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The Edgerton Database |
George Becker Edgerton, son of Alonzo Jay and Sarah Hubbard (Curtis) Edgerton.
Josephine Alice Godwin, daughter of Enoch and Hannah (Martin) Godwin.
Children:
The following biography of George Becker Edgerton
is excerpted from Minnesota Progressive Men (Marion Daniel Shutter;
Minneapolis Journal; Minneapolis, Minn.; 1897; pg. 37): “George Becker Edgerton is the assistant attorney general of Minnesota, and resides in St. Paul. His father, A. J. Edgerton, was the United States district judge of the district of South Dakota. Judge Edgerton was appointed chief justice of the Territory of Dakota by President Arthur, in 1881, at which time he was a resident of Dodge County, Minnesota, having lived there since 1855. When Hon. William Windom left the senate to take a position in the cabinet of President Garfield, Governor Pillsbury appointed Judge Edgerton to fill Mr. Windom’s unexpired term. Judge Edgerton's wife was Sarah C. Curtis. Three of his ancestors served in the Revolutionary War, two as privates by the name of Palmer, and one by the name of White, who held the rank of captain, and was taken prisoner and conveyed to Canada. The subject of this sketch was born at Mantorville, Dodge County, Minnesota, June 11, 1857. He attended private and public schools in his native town, and attended Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin, from 1872 till 1875. In the fall of 1877 he entered his father’s law office and studied with him two years. He then attended lectures in 1879 and 1880 at the Columbia Law School, of New York City. In June of 1880 he was admitted to the bar in the Fifth judicial district of Minnesota, and formed a partnership with his father. In 1884 he was elected county attorney of Dodge County, serving one term. He continued the practice of his profession in Dodge County until April 1, 1890, when he was appointed assistant United States district attorney and removed to St. Paul. In January, 1893, he resigned that position to accept the office of assistant attorney general, tendered him by Hon. H. W. Childs, which office he still holds. In these several public positions Mr. Edgerton has been engaged in a number of very important cases. His private practice has also been prosperous and successful. He is at present a member of the law firm of Edgerton & Wickwire, of St. Paul. Mr. Edgerton has always been a Republican, and has taken an active part in different campaigns. He was a delegate to the Republican national convention in 1888 from the First Congressional district of this state, and in that campaign took an active part on the stump. He is a member of the Church Club, of the Diocese of Minnesota, an Episcopal organization; also a member of the Commercial Club, of St. Paul, and the Masonic Order. He was married July 11, 1883, to Josie A. Godwin of Appleton, Wisconsin. They have had five children, Margaret Godwin, Lillian Clark, Katharine Godwin, Josephine Godwin and George Godwin, all of whom are living, except Katharine. Mr. Edgerton as a boy learned the value of self-reliance, and has to a great degree been the architect of his own fortunes.” The household of George B. Edgerton was recorded
in the 1900 Federal
Census of Saint Paul (Ward 7),
Ramsey County, Minnesota (pg. 195; dwelling #172; family #180; enum. June 7,
1900), as follows:
According to the above census record, Josephine
was the mother of five children, four of whom were still living. George’s occupation was listed as “lawyer”,
and each of three daughters was noted as “attends school”. The family was residing at 828 Lincoln
Avenue. Original Source Documents: 1900 Federal Census – household of George Becker
Edgerton; St. Paul (Ward 7), Ramsey Co., MN. Death
Certificate – George Becker Edgerton; Minnesota State Death Certificates,
certificate #12422. Death
Certificate – Mrs. Josephine (Godwin) Edgerton; Minnesota State Death
Certificates, certificate #24577. |
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