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The Edgerton Database |
Julius Edgerton, son of Philip and Narcissa (Osborne) Edgerton.
Maria J. Warner, daughter of Enos and Eunice (Warner) Warner.
Children:
Emily Jane Stillman, daughter of David and Eunice (Warner) Stillman.
Julius
Edgerton was born at Wallingford, Vermont on June 29, 1819, the youngest son
of Philip and Narcissa (Osborne) Edgerton.
During his childhood, Julius removed with his parents to Chautauqua
County, New York, and from there to Thompson, Geauga County, Ohio. Shortly
after the family’s arrival in Thompson, Julius was married on June 15, 1840
to Maria J. Warner. Maria was the
daughter of Enos and Eunice (Warner) Warner, formerly of Sheffield,
Massachusetts and Wethersfield, Connecticut.
Julius and Maria (Warner) Edgerton had one child: a son, Charles W., born at Thompson, Ohio
August 1841. Julius
and Maria resided briefly in Thompson, Ohio.
In 1842, Julius was engaged in the contstruction of mills in and
around Painesville, Ohio, together with Charles Horatio Waterous. A fire put them out of business in 1845,
and the following year the two became partners with John D. Shepard in a
foundry in the city of Buffalo, New York.
The firm failed during the commercial depression of 1848. The friendship of the two partners was
apparently quite strong, as Charles named one of his sons, Julius Edgerton
Waterous. Mrs.
Maria J. (Warner) Edgerton died at Buffalo, New York on August 15, 1843, aged
27 years (see Early Settlers of New
York State; Janet Wethy Foley; 1934; Vol. I, pg. 401). Julius
Edgerton was a member of the Young Men’s Association of Buffalo. His name was listed in the register of
“Members, February 9, 1848” published in the Twelfth Annual Report of the Executive Committee of the Young Men’s
Association of the City of Buffalo (Buffalo, New York: A.M. Clapp &
Co. Printers; 1848; pg. 36). Julius
was similarly listed in the register of members in the next two annual
reports. Julius
Edgerton was remarried at Sheffield, Massachusetts on May 24, 1849 to Emily
Jane Stillman, daughter of David and Eunice (Warner) Stillman. Emily was born at Sheffield circa 1828; she
was the niece of Julius’ first wife, Maria Warner. According to the Sheffield marriage record,
Julius was “of Buffalo, New York”. Mrs.
Emily (Stillman) Edgerton died just a few months after her marriage – at
Detroit, Michigan on September 10, 1849, aged 21 years (see Early Settlers of New York State;
Janet Wethy Foley; 1934; Vol. I, pg. 401). Julius
Edgerton died at Painesville, Lake County, Ohio on November 19, 1850. He may have been staying with his elder
brother, Edwin Edgerton, who resided at this time in Painesville. Julius’ death was recorded in the Evergreen Burial Register 1847 – 1865
(#137) with the following particulars:
At
the time of the 1850 Federal Census, Julius’ only son, Charles W. Edgerton,
was recorded in the household of his grandfather, Enos Warner, in Thompson,
Geauga County, Ohio (pg. 296; dwelling # 193; family # 201; enum. August 29,
1850). He was enumerated as “Charles
Edgerton, aged 9, b. in Ohio”. Charles
later settled in the city of Buffalo, New York; he was married and had two
daughters. Original Source Documents: Birth record –
Julius Edgerton; Philip Edgerton Family
Bible, Births – original bible in
the possession of Bob
Glazier. Death record – Julius
Edgerton; Philip Edgerton Family Bible, Deaths
– original bible in the possession of Bob Glazier. |
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