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Sardis Edgerton, son of Ezekiel and Lucy (Fales) Edgerton.                                                                                                                         PHOTO

Emeline Ingram, daughter of Peter and Emily (Roberts) Ingram.                                                                                                                  PHOTO

Children:

1. James, b. August 29, 1835; North Royalton, Cuyahoga Co., OH.
2. Eliza, b. August 23, 1837; North Royalton, Cuyahoga Co., OH.
3. Sardis, b. June 8, 1839; North Royalton, Cuyahoga Co., OH.
4. Ann Eliza, b. May 24, 1841; North Royalton, Cuyahoga Co., OH.
5. Sylvia, b. March 26, 1843; North Royalton, Cuyahoga Co., OH.
6. Adaline, b. October 2, 1845; North Royalton, Cuyahoga Co., OH.
7. Maria, b. March 27, 1848; North Royalton, Cuyahoga Co., OH.
8. Emeline, b. September 20, 1850; North Royalton, Cuyahoga Co., OH.
9. Rhoda I., b. March 2, 1853; North Royalton, Cuyahoga Co., OH.

Sardis Edgerton Sr. was born at Hawley, Massachusetts on January 14, 1808, the fourth son and fifth child of Ezekiel and Lucy (Fales) Edgerton.  Sardis was raised in Hawley and made his living as a farmer.

The Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of Cleveland Ohio (Chicago, Ill.: The Lewis Publishing Co.; 1894; pg 479) provides the following biographical excerpt for Sardis Edgerton, Sr.:

“…[Sardis Edgerton Sr.] was born in Holly township, Franklin county, Massachusetts, January 14, 1808, and his father, Ezekiel Edgerton, was a native of Hartford, Connecticut, of English extraction.  Sardis Edgerton was a scythe-snath-maker by trade.  In the fall of 1831, with a horse and wagon, he joined his brother in Brecksville township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, where he followed his trade for a time.  After his marriage he located on the farm where our subject [Sardis Edgerton, Jr.] now resides, which he bought in three purchases, and at that time the country was inhabited by wild animals.  Mr. Edgerton located on the portion of the farm where he in 1855 erected the present, substantial brick residence.  In political matters, he was first a Whig, afterward became a stanch Republican, and for a number or years served as Township Trustee.

He was married in Newburg, Cuyahoga county, March 18, 1834, to Emeline Inghram, a native of New York.  They had the following children:  James, of Cleveland, Ohio; Eliza, deceased at the age of two years; Sardis, our subject; Ann Eliza, wife of Oliver Ellsworth, of Hinckley, Media county, Ohio; Sylvia, now Mrs. Morris Kemp, of Berea, this county; Adaline, wife of Henry Akins, of Royalton; Maria, wife of John Sampson; Emma, a resident of Cleveland; and Rhoda, wife of George A. Wood, of Ashtabula, Ohio.  Mr. Edgerton survived until April 6, 1890, his wife having died April 26, 1885, and they were buried at Royalton Center.  They celebrated their fiftieth anniversary March 18, 1884.”

The household of “Sardis Edistant” was recorded in the 1840 Federal Census of Royalton, Cuyahoga County, Ohio (pg. 147), with the following enumeration:

1 male “30 and under 40”  (Sardis);

1 male “15 and under 20”  (?);

2 males “under 5 years”  (sons James and Sardis Jr.);

1 female “50 and under 60”  (?); and,

1 female “20 and under 30”  (wife Emeline).

At the time of this census, Sardis was residing adjacent to his elder brother, Harvey, whose household was enumerated next on the Cuyahoga County Census Roll.

The household of Sardis Edgerton was recorded in the 1850 Federal Census of Royalton (District 3), Cuyahoga County, Ohio (pg. 155; dwelling #2839; family #3009; enum. September 10, 1850), as follows:

The household of Sardis Edgerton was recorded in the 1860 Federal Census of Royalton, Cuyahoga County, Ohio (pg. 295; dwelling #725; family #701; enum. July 4, 1860), as follows:

At the time of this census, Sardis was residing adjacent to his eldest son, James, and his elder brother, Harvey, whose households were enumerated just after and before Sardis on the census roll.

The household of Sardis Edgerton Sr. was recorded in the 1870 Federal Census of North Royalton (District 3), Cuyahoga County, Ohio (pg. 589; dwelling #8; family #8; enum. June 13, 1870), as follows:

The household of Sardis Edgerton Sr. was recorded in the 1880 Federal Census of Royalton, Cuyahoga County, Ohio (pg. 339; dwelling #10; family #10; enum. June 1, 1880), as follows:

Mrs. Emeline (Ingram) Edgerton died at North Royalton, Ohio on April 26, 1885.  Her husband, Sardis, survived her just under five years, dying at North Royalton on April 6, 1890.  The death of “Sardus Edgerton, aged 82 years” on April 6, 1890 was registered in the Cuyahoga County Probate Court Record of Deaths, 1867 – 1890 (Volume 4, page 206).

Sardis and Emeline Edgerton were buried in the same plot at North Royalton Cemetery on Royalton Road (Rte. 82) in the town of North Royalton.  The joint monument which marks the family burial plot bears the following inscriptions on two of its sides:

Original Source Documents:

1840 Federal Census – household of Sardis Edgerton; Royalton, Cuyahoga Co., OH.

1850 Federal Census – household of Sardis Edgerton; Royalton (District 3), Cuyahoga Co., OH.

1860 Federal Census – household of Sardis Edgerton; Royalton, Cuyahoga Co., OH.

1870 Federal Census – household of Sardis Edgerton; North Royalton (District 3), Cuyahoga Co., OH.

1880 Federal Census – household of Sardis Edgerton; Royalton, Cuyahoga Co., OH.

Gravestone photo – Sardis Edgerton & Mrs. Emeline (Ingram) Edgerton; North Royalton Cemetery; North Royalton, Cuyahoga Co., OH.