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The Edgerton Database |
William Seymour Edgerton, son of William Gustavus and Lucy (
Harriet Richardson, daughter of Dan Erskine
and Julia (
Children:
William Seymour Edgerton was born August 18, 1866
at The following biography of William Seymour
Edgerton is extracted from Proceedings
of the Vermont Historical Society for the Years 1921, 1922 & 1923
(Montpelier, Vermont: Capital City Press; 1924; pg. 281): “SEYMOUR EDGERTON Seymour Edgerton was born in Richmond, Va., August 18, 1866, son of Captain William G. and Lucy (Seymour) Edgerton. His father resigned from the U. S. army in 1868 and returned to Vermont. His mother was a member of the well known Seymour family of Middlebury, Vermont. Seymour graduated from the Rutland, Vt., high school in 1884, and from Middlebury College in 1888. He was a member of the Chi Psi Fraternity. He studied law in the office of Gov. John W. Stewart and Chas. M. Wilds of Middlebury, then entered the office of his Uncle Thomas Brougham of Chicago and studied in the Chicago Law school and was admitted to the Illinois bar. He practiced law over thirty years in Chicago. He married on Nov. 1 [sic], 1899, Harriet Richardson of Riverside, Ill. Two sons were born to them, Dan Erskine, who is entering a business career, and Seymour Piran, about to enter the Harvard Law School. Mr. Edgerton suddenly lost his voice in a courtroom in May, 1922, and had to drop all business immediately. He spent the remaining months of his life with his sister, Mrs. Edwin B. Clift of Fair Haven, Vt., under the care of her husband, Dr. Clift. He died Feb. 20 [sic], 1923, the remains were interred in Middlebury, Vt.” The household of Seymour Edgerton was recorded in the 1900 Federal
Census of
Riverside Township,
According to the above census record, Harriet had
not yet had any children. At the time of the 1910
Federal Census, William Seymour Edgerton and his family were residing in Riverside
Township, Cook County, Illinois, in the household of his mother-in-law, Julia
M. Richardson (pg. 307; dwelling #74; family #76; enum. April 26, 1910). The entire household was enumerated as
follows:
According to the above census record, Harriet was
the mother of two children, both of whom were still living. William’s occupation was listed as “Lawyer –
General Practice”. The family was
residing on Atkinside Road. The following
obituary
for William
Seymour Edgerton was published in The
Chicago Daily Tribune on February 23, 1923: “EDGERTON – Seymour Edgerton, at Fair Haven, Vt., Feb. 22 [sic], 1923, aged 56 years, father of Dan R. and Seymour Peran Edgerton. Burial at Middlebury, Vt.” Original Source Documents: Marriage
Certificate – William Seymour Edgerton & Harriet Richardson; Cook
Co., IL Marriage Certificates, #300469. 1900 Federal Census – household of William Seymour Edgerton; Riverside Twp., Cook Co., IL. 1910 Federal Census – household of Mrs. Julia (Marshall) Richardson; Riverside Twp., Cook Co., IL. Death
certificate – William Seymour Edgerton; Vermont State Death Certificate
Returns; unnumbered. Obituary
– William Seymour Edgerton; The Chicago
Daily Tribune – February 23, 1923. Gravestone photo – Mrs. Harriet (Richardson) Edgerton; Forest Home Cemetery; Chicago, Cook Co., IL. |
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