pneumonia last Wednesday and caused her death. As a result of the death Mr. Edgerton’s family and physician had little hope that he would live throughout last night. Mr. Edgerton’s wife, Mrs. Martha Edgerton, the mother-in-law of the deceased, died about a month ago. Mrs. Myrtle L. Edgerton was born near Ashtabula, Ohio, December 19, 1867, and about five years ago came to Allegheny from Cleveland. Deceased was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Allegheny, and is survived by her husband and a young son and a daughter.”

A brief obituary notice was also published in the Waterloo Courier on Thursday, January 16, 1902.

Original Source Documents:

1900 Federal Census – household of Elmer William Edgerton; Allegheny City (Ward 2), Allegheny Co., PA.

Death Certificate – Elmer William Edgerton; Ohio State Death Certificates; #32380.

Obituary notice – Mrs. Myrtle Belle (Laird) Edgerton; Waterloo Courier – Thursday, January 16, 1902.