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George Hough Edgerton, son of Jacob and Hannah (Sheldon) Edgerton.

born:	May 31, 1809; Pawlet, Rutland Co., VT. (VR 1:9) (GI)
died:	May 5, 1893; Wallingford, Rutland Co., VT. (VR 2:77:6) (GI)
buried:	Green Hill Cemetery; Wallingford, Rutland Co., VT. (GI)

married:

April 26, 1841; Bennington, Bennington Co., VT.

Amanda Hall Lasell, daughter of James and Phebe (Hall) Lasell.

born:	April 28, 1817; Providence, Providence Co., RI. (GI)
died:	November 1, 1894; Wallingford, Rutland Co., VT. (VR 2:50:30) (GI)
buried:	Green Hill Cemetery; Wallingford, Rutland Co., VT. (GI)

Children:

Amelia L., b. January 25, 1842; Pawlet, Rutland Co., VT.
Charles M., b. May 22, 1843; Pawlet, Rutland Co., VT.
Ada Lasell, b. October 30, 1857; Wallingford, Rutland Co., VT.

George Hough Edgerton was born at Pawlet, Vermont on May 31, 1809, the son of Jacob Edgerton and his second wife, Hannah Sheldon. He was presumably named in memory of his deceased brother, George H., who died in 1807 at three years of age.

George grew up in Pawlet. He was married at Bennington, Vermont on April 26, 1841 to Amanda Hall Lasell, daughter of James and Phebe Lasell, who had come to Bennington, Vermont from Providence, Rhode Island. Amanda was born at Providence on April 28, 1817.

George and Amanda resided initially in Pawlet, later removing circa 1847 to the village of Wallingford, just a short distance north in Rutland County, Vermont. They had three children – Amelia L., born at Pawlet on January 25, 1842; Charles M., born at Pawlet on May 22, 1843; and Ada Lasell, born at Wallingford on October 30, 1857. The elder daughter, Amelia, died in Pawlet, Vermont on June 16, 1847 (Pawlet VR I:107) and was buried in the family plot at Green Hill Cemetery in Wallingford Village.

The household of George Edgerton was recorded in the 1850 Federal Census of Wallingford, Rutland County, Vermont (pg. 337; dwelling #594, family #615; enum. Aug. 17, 1850), as follows:

George Edgerton	41	b. VT	shoemaker
Amanda	33	b. VT
Charles	7	b. VT

The household of George Edgerton was recorded in the 1860 Federal Census of Wallingford, Rutland County, Vermont (pg. 428; dwelling #580; family #581; enum. June 29, 1860), as follows:

George Edgerton	51	b. VT	shoemaker $1,500 real estate / $1,000 personal estate
Amanda	43	b. RI
Charles	17	b. VT
Ada	2	b. VT
Apphia Lasell	34	b. RI

At the outbreak of the Civil War, George’s only son, Charles M., enlisted in the 10th regiment of the Vermont Volunteer Infantry from Wallingford. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. Charles died at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 28, 1864, as the result of injuries in battle, and his body was brought home to Wallingford for interment in the family plot at Green Hill Cemetery. The inscription on Charles’ gravestone records his dates as: “May 22, 1843 – March 28, 1864”.

George worked for many years as a shoemaker, in Pawlet and Wallingford. He later opened a drugstore in Wallingford Village in 1865. The store and residence of “G. H. Edgerton” are listed on the 1869 F.W. Beers’ Rutland County Atlas Map of Wallingford, located on the west side of Main Street, between Depot St. and Elm St. (then named Mill St.), and just adjacent to the current Klock residence.

The household of George Edgerton was recorded in the 1870 Federal Census of Wallingford, Rutland County, Vermont (dwelling #336; family #346; enum. July 8, 1870), as follows:

George Edgerton	61	b. VT	druggist $700 real estate / $1,500 personal estate
Amanda	53	b. RI	keeping house
Addie	12	b. VT	at home
Silas H. Moore	14	b. VT	clerk in store

The household of George H. Edgerton was recorded in the 1880 Federal Census of Wallingford, Rutland County, Vermont (pg. 447; dwelling #51; family #54; enum. June 2, 1880), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Age	Bp	F Bp	M Bp	Occ.
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George H. Edgerton		71	VT	CT	CT	druggist
Amanda	wife	69	RI	RI	VT	keeps house
Ada L.	dau.	22	VT	VT	RI	at home

George and Amanda Edgerton both died in Wallingford in the 1890’s – he on May 5, 1893 (Wallingford VR II:7:6, “ae. 83 years, 0 months, 2 days”, cause of death: “paralysis”); and she on November 1, 1894 (Wallingford VR III:50:30, “ae. 77 years, 6 months, 2 days”, cause of death: “general debility”). They were buried side by side in the family plot at Green Hill Cemetery. Their only surviving daughter, Ada Lasell, married Myron Clark Rogers, son of Samuel E. and Sarah Allen (Edgerton) Rogers, on October 18, 1881 and had four children. They later moved for time to Brooklyn, New York.

Original Source Documents:

1850 Federal Census – household of George Hough Edgerton; Wallingford, Rutland Co., VT.

1860 Federal Census – household of George Hough Edgerton; Wallingford, Rutland Co., VT.

1870 Federal Census – household of George Hough Edgerton; Wallingford, Rutland Co., VT.

1880 Federal Census – household of George Hough Edgerton; Wallingford, Rutland Co., VT.

Gravestone photo – George Hough Edgerton & Mrs. Amanda Hawse (Lasell) Edgerton; Evergreen Cemetery; Wallingford, Rutland Co., VT.

For the ancestry of Amanda Hall (Lasell) Edgerton, consult:

§ Hall, David Brainard; Halls of New England; Albany, N.Y.: Joel Munsell’s Sons, 1883.