John Mills Edgerton was married three times. He was divorced from his first wife, Harriet A. Bartling, who removed to Denver with their only child, Elizabeth (aka “Bessie”). John subsequently settled in Chicago, where he was married to Mary Hanlan on February 5, 1874. The outcome of this marriage is not known, however circa 1880, John was married for a third time to Delorah Lou Bullard, who survived him. John apparently did not have any children with his second or third wives.

Mrs. Harriet (Bartling) Edgerton and her daughter, Elizabeth, were recorded in the 1870 Federal Census of Glasgow, Howard County, Missouri (pg. 311; dwelling #99; family #99; enum. July 14, 1870). They were residing at this time in the household of C. J. Stebbins, and were enumerated as follows:

H. A. Edgerton	22	b. MO	at home
Bessie	7	b. MO

Also recorded in the household was an “E. Bartling”, aged 63, born in New York, who was probably Harriet’s widowed mother, Eleanor (McCabe) Bartling.

John Mills Edgerton was recorded in the 1880 Federal Census of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. He was residing in the household Catharine Gibson (pg. 568; dwelling #128; family #233; enum. June 8, 1880) and was enumerated as: “John Edgerton, age 38, boarder, waiter, born in Ohio, both parents born in Ohio”. Enumerated directly following John in this household were sisters Clara and Lou Bullard – the latter, Delorah Lou Bullard, was soon afterwards to become John’s third wife.

The household of John M. Edgerton was recorded in the 1900 Federal Census of Lakeview, Cook County, Illinois (pg. 324; dwelling #158; family #263; enum. June 11, 1900) as follows:

Name	Rel.	Birthdate & place		Age	Marital	Parents’ birthplace
					Status	Father	Mother
----------------------------	--------	------------------------		--------	-----------	----------	----------
Jno M. Edgerton	head	Feb. 1837	VA	63	M 20y	CT	PA
Delorah	wife	July 1860	Canada	39	M 20y	Canada	Canada
Clara Bullard	s-i-l	Feb. 1862	Canada	38	S	Canada	Canada

According to the above census record, Delorah had not had any children. John’s occupation was listed as “Advertiser”. The family was residing at 466 Fullerton Avenue, in the same dwelling as C. E. and Susan Ferry.

The following obituary notice for John Mills Edgerton was published in the The Chicago Daily Times on January 30, 1920:

“DEATHS… EDGERTON – John Mills Edgerton, Jan. 29, 1920, at his residence, 920 Montrose av. husband of Delora L., aged 83 years. Notice of funeral later.”