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Freeman B. Edgerton, son of Cicero and Mary Ann (Olcott) Edgerton.

 

born:

1830; Pompey, Onondaga Co., NY.

died:

April 22, 1898; Syracuse, Onondaga Co., NY.  (NY State DC #15108) (OB The Syracuse Daily Journal  4/24/1898)

buried:

Myrtle Hill Cemetery; Syracuse, Onondaga Co., NY.

 

married:

 

 

Louise L. Norton, daughter of Owen and Henrietta (Hill) Norton.

 

born:

July 27, 1843; Onondaga, Onondaga Co., NY.

died:

November 22, 1899; Syracuse, Onondaga Co., NY.  (NY State DC #44911)

buried:

Myrtle Hill Cemetery; Syracuse, Onondaga Co., NY.

 

Children:

  1. Dwight J., b. September 25, 1866; Syracuse, Onondaga Co., NY.
  2. Ella Louise, b. June 27, 1868; Syracuse, Onondaga Co., NY.
  3. Arthur Dewitt, b. August 7, 1870; Syracuse, Onondaga Co., NY.
  4. Henrietta, b. September 24, 1873; Syracuse, Onondaga Co., NY.

 


The household of Freeman B. Edgerton was recorded in the 1870 Federal Census of Onondaga, Onondaga County, New York (pg. 494; dwelling #194; family #203; enum. July 25, 1870), as follows:

 

Freeman B. Edgerton

40

b. NY

farmer & blacksmith     $200 pers. estate

Louise

26

b. NY

keeping house

Dwight

3

b. NY

 

Ellen

1

b. NY

 

 

The household of Freeman Edgerton was recorded in the 1880 Federal Census of Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York (pg. 457; dwelling #553; family #816; enum. June 16, 1880), as follows:

 

Name

Rel.

Age

Bp

F Bp

M Bp

Occ

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Freeman Edgerton

 

50

NY

NY

NY

physician-clairvoyant

Louisa

wife

36

NY

NY

NY

keeping house

Dwight

son

14

NY

NY

NY

at school

Emma

dau.

12

NY

NY

NY

at school

Arthur

son

10

NY

NY

NY

at school

 

At the time of this census, the family was residing at 163 Montgomery Street.

 

The following item of interest appeared in The Syracuse Daily Journal on Friday, November 16, 1894:

 

“Must Give Up the Practice.

 

Freeman B. Edgerton, the fortune-teller, who was accused of instigating the arrest of a respectable Polander some time ago on a charge of theft, was this morning ordered to give bonds, as required by law, for the abandonment of his business.”

 


 

Original Source Documents:

 

1870 Federal Census – household of Freeman B. Edgerton; Onondaga, Onondaga Co., NY.

1880 Federal Census – household of Freeman B. Edgerton; Syracuse, Onondaga Co., NY.

Newspaper item – Freeman B. Edgerton; The Syracuse Daily Journal – Friday, November 16, 1894.

Obituary – Freeman B. Edgerton; The Syracuse Daily Journal – Sunday, April 24, 1898.