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The Edgerton Database |
Horace Wilcox Edgerton, son of Charles Fox and Corilla (Clark) Edgerton Edgerton.
Matilda Rhoda Taylor
Children:
Horace Wilcox Edgerton was born at Pawlet, Vermont on May 7, 1836, the only son of Charles Fox and Corilla (Clark) Edgerton. He was raised in Pawlet, Vermont. Horace’s occupation was listed variously as miller, florist and painter. He probably learned the mill trade from his father, who operated a grist-mill in Pawlet for many years. Horace W. Edgerton was married on April 5, 1861 at Dorset, Vermont to Matilda Rhoda Taylor. The marriage record (Dorset VR 1:6:12) states that Horace was a “miller, aged 25, born in Pawlet”, and that Matilda was “aged 25, born in Dorset”. Other records state that Matilda was born in Rupert. No parents were listed in the marriage record. According to the 1900 and 1910 Federal Census enumerations (see below), Horace and Matilda (Taylor) Edgerton had four children. There are currently records of only two of the children: a son, Charles Franklin, born at Pawlet in 1863; and an infant daughter who was born at Pawlet on August 9, 1873, and died two days later. The birth and death records of this latter infant (Pawlet VR 3:9 & 3:5) indicate that Horace was residing in district 12 (of Pawlet), probably adjacent to or very nearby his father, Charles. The household of Horace W. Edgerton was recorded
in the 1880
Federal Census of Pawlet, Rutland County, Vermont (pg. 208; dwelling
#129; family #139; enum. June 10, 1880), as follows:
The household of Horace W. Edgerton was recorded
in the 1900
Federal Census of Pawlet, Rutland County,
Vermont (pg. 12; dwelling #162; family #177; enum. June 11-12, 1900), as
follows:
According to the above census record, Matilda was the mother of four children, one of whom was still living. Horace’s occupation was listed as “painter & decorator” and Helen was noted as “at school”. The household also included one servant, Florence M. Krach. Circa 1900 – 1910, Horace and Matilda Edgerton later removed to Quincy, Massachusetts, just south of the city of Boston. Horace W. Edgerton and his family were recorded in
the 1910
Federal Census of Quincy (Ward 1), Norfolk
County, Massachusetts residing in the household of Mrs. Harriet E. Turner
(pg. 149; dwelling #149; family #152; enum. April 19, 1910), as follows:
According to the above census record, Matilda was the mother of four children, one of whom was still living. Horace’s occupation was listed as “Painter – House work”. According to the Massachusetts Index to Deaths, Horace W. Edgerton died at Quincy, Massachusetts in the year 1920 and his wife, Matilda, died there in 1921. Original Source Documents: Newspaper
item – Horace Wilcox Edgerton; White Cloud Kansas Chief – Thursday, September
11, 1862. 1880 Federal
Census – household of Horace Wilcox
Edgerton; Pawlet, Rutland Co., VT. 1900 Federal
Census – household of Horace Wilcox
Edgerton; Pawlet, Rutland Co., VT. 1910 Federal
Census – household of Mrs. Harriet E.
Turner; Quincy (Ward 1), Norfolk Co., MA. |
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