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The Edgerton Database |
George Linus Edgerton, son of Plinny and Nancy (Haynes) Edgerton.
Emma M. ----
Children:
George Linus Edgerton was born at Bennington, Vermont in the year 1836, the only son of Plinny and Nancy (Haynes) Edgerton. He was raised in Bennington and made his living as a carpenter and millwright. Very little is known about the life of George L. Edgerton. In the mid 1860’s, he settled in the town of New Lots, in Kings County, New York, where he was married to Emma M. ---- and had one son, Charles H. Census records are not consistent regarding the ages of Charles and Emma. The household of George Edgerton was recorded in the 1870 Federal Census of New Lots, Kings County, New York (pg. 207; dwelling #835; family #1155; enum. July 9, 1870), as follows:
George’s whereabouts at the time of the 1880 Federal Census is not known. He is not found either in Kings County, New York, nor in his hometown of Bennington, Vermont. George’s only son, Charles, was recorded living with his grandmother, Nancy Edgerton, in Bennington. George Linus Edgerton died at Bennington, Vermont
in August of 1882. According to the
record of his death (Bennington VR 3:51), he was a carpenter, aged 46 years,
single [sic], and had been born in Bennington, the son of Pliny Edgerton and
Nancy Haynes. George’s name was
written in the register as “Linus Edgerton”, and the cause of death was given
as “consumption”. George L. Edgerton
was buried in the family plot at Hinsdillville Cemetery, in North Bennington,
Vermont. George’s widow, “Emma M. Edgerton”, was remarried
at Hartford, Connecticut on August 28, 1895 to John C. Moore. According to the marriage record (Hartford
VR M2:402), Emma was a widow, aged 45, born in New York; and John was aged
46, born in Glastonbury, Connecticut.
The family was enumerated in the 1900 Federal
Census of
Hartford (Ward 5), Hartford County, New York (dwelling #93; family #304;
enum. June 1900), as follows:
According to the above census record, Emma was the
mother of one child. John’s occupation
was listed as “Conductor (Rg)”; and Charles was listed as a “machinist”. The family was residing at 635 Main Street. Original Source Documents: 1870
Federal Census – household of George Linus Edgerton; New Lots, Kings Co.,
NY. 1900
Federal Census – household of John C. Moore; Hartford (Ward 5), Hartford
Co., CT. |
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