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Madison Long Edgerton, son of Byram Chedister and Frances Annabelle (Angle) Edgerton.

born:	August 27, 1903; Blairstown, Warren Co., NJ. (SSDI)
died:	May 8, 1990; Kearny, Hudson Co., NJ. (SSDI) (OB The Record, Northern New Jersey 5/9/1990)
buried:	Glendale Cemetery; Bloomfield, Essex Co., NJ. (OB The Record, Northern New Jersey 5/9/1990)

married:

February 17, 1926; Newark, Essex Co., NJ.

Ruth Lawton Palmer, daughter of George Washington and Emma Mary (Adams) Palmer.

born:	April 1, 1902; Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY. (SSDI)
died:	October 6, 1990; Kearny, Hudson Co., NJ. (OB The Record, Northern New Jersey 10/9/1990)
buried:	Glendale Cemetery; Bloomfield, Essex Co., NJ.

Children:

Madison Long.

The following obituary for Madison L. Edgerton was published in The Record, Northern New Jersey on Wednesday, May 9, 1990 (pg. F12):

“MADISON L. EDGERTON, 86, of Kearny, formerly of Blairstown, died Tuesday. Before retiring in 1979, he was a senior vice president of Transport of New Jersey in Maplewood, where he worked for 57 years. He was a member of the Golden Brass Club of Transport of New Jersey. Surviving are his wife, Ruth Palmer Edgerton; a son, Madison L. Jr. of Lyndhurst; a grandchild, and two great-grandchildren. Services will be Friday at 10 a.m. at Wilfred Armitage Funeral Home, Kearny, with burial in Glendale Cemetery, Bloomfield. Visiting will be Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.”

The following obituary for Mrs. Ruth (Palmer) Edgerton was published in The Record, Northern New Jersey on Tuesday, October 9, 1990 (pg. C8):

“RUTH PALMER EDGERTON, 88, of Kearny died Saturday. Surviving are a son, Madison L. Jr. of Lyndhurst; a grandson, and two great-grandchildren. Services will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Wilfred Armitage Funeral Home, Kearny.”