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Frank William Edgerton, son of Benjamin Osborne and Sarah Marie (Cadwell) Edgerton.

born:	June 1844; Thompson, Geauga Co., OH. (CR CO1900 Precinct #2, Ward 16)
died:	June 8, 1900; Denver, Denver Co., CO. (GI)
buried:	June 10, 1900; Fairmount Cemetery; Denver, Denver Co., CO. (GI)

married:

~1884. (CR CO1900 Denver, Ward 16 – “m. 16y”)

Rose D. Miller

born:	March 1848; Illinois. (CR CO1900 Precinct #2, Ward 16)
died:	December 6, 1936; Portland, Multnomah Co., OR. (OR State DC #387)

Children:

George Frank, b. August 25, 1885; Denver, Denver Co., CO.

Frank William Edgerton served in the 1st Ohio Light Artillery Regiment (Company G). He enlisted on December 10, 1861, “aged 18” as a private. He was promoted to Full Sergeant, and then to Full First Sergeant, and finally, on May 2, 1865, to Full Second Lieutenant. The Company fought at battles in Tennessee (including Stones River, Pulaski, Franklin and Nashville). Frank W. Edgerton was mustered out at Camp Chase, Ohio on August 31, 1865 (see Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio, 1886).

Frank W. Edgerton applied for a Civil War Invalid Pension on May 4, 1886. The application cited Frank’s service in the 1st Ohio Light Artillery (Co. G). Frank’s widow, “Rose D. Edgerton”, applied for a widow’s pension on July 28, 1900. She was residing in the state of Colorado at the time of the application (see National Archives Pension Applications; Application #572331, Certificate #839616; and Application #723550, Certificate #515316).

Frank W. Edgerton was enumerated twice in the 1880 Federal Census of Gunnison County, Colorado. He was enumerated first on June 7-8, 1880 in Pitkin Township (pg. 78; no dwelling or family # listed), as:

Name	Rel.	Age	Bp	F Bp	M Bp	Occ
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Frank Edgerton	--	37	NY	NY	NY	miner

Frank was enumerated again on June 19, 1880 in Ruby City (pg. 167; dwelling #147; family #26), as:

Name	Rel.	Age	Bp	F Bp	M Bp	Occ
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F. W. Edgerton	--	37	NY	--	--	miner

The household of Mrs. Rose D. Edgerton was recorded in the 1900 Federal Census of Precint #2 (Ward 16), Arapahoe County, Colorado (pg. 320; dwelling #300; family #314; enum. June 15-16, 1900), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Birthdate & place		Age	Marital	Parents’ birthplace
					Status	Father	Mother
-----------------------	--------	------------------------		--------	-----------	----------	----------
Rose D. Edgerton	head	Mar. 1848	IL	52	M 16y	unk.	Germany
Frank	husband	June 1844	NY	55	M 16y	unk.	unk.
George F.	son	Aug. 1885	CO	14	S	NY	IL

According to the above census record, Rose was the mother of one child. Frank’s occupation was listed as “miner”, and George was noted as “at school”. The family was residing at 823 Kings Court.

Frank William Edgerton died at Denver, Colorado on June 8, 1900. According to the Fairmount Cemetery sexton’s records, Frank was buried on June, 10, 1900 and had died at the age of 56 years. His name was listed in the record as “Frank W. Edgerton”.

Original Source Documents:

1900 Federal Census – household of Mrs. Rose D. (Miller) Edgerton; Precint #2 (Ward 16), Arapahoe Co., CO.