The household of James M. Edgerton was recorded in the 1880 Federal Census of Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut (pg. 371; dwelling #92; family #125; enum. June 7, 1880), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Age	Bp	F Bp	M Bp	Occ.
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James M. Edgerton		24	CT	CT	CT	painter
Mary E.	wife	21	MA	NY	VT	keeping house
Fanny A.	dau.	2	NY	CT	MA

The household of James M. Edgerton was recorded in the 1900 Federal Census of Plymouth, Litchfield County, Connecticut (dwelling #989; family #567; enum. June 26, 1900), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Birthdate & place		Age	Marital	Parents’ birthplace
					Status	Father	Mother
----------------------------	--------	------------------------		--------	-----------	----------	----------
James M. Edgerton	head	Nov. 1856	CT	43	M 23y	NY	NY
Mary E.	wife	Feb. 1859	MA	41	M 23y	MA	VT
Edith B.	dau.	Sept. 1883	MA	16	S	CT	MA

According to the above census record, Mary was the mother of two children, both of whom were still living. James’ occupation was listed as “shipping locks”, and Edith was noted as “at school”. James had been unemployed for one month during the last year.

Original Source Documents:

1880 Federal Census – household of James M. Edgerton; Meriden, New Haven Co., CT.

1900 Federal Census – household of James M. Edgerton; Plymouth, Litchfield Co., CT.