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Stephen Roswell Edgerton, son of Sims and Harriet (Benedict) Edgerton.

born:	October 24, 1833; Rome, Oneida Co., NY. (Co. VR 2:468)
died:	April 1, 1901; Oregon, Dane Co., WI. (Co. VR 2:468)
buried:	April 4, 1901; Spring Prairie Cemetery; Spring Prairie, Walworth Co., WI. (Co. VR 2:468)

married:

1: December 31, 1857; Spring Praire, Walworth Co., WI. (Co. VR 2:220)

Olive Mary Vaughn, daughter of David Tower and Rebecca (Densmore) Vaughn.

born:	May 1, 1839; New York. (FG3)
died:	September 22, 1877; Spring Prairie, Walworth Co., WI. (GI)
buried:	Spring Prairie Cemetery; Spring Prairie, Walworth Co., WI. (GI)

Children:

David Samuel, b. September 23, 1865; Lafayette, Walworth Co., WI.
Egbert Vaughn, b. April 2, 1870; Lafayette, Walworth Co., WI.
Rebecca Evelyn, b. August 7, 1876; Lafayette, Walworth Co., WI.

married:

2: September 8, 1881; Spring Praire, Walworth Co., WI. (Co. VR 3:477)

Lila B. Patten, daughter of Silas and Charlotte (Sweet) Patten.

born:	October 22, 1852; Westmoreland, Oneida Co., NY. (Co. VR 2:16:1291)
died:	August 13, 1888; Spring Prairie, Walworth Co., WI. (Co. VR 2:16:1291)
buried:	Hickory Grove Cemetery; Spring Prairie, Walworth Co., WI. (Co. VR 2:16:1291)

Children:

Ina Dell, b. October 11, 1884; Lafayette, Walworth Co., WI.
Loren, b. December 14, 1886; Lafayette, Walworth Co., WI.
Selden Kent, b. April 7, 1888; Lafayette, Walworth Co., WI.

The household of “S. R. Edgerton” was recorded in the 1870 Federal Census of La Fayette, Walworth County, Wisconsin (pg. 153; dwelling #46; family #46; enum. July 18, 1870), as follows:

S. R. Edgerton	37	b. NY	farmer $13,200 real estate / $2000 personal estate
Olive	28	b. WI	keeps house
D. S.	4	b. WI
Becky	3/12	b. WI
Maria	68	b. MA	keeps house
Simms	78	b. VT	carpenter
Eda Henderson	22	b. WI	farmhand
John Becker	15	b. MA	farmhand
Eliza Kizer	21	b. WI	domestic

The household of “S. R. Edgerton” was recorded in the 1880 Federal Census of La Fayette, Walworth County, Wisconsin (pg. 126; dwelling #92; family #93; enum. June 10-11, 1880), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Age	Bp	F Bp	M Bp	Occ
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S. R. Edgerton		46	NY	VT	NY	Farming
David S.	son	14	WI	NY	WI
Egbert V.	son	10	WI	NY	WI
Evaline	dau.	4	WI	NY	WI
Henry Headley		30	IL	OH	??	laborer

The following biography of Stephen Roswell Edgerton is found in History of Walworth County Wisconsin (Albert Clayton Beckwith; 1912; pg. 513):

“Stephen R. Edgerton, son of Sims D. Edgerton and Harriet Benedict, was born at Rome, New York, October 24, 1832 [sic]; his father came in 1846 to Spring Prairie and died there in 1873; he owned a farm in sections 13, 14, Lafayette; married, first, Olive, daughter of David Tower Vaughn and Rebecca Densmore, December 31, 1857; she died in 1877; he married, second, Lila B., daughter of Silas Patten and Charlotte T. Sweet; she died August 13, 1888. Mr. Edgerton’s name may be found in the official lists of his town and of the Agricultural Society. He was well read in the current literature of farm and dairy, and took a ready talker’s part in convention discussion. He was elected to the Assembly in 1870 over Maurice L. Ayers. He moved to Elkhorn in 1894, and died at his daughter’s home, Oregon, Wisconsin, April 1, 1901. A few years before his death he lost all his earlier thrift gained by investments in lower Louisiana and on the Pacific coast.”

Original Source Documents:

1870 Federal Census – household of Stephen Roswell Edgerton; La Fayette, Walworth Co., WI.

1880 Federal Census – household of Stephen Roswell Edgerton; La Fayette, Walworth Co., WI.

Gravestone photo – Mrs. Olive Mary (Vaughn) Edgerton; Spring Prairie Cemetery; Spring Prairie, Walworth Co., WI.

Death Certificate – Mrs. Lila B. (Patten) Edgerton; Walworth Co., WI Vital Records, Vol. 2, pg. 16, #1291.

Death Certificate – Stephen Roswell Edgerton; Dane Co., WI Vital Records, Vol. 2, pg. 468.