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George Washington Edgerton, son of Alfred and Jane Hartly (Scritchfield) Edgerton.

born:	January 18, 1865; Creston, Lake Co., IN. (GI)
died:	November 11, 1950; Westmoreland, Pottawatomie Co., KS. (GI)
buried:	Westmoreland City Cemetery; Westmoreland, Pottawatomie Co., KS. (GI)

married:

April 6, 1898; Westmoreland, Pottawatomie Co., KS.

Mattie Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of Stephen B. and Lucinda (O’Daniel) Taylor.

born:	January 24, 1878; Westmoreland, Pottawatomie Co., KS. (GI)
died:	February 24, 1911; Topeka, Shawnee Co., KS. (GI) (OB The Westmoreland Recorder 3/2/1911)
buried:	March 7, 1911; Westmoreland City Cemetery; Westmoreland, Pottawatomie Co., KS. (GI)

Children:

Coila Merle, b. 1905; Topeka, Shawnee Co., KS.
Lola Mae, b. February 2, 1911; Topeka, Shawnee Co., KS.

The household of George W. Edgerton was recorded in the 1900 Federal Census of Shannon Township, Pottawatomie County, Kansas (pg. 167; dwelling #29; family #29; enum. June 5, 1900), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Birthdate & place		Age	Marital	Parents’ birthplace
					Status	Father	Mother
----------------------------	--------	------------------------		--------	-----------	----------	----------
George W. Edgerton	head	Jan. 1865	IN	35	M 2y	NY	KY
Mattie E.	wife	Jan. 1878	KS	22	M 2y	Canada	KY

According to the above census record, Mattie had not had any children. George’s occupation was listed as “farmer”.

The household of George W. Edgerton was recorded in the 1910 Federal Census of Soldier Township, Shawnee County, Kansas (pg. 117; dwelling #178; family #178; enum May 11, 1910), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Age	Birthplace	Marital	Parents’ birthplace
				Status	Father	Mother
----------------------------	--------	--------	-----------	----------	----------	----------
Geo. W. Edgerton	head	45	IN	M 12y	NY	KY
Mattie	wife	32	KS	M 12y	Canada	KY
Coila Merle	dau.	4	KS	S	NY	KS

According to the above census record, Mattie was the mother of one child. George’s occupation was listed as “farmer”.

The following obituary notice for Mrs. Mattie Elizabeth (Taylor) Edgerton was published in The Westmoreland Recorder on March 2, 1911:

“Mrs. George W. Edgerton, formerly Mattie Taylor, died at her home six miles north of Topeka, last Friday. She leaves a husband and two children, one of them less than a month old. The deceased was a daughter of S. B . Taylor and wife. The body was brought to Westmoreland. The funeral was held in the Baptist church of this city on Tuesday and was conducted by Rev. B. K. Evans, a local M. E. preacher of the congregation of which she was a member. An obituary will be published next week.”

The household of George W. Edgerton was recorded in the 1920 Federal Census of Soldier Township, Shawnee County, Kansas (pg. 181; dwelling #36; family #36), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Age	Birthplace	Marital	Parents’ birthplace
				Status	Father	Mother
----------------------------	--------	--------	-----------	----------	----------	----------
George W. Edgerton	head	54	IN	Wd	NY	KY
Merle C.	dau.	14	KS	S	IN	KS

When this census was taken, George’s younger daughter, Lola Mae, was residing in the household of her grandparents, Stephen and Lucinda Taylor in Rock Creek Township, Pottawatomie County, Kansas (pg. 220; dwelling #135; family #139). She was enumerated as “Lula M. Edgerton, grand-dau., aged 8, b. Kansas”.

Original Source Documents:

1900 Federal Census – household of George Washington Edgerton; Shannon Twp., Pottawatomie Co., KS.

1910 Federal Census – household of George Washington Edgerton; Soldier Twp., Pottawatomie Co., KS.

1920 Federal Census – household of George Washington Edgerton; Soldier Twp., Pottawatomie Co., KS.

Gravestone photo – George Washington Edgerton & Mrs. Mattie Elizabeth (Taylor) Edgerton; Westmoreland City Cemetery; Westmoreland, Pottawatomie Co., KS,