The household of Ezekiel Edgerton was recorded in the 1870 Federal Census of Brooklyn, Cuyahoga County, Ohio (dwelling #63; family #56; enum. July 15, 1870), as follows:

Ezekiel Edgerton	36	b. OH	butcher $3,000 real estate / $1,000 personal estate
Martha	35	b. OH	keeps house
Electa J.	14	b. OH	at school
Zeffie	11	b. OH	at school
Elmer	5	b. OH	at school

The household of “Ezekal Edgerton” was recorded in the 1880 Federal Census of Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga County, Ohio (pg. 48; dwelling #; family #; enum. June 1, 1880), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Age	Bp	F Bp	M Bp	Occ
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Ezekal Edgerton		46	OH	MA	MA	selling bed springs
Martha	wife	45	OH	England	NY	keeping house
Elmer W.	son	15	OH	OH	OH	at school
Samuel G. Cosgrove	son-i-l	33	OH	--	--	school book agt.
Zephronie	dau.	21	OH	OH	OH	at home

The household of Ezekiel Edgerton was recorded in the 1900 Federal Census of Hyndman Borough, Bedford County, Pennsylvania (pg. 199; dwelling #65; family #66; enum. June 4-5, 1900), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Birthdate & place		Age	Marital	Parents’ birthplace
					Status	Father	Mother
----------------------------	--------	------------------------		--------	-----------	----------	----------
Ezekiel Edgerton	head	Sept. 1833	OH	66	M 45y	MA	MA
Martha	wife	Oct. 1835	OH	64	M 45y	England	NY

According to the above census record, Martha was the mother of three children, all of whom were still living. Ezekiel’s occupation was listed as “lumber mfg”.

The Cleveland Public Library Necrology Files provide the following data for Ezekiel Edgerton:

Id#: 0087615; Reel #022

Name: Edgerton, Ezekiel

Date: January 15, 1902

Source: unknown

Notes: Edgerton, Ezekiel, Tuesday morning, 7:30, at the home of his son, Allegheny, Pa., aged 69 years. Funeral at the same time and place as Mrs. Myrtle Laird Edgerton, Friday, Jan. 17, at 2 p.m.

Original Source Documents:

1870 Federal Census – household of Ezekiel Edgerton; Brooklyn, Cuyahoga Co., OH.

1880 Federal Census – household of Ezekiel Edgerton; Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga Co., OH.

1900 Federal Census – household of Ezekiel Edgerton; Hyndman Borough, Bedford Co., PA.