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Hiram Bingham Edgerton, son of Ezekiel and Lucy (Fales) Edgerton.

Wealthy Maria Perry, daughter of Caleb Ephraim and Wealthy (Macomber) Perry.

Children:

1. Melvin Perry, b. March 31, 1844; North Royalton, Cuyahoga Co., OH.
2. Adelaide A., b. June 30, 1848; North Royalton, Cuyahoga Co., OH.
3. Winfield W., b. August 1851; North Royalton, Cuyahoga Co., OH.

Laura Armina Perry, daughter of Caleb Ephraim and Wealthy (Macomber) Perry.

Hiram Bingham Edgerton was born at Hawley, Massachusetts on March 11, 1820, the youngest of twelve children born to Ezekiel and Lucy (Fales) Edgerton.  He was presumably named after the missionary, Hiram Bingham, “whose departure for Hawaii in 1819 was widely publicized” (see David W. Dumas; Joseph Edgerton of Norwich, Connecticut and his Descendants; East Greenwich, Rhode Island; 1982).

The Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of Cleveland Ohio (Chicago, Ill.: The Lewis Publishing Co.; 1894; pg. 385) provides the following biographical excerpt for Hiram Bingham Edgerton:

“Hiram Edgerton, who was born in Massachusetts in 1819 [sic], drove from his native State to Ohio in an early day, purchased a tract of wooded land in Royalton township, Cuyahoga county, and was engaged in lumbering and farming.  He followed the former occupation during the winter seasons, having hauled his lumber to the Ohio canal.  At the time of his death he owned 135 acres of land.  Mr. Edgerton was married in Royalton township, to Wealthy Perry, a daughter of Caleb Perry, and they had two children, – Melvin P.; and Adelaide, now Mrs. John Coats, of Brooklyn.  The wife and mother died in 1875 [sic], and was buried in the Center cemetery.  Mr. Edgerton afterward married a sister of his former wife.  His death occurred March 31, 1883 [sic], and his widow still resides at Center.  In political matters, Mr. Edgerton was an active worker in the Republican party.”

The household of Hiram B. Edgerton was recorded in the 1850 Federal Census of Royalton (District 3), Cuyahoga County, Ohio (pg. 155; dwelling #2830; family #2999; enum. September 10, 1850), as follows:

The household of Hiram B. Edgerton was recorded in the 1860 Federal Census of Royalton, Cuyahoga County, Ohio (pg. 293; dwelling #713; family #689; enum. July 3, 1860), as follows:

The household of Hiram Edgerton was recorded in the 1870 Federal Census of North Royalton, Cuyahoga County, Ohio (pg. 592; dwelling #57; family #57; enum. June 15, 1870), as follows:

Mrs. Wealthy Maria (Perry) Edgerton died at North Royalton, Ohio on June 4, 1876.  Her death was registered in the Cuyahoga County Probate Court Record of Deaths, 1867 – 1890 (Volume 1, pg. 247), as “Maria Edgerton, died June 4, 1876, aged 58 years”.  Hiram B. Edgerton was remarried on April 29, 1877 at North Royalton, Ohio to his first wife’s younger sister, Laura Armina Perry.

The household of Hiram Edgerton was recorded in the 1880 Federal Census of Royalton, Cuyahoga County, Ohio (pg. 341; dwelling #54; family #54; enum. June 4, 1880), as follows:

Hiram Bingham Edgerton died at North Royalton, Ohio on March 30th or 31st, 1884.  Hiram and his first wife were buried together at the North Royalton Cemetery.  The Edgerton monument which marks their burial site bears the following pair of inscriptions:

WEALTHY

M.

PERRY

WIFE OF

H. B. EDGERTON

DIED

JUNE 4, 1876

AGED

58 YEARS

H. B. EDGERTON

DIED MAR. 31, 1884

AGED 64 YEARS

The death of “H. B. Edgerton, aged 64 years” on March 30, 1884 was recorded in the Cuyahoga County Probate Court Record of Deaths, 1867 – 1890 (Volume 2, pg. 238).

Several secondary sources (eg. Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of Cleveland Ohio; also David W. Dumas, Joseph Edgerton of Norwich, Connecticut and his Descendants, both cited above) state that Hiram Bingham Edgerton died in 1883, however both primary records of his death (that is, his gravestone and probate record of death, cited above) report that he died in the year 1884, aged 64 years.

Hiram Edgerton’s second wife, Laura Armina (Perry) Edgerton, died at the Invalid Home in Cleveland, Ohio on April 17, 1902.  She was buried in the same plot as her husband and sister at North Royalton Cemetery.  A small footstone there bears the following inscription:

L. A. EDGERTON

1826 – 1902

The Cleveland Public Library Necrology Files provide the following data for Mrs. Laura Armina (Perry) Edgerton:

Id#: 0087600; Reel #022

Name: Edgerton, Armina L.

Date: April 18, 1902

Source: unknown

Notes: Edgerton, Armina L., at the Invalid Home, Thursday, April 17, aged 75 years.  Funeral at North Royalton, Saturday, April 19, at 1 p.m.

Original Source Documents:

1850 Federal Census – household of Hiram Bingham Edgerton; Royalton (District 3), Cuyahoga Co., OH.

1860 Federal Census – household of Hiram Bingham Edgerton; Royalton, Cuyahoga Co., OH.

1870 Federal Census – household of Hiram Bingham Edgerton; North Royalton, Cuyahoga Co., OH.

1880 Federal Census – household of Hiram Bingham Edgerton; Royalton, Cuyahoga Co., OH.

Gravestone photo – Hiram Bingham Edgerton; North Royalton Cemetery; North Royalton, Cuyahoga Co., OH.

Gravestone photo –Mrs. Wealthy Maria (Perry) Edgerton; North Royalton Cemetery; North Royalton, Cuyahoga Co., OH.

Gravestone photo –Mrs. Laura Armina (Perry) Edgerton; North Royalton Cemetery; North Royalton, Cuyahoga Co., OH.