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The Edgerton Database |
George Dexter Edgerton, son of Hiram and Mary Ann (Judd) Edgerton.
Elma P. ----
Emma J. Hathaway, daughter of Lorenzo and Almira (Cain) Hathaway.
Children:
George Dexter Edgerton was born at Dayton, New
York circa 1852. He was the second son
of Hiram Edgerton and his second wife, Mary Ann Judd. George was raised in Dayton and Nashville,
New York. His name is found in most
records as “George D. Edgerton”; the only known reference to his complete
name is from the record of his second marriage. Upon the death of his father in 1871, George was
the principal heir to the family farm in Hanover Township. In 1879, George joined with his younger
brother “Edmund A. Edgerton” and his mother “Mary Anne Edgerton” in a deed
conveying 40 acres of this property to Caroline M. Grantier. The remaining 100 acres of the farm are
found listed on the 1881 Atlas of Chautauqua
County as the farm of “G. Edgarton”.
Both George and Edmund had already removed west by this time, so it is
uncertain if any of the family were residing on the property at this time. George D. Edgerton was married twice. His first wife, Elma P., died October 3,
1876, “aged 22 years and 9 months” and was buried at the Nasvhille Cemetery
in Hanover Township, New York. Not
long afterwards, George removed west to LaSalle County, Illinois, in the
northern portion of that state west of Chicago. He settled in the city of Earlville, where
his elder brother, Daniel, also resided briefly during the latter 1870’s. At the time of the 1880 Federal
Census, George was recorded in the household of Mrs. Almira Hathaway (pg.
171; dwelling #315; family #318; enum. June 25-26, 1880). He was enumerated as, “George Edgerton,
aged 27, boarder, clerk in store, b. in New York (both parents b. in New
York)”. Later that year, George
married Almira’s daughter, Emma, who was also recorded in the household. George Dexter Edgerton was married at Earlville,
Illinois on September 8, 1880 to Emma J. Hathaway, daughter of Lorenzo and
Almira (Cain) Hathaway, formerly of Cheshire, Massachusetts. Emma was born at Chesire on March 9,
1862. George and Emma’s marriage was
recorded in the LaSalle County Register of Marriages (Vol. 1, pg. 120,
#1560). George and Emma had two children: a son Roy R., born May 1884 and a daughter,
Ruth, born October 9, 1892 – both born at Earlville. George Dexter Edgerton died at Earlville, Illinois
sometime before June 1900. The year
and date of his death have not yet been found. The Historical and Biographical History of
the Township of Dayton… (published in 1901) states that George “died a few
years ago at Earlville, Ill”. The household of Mrs. Emma J. Edgerton was
recorded in the 1900
Federal Census of Earlville City, Ward 2 (
According to the above census record, Emma was the
mother of three children, two of whom were still living. Her occupation was listed as “Landlady” and
the two children were noted as “at school”. The household of Mrs. Emma J. Edgerton was
recorded in the 1910
Federal Census of Chicago (Ward 34), Cook County, Illinois (pg. ;
dwelling #203; family #283; enum. ----), as follows:
According to the above census record, Emma was the
mother of three children, two of whom were still living. Roy’s occupation was listed as
“stenographer – railroad” and Ruth was lsited as a “student – business
college”. The family was residing at
this time at 2351 South Ridgeway Avenue.
The household also included three servants, Leslie Poundstone, Walter
L. Brady and Sidney West. Mrs. Emma (Hathaway) Edgerton later moved to
Arizona, where she was recorded in the 1920 and 1930 Federal Censuses with
her widowed daughter, Ruth (Edgerton) Conger – in Winkleman (Gila Co.) and
Phoenix (Maricopa Co.), respectively. Mrs. Emma (Hathaway) Edgerton died at Phoenix,
Arizona on September 24, 1942. Her death
certificate was filed with the Arizona State Department of Health
(certificate #265). Emma was buried at
Greenwood Cemetery in Phoenix. Original Source Documents: 1880 Federal
Census – household of Mrs. Almira
Hathaway; Earlville City, LaSalle Co., IL. 1900
Federal Census – household of Mrs. Emma
(Hathaway) Edgerton; Earlville City, LaSalle Co., IL. 1910
Federal Census – household of Mrs. Emma
(Hathaway) Edgerton; Chicago (Ward 34), Cook Co., IL. Death
Certificate – Mrs. Emma J. (Hathaway) Edgerton; Arizona State Department
of Heatlhy, Certificate #265. |
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