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Erastus Edgerton, son of Daniel and Sarah (Lathrop) Edgerton.

Mary Cushing, daughter of Joseph and Rebecca (Edmands) Cushing.

Julia Matilda Tuttle, daughter of Anson and Tamar (Dunning) Tuttle.

Children:

1. Clarence Cushing, b. June 2, 1850; Cumberland, Allegheny Co., MD.
2. Anson Tuttle, b. July 22, 1853; New Lisbon, Otsego Co., NY. 

Sophia Matilda Fisher, daughter of Ebenezer and Sophia Matilda (Smith) Fisher.

Erastus Edgerton was born on June 23, 1806 at Tolland, Connecticut, the son of Daniel Edgerton Jr. and Sarah Lathrop.  Erastus’ father died in 1811, when Erastus was five years old.  Erastus was mentioned in the will of his grandfather, Daniel Edgerton Sr., dated February 21, 1824, in which he and each of his four siblings were to receive a Bible.

Erastus Edgerton was married three times; all three of his wives predeceased him.  His first wife was Mary Cushing, daughter of Joseph and Rebecca (Edmands) Cushing of Baltimore, Maryland and formerly of Hingham, Massachusetts.  According the Latter Day Saints, Erastus and Mary were married at the Associate Reformed Church in Baltmore, Maryland on November 18, 1839, and Mary died less than a year later, on April 10, 1840.  A notice of the death of “Mary C. Edgerton, wife of Erastus, daughter of Joseph” on April 10, 1840 was printed in The Baltimore Sun on April 13, 1840.

In the early 1840’s Erastus moved to New Lisbon, Otsego County, New York where he was married on September 22, 1842 to Julia Matilda Tuttle, daughter of Anson and Tamar (Dunning) Tuttle.  Julia was born in New Lisbon on August 8, 1817.  Erastus and Julia had two sons:  Clarence Cushing, born June 2, 1850 at Cumberland, Maryland; and Anson Tuttle, born July 22, 1853 and New Lisbon, New York.  The younger son died at the age of ten.

Mrs. Julia Matilda (Tuttle) Edgerton died in New Lisbon, New York on February 21, 1857.  At the time of the 1860 Federal Census, Erastus and Julia’s two sons, Clarence and Anson were recorded in the household of their grandparents, Anson and Tamar Tuttle (New Lisbon, Otsego County, New York; pg. 435; dwelling #106; family #106; enum. June 23, 1860).  They were enumerated as follows:

Erastus Edgerton was married for a third time on November 6, 1860 at Dedham, Massachusetts to Sophia Matilda Fisher, daughter of Ebenezer and Sophia Matilda (Smith) Fisher.  Sophia was born in Dedham on October 13, 1821, and died there on July 19, 1877.

When the 1870 Federal Census was taken, Erastus Edgerton and his third wife, Sophia, were residing in New Lisbon, Otsego County, New York, with his former mother-in-law, Tamar Tuttle (pg. 322; dwelling #197; family #211; enum. August 6, 1870).  They were enumerated as follows:

The whereabouts of Erastus’ elder son, Clarence, at the time of this census is not known.  (The younger son, Anson Tuttle, had died in 1863 at the age of ten years.)

The family of Erastus Edgerton was recorded in the 1880 Federal Census of Morris, Otsego County, New York (pg. 252; dwelling #437; family #473; enum. June 27, 1880), follows:

The family was recorded in the same dwelling as Elizabeth Holcomb and her daughter, Genevieve.

Erastus Edgerton died at Morris, Otsego County, New York on February 12, 1884.  A copy of his death certificate was filed with the New York State Department of Health (year 1884; certificate #2175).