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George Edgerton, son of William and Wealthy (Mudge) Edgerton.

born:	July 13, 1849; Greenfield, LaGrange Co., IN.
died:	March 13, 1897; Jefferson, Buchanan Co., IA. (OB Bulletin Journal 3/18/1897)
buried:	March 15, 1897; Brandon Cemetery; Jefferson, Buchanan Co., IA. (OB Bulletin Journal 3/18/1897)

married:

July 4, 1873; Jefferson, Buchanan Co., IA.

Martha Jane Wilson, daughter of Noah W. and Margaret (Willard) Wilson.

born:	May 1854; Jefferson, Buchanan Co., IA. (CR IA1900 Cedar Rapids)
died:	February 14, 1917; Center Point, Linn Co., IA. (OB The Cedar Rapids Daily Republican 2/15/1917)
buried:	Brandon Cemetery; Jefferson, Buchanan Co., IA. (OB The Cedar Rapids Daily Republican 2/15/1917)

Children:

Homer F., b. April 27, 1874; Jefferson, Buchanan Co., IA.
Frank Elmer, b. April 12, 1877; Jefferson, Buchanan Co., IA.
Hattie Eloise, b. February 12, 1884; Jefferson, Buchanan Co., IA.

The household of George “Edgington” was recorded in the 1880 Federal Census of ConoTownship, Buchanan County, Iowa (pg. 513; dwelling #10; family #10; enum. June 1, 1880), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Age	Bp	F Bp	M Bp	Occ
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George Edgington		32	OH	OH	OH	farmer
Jane	wife	25	MI	OH	OH	housekeeper
Homer	son	6	Germany	--	--
Frank	son	3	IA	--	--

The following obituary for George Edgeton was published in the Bulletin Journal on Thursday, March 18, 1897:

“George Edgeton, who was known by all, died at his home northeast of town on Saturday evening, after a prolonged illness of pulmonary complaint. He leaves a wife, two sons and one daughter to mourn his departure. Interment was made in the Brandon cemetery on Monday.”

At the time of the 1900 Federal Census, Mrs. Martha Jane (Wilson) Edgerton and her daughter, Hattie, were residing in Cedar Rapids, Linn County, in the household of Martha’s brother, Owen Wilson (pg. 23; dwelling #85; family #97; enum. June 11, 1900). The household was enumerated as follows:

Name	Rel.	Birthdate & place		Age	Marital	Parents’ birthplace
					Status	Father	Mother
----------------------------	--------	------------------------		--------	-----------	----------	----------
Owen Wilson	head	Aug. 1848	OH	50	D	VT	PA
Jane Edgeton	sister	May 1854	IA	46	Wd	VT	PA
Hattie	niece	Feb. 1884	IA	16	S	IN	IA
Loyd Wilson	son	June 1889	IA	10	S	OH	unknown

According to the above census record, Jane was the mother of three children, all of whom were still living. Her occupation was listed as “Dress maker” and Hattie was noted as “at school”. The family was residing at 109 1st Street.

The following obituary for “Mrs. J. Edgerton” was published in The Cedar Rapids Daily Republican on Thursday, February 15, 1917:

“MRS. J. EDGETON OF CENTER POINT DIED.

Center Point, Feb. 14 – Special – Mrs. J. Edgeton passed away at her home in this city at 3:30 Wednesday afternoon after an illness of nine weeks. She was a pioneer of Linn county and had been living in Center Point for three years. She was 72 years of age.

Mrs. Edgeton’s husband died almost twenty years ago. She is survived by three children, Mrs. Hattie E. Hedinger, who runs the Commercial hotel at Center Point; Frank Edgeton, of Center Point and Homer Edgeton, of Urbana. She was a member of M.B.A. Lodge at Walker.

The funeral will be held at the home Friday at 2:30, the Rev. R. B. Jones officiating. The body will be taken on the 1:50 car to Brandon for interment.”