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Luther Edgerton, son of Eliphalet and Wealthy (Willard) Edgerton.

born:	September 27, 1807; Hartland, Windsor Co., VT.
died:	November 9, 1841; St. Louis, St. Louis Co., MO.

Luther Edgerton was listed as a head of household in the 1840 Federal Census of Quincy, Adams County, Illinois (pg. ). His household was enumerated with only two males aged 30 - 40.

The following entry is found in Deaths and Marriages from Early Quincy, Adams County, Illinois Papers, 1835 - 1850 (FHL microfiche #6017549, abstract courtesy of Karen Collignon-Foley):

“Edgerton, Luther, died Nov. 9, 1841, no age given, vol 4, #30, pg. 2 – ‘died in St. Louis of delirum tremen. Had been a young merchant in Quincy’”