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George Henry Edgerton, son of Edward and Lucy (Mellor) Edgerton.

born:	July 4, 1852; Franklin, Delaware Co., NY. (GI)
died:	June 24, 1907; Pittsfield, Otsego Co., NY. (NY State DC #38889) (GI)
buried:	Ouleout Valley Cemetery; Franklin, Delaware Co., NY. (GI)

married:

~1877. (CR NY1900 Pittsfield – “m. 23y”)

Mary J. Wightman, daughter of William and Elizabeth A. (Gadsby) Wightman.

born:	September 21, 1857; Pittsfield, Otsego Co., NY. (GI)
died:	March 23, 1926; Franklin, Delaware Co., NY. (NY State DC #19438) (OB The Oneonta Star 3/26/1926) (GI)
buried:	Ouleout Valley Cemetery; Franklin, Delaware Co., NY. (GI)

Children:

Cook Edward, b. January 23, 1879; Hartwick, Otsego Co., NY.
Agnes E., b. October 22, 1882; Hartwick, Otsego Co., NY.
Scott W., b. August 4, 1884; Franklin, Delaware Co., NY.
Harry George, b. October 12, 1887; Franklin, Delaware Co., NY.
Paul Mellor, b. June 13, 1890; Franklin, Delaware Co., NY.

The household of George Edgerton was recorded in the 1880 Federal Census of Hartwick Town (District 1), Otsego County, New York (pg. 114; no dwelling or family #; enum. June 8, 1880), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Age	Bp	F Bp	M Bp	Occ
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George Edgerton		26	NY	NY	England	farmer
Mary	wife	21	NY	NY	NY	keeping house
Edward	son	1	NY	NY	NY

The household of George H. Edgerton was recorded in the 1900 Federal Census of Pittsfield, Otsego County, New York (pg. 57; dwelling #201; family #214; enum. June 18, 1900), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Birthdate & place		Age	Marital	Parents’ birthplace
					Status	Father	Mother
----------------------------	--------	------------------------		--------	-----------	----------	----------
George H. Edgerton	head	July 1853	NY	46	M 23y	NY	England
Mary J.	wife	Sept. 1858	NY	41	M 23y	NY	England
Scott W.	son	Aug. 1885	NY	14	S	NY	NY
Harry G.	son	Oct. 1887	NY	12	S	NY	NY
Paul	son	June 1890	NY	10	S	NY	NY

According to the above census record, Mary was the mother of five children, all of whom were still living. George’s occupation was listed as “farmer”, Scott and Harry were listed as “farm laborers” and Paul was noted as “attends school”.

Original Source Documents:

1880 Federal Census – household of George Henry Edgerton; Hardwick Town (District 1), Otsego Co., NY.

1900 Federal Census – household of George Henry Edgerton; Pittsfield, Otsego Co., NY.

Obituary – Mrs. Mary J. (Wightman) Edgerton; The Oneonta Star – Friday, March 26, 1926.