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Sereno Dwight Edgerton, son of Asher and Chloe (Flint) Edgerton.

born:	June 27, 1823; Coventry, Tolland Co., CT. (GI)
died:	October 5, 1905; Hanover, Jo Daviess Co., IL. (GI)
buried:	Evergreen Cemetery; Hanover, Jo Daviess Co., IL. (GI)

married:

September 26, 1849; Hanover, Jo Daviess Co., IL. (Co. VR 4:136)

Julia Sarah Hammond, daughter of Ward Kingsbury and Sophronia (Hale) Edgerton. PHOTO

born:	April 25, 1833; Bath, Summit Co., OH. (GI)
died:	November 2, 1909; Hanover, Jo Daviess Co., IL. (GI)
buried:	Evergreen Cemetery; Hanover, Jo Daviess Co., IL. (GI)

Children:

Marietta Vanelia, b. July 1, 1850; Hanover, Jo Daviess Co., IL.
Frederick Hale, b. June 9, 1854; Hanover, Jo Daviess Co., IL.
Clara Sophronia, b. April 14, 1857; Hanover, Jo Daviess Co., IL.
Charles Hammond, b. April 25, 1859; Hanover, Jo Daviess Co., IL.
Elsie G., b. February 1, 1864; Hanover, Jo Daviess Co., IL.
Minnie M., b. September 4, 1871; Hanover, Jo Daviess Co., IL.

The household of Sereno D. Edgerton was recorded in the 1850 Federal Census of Wappello Precinct, Jo Daviess County, Illinois (pg. 197; dwelling #1547; family #1551; enum. Nov. 13, 1850), as follows:

Sereno D. Edgerton	27	b. CT	farmer $1,400 real estate
Julia	17	b. OH
Marietta	4m	b. IL

The household of “S. D.” Edgerton was recorded in the 1900 Federal Census of Hanover, Jo Daviess County, Illinois (pg. 106; dwelling #202; family #203; enum. June 19, 1900), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Birthdate & place		Age	Marital	Parents’ birthplace
					Status	Father	Mother
----------------------------	--------	------------------------		--------	-----------	----------	----------
S. D. Edgerton	head	Apr. 1822	CT	78	M 50y	CT	CT
Julia	wife	Apr. 1832	OH	68	M 50y	OH	OH

Sereno’s occupation was listed as “retired farmer”. The record incorrectly states that Julia had not had any children. The family was residing on Washington Street.

Eugene Clark Lister’s Edgerton-Flint Ancestral Lines (Oct. 1987, pp. 3-4) provides the following biography of Sereno Dwight Edgerton:

“Sereno Dwight Edgerton, a pioneer of Jo Daviess County, Illinois, was born in Coventry, Connecticut 27 June 1823. He came west to Illinois in 1831 with his parents, Asher and Chloe (Flint) Edgerton, and located first in Quincy. After two years residence in Quincy the family removed to a farm in Adams County, Illinois and in the spring of 1836 they moved to Hanover Township, Jo Daviess County where the father took up a tract of government land.

The farm on which the Edgertons settled about four miles west of the town of Hanover, Illinois, was purchased for $1.25 per acre, and the Edgertons were the first settlers in the locality. Asher Edgerton lived on this farm until his death in 1872.

As a young man, Sereno Dwight Edgerton worked on the family farm in the summer and attended the primitive schools in the winter. In 1843 he attended the Academy in Galena, Illinois. In 1845 he purchased his first land located about three miles west of Hanover and which later became his home for many years. On 26 Sep 1849, he married Julia Hammond, daughter of Ward K. and Sophronia (Hale) Hammond.

In the early 1850’s he went to California and worked in the gold fields for eighteen months, returning to Illinois by the Nicaraugua route. He then resided on the farm in Jo Daviess County until sometime in the 1880’s when he removed to the town of Hanover. His home in Hanover overlooking the Apple river and where he and his wife celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1899, is still standing and is occupied by Mrs. Eunice Speer, an Edgerton descendant.”