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Albert Marble Edgerton, son of Austin and Mary (Bradway) Edgerton.

born:	September 4, 1835; Columbia Twp., Lorain Co., OH.
died:	July 17, 1902; Bloomingdale, Van Buren Co., MI.
buried:	July 19, 1902; Tucker Cemetery; Bloomingdale, Van Buren Co., MI.

married:

Priscilla Downey, daughter of David and Amy Downey.

born:	~1840; Canada. (CR MI1870 Bloomingdale – “ae 30y”)
died:	August 8, 1871; Bloomingdale, Van Buren Co., MI.

Children:

Lena E., 1860; Columbia Twp., Lorain Co., OH.
Della Delphia, b. November 1861; Columbia Twp., Lorain Co., OH.
Anna Laura, b. October 7, 1865; Bloomingdale, Van Buren Co., MI.
Lottie Priscilla, b. August 1, 1871; Bloomingdale, Van Buren Co., MI.

married:

2: April 29, 1872; Lorain Co., OH.

Mary Ann Pierce, daughter of Daniel and Almira (Wright) Pierce.

born:	February 20, 1846; North Eaton, Lorain Co., OH.
died:	November 21, 1932; Bloomingdale, Van Buren Co., MI.
buried:	Tucker Cemetery; Bloomingdale, Van Buren Co., MI.

Children:

Inez, b. March 25, 1874; Bloomingdale, Van Buren Co., MI.
Louis Murray, b. October 14, 1877; Bloomingdale, Van Buren Co., MI.
Mildred M., b. August 16, 1888; Bloomingdale, Van Buren Co., MI.

The household of “A. M. Edgerton” was recorded in the 1870 Federal Census of Bloomingdale, Van Buren County, Michigan (pg. 221; dwelling #184; family #182; enum. August 14, 1870), as follows:

A. M. Edgerton	42	b. OH	farmer $2000 real estate / $810 pers. estate
Priscilla	30	b. Canada	keeping house
Lena E.	9	b. OH
Nettie E.	8	b. OH
Anna	2	b. MI

The household of Albert M. Edgerton was recorded in the 1880 Federal Census of Bloomingdale, Van Buren County, Michigan (pg. 368; dwelling #172; family #178; enum. June 10-11, 1880), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Age	Bp	F Bp	M Bp	Occ
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Albert M. Edgerton		45	OH	CT	MA	farmer
Mary Ann	wife	34	OH	NY	NY	keeps house
Della	dau.	18	OH	OH	OH	at home
Ann	dau.	14	OH	OH	OH	at home
Lottie	dau.	8	MI	OH	OH
Inez	dau.	6	MI	OH	OH
Lucius	son	2	MI	OH	OH

The household of Albert M. Edgerton was recorded in the 1900 Federal Census of Bloomingdale, Van Buren County, Michigan (pg. 79; dwelling #18; family #18; enum. June 2, 1900), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Birthdate & place		Age	Marital	Parents’ birthplace
					Status	Father	Mother
----------------------------	--------	------------------------		--------	-----------	----------	----------
Albert M. Edgerton	head	Sept. 1835	OH	64	M 28y	CT	MA
Mary A.	wife	Feb. 1846	OH	54	M 28y	NH	NY
Mildred	dau.	Aug. 1888	MI	11	S	OH	OH

According to the above census record, Mary was the mother of three children, all of whom were still living. Albert’s occupation was listed as “farmer”, and Mildred was noted as “at school”. The family was residing on Kalamazoo Street.

The household of Mrs. Mary Ann (Pierce) Edgerton was recorded in the 1910 Federal Census of Bloomingdale Village, Van Buren County, Michigan (pg. 191; dwelling #124; family #129; enum. April 20, 1910), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Age	Birthplace	Marital	Parents’ birthplace
				Status	Father	Mother
----------------------------	--------	--------	-----------	----------	----------	----------
Mary A. Edgerton	head	64	OH	Wd	NH	NY
Louis M.	son	32	MI	M 14y	OH	OH
Mildred M.	dau.	20	MI	S	OH	OH
Pearl	d-i-l	33	MI	M 14y	MI	OH
Duane M.	gson	13	MI	S	MI	MI
A. Coye	gson	4	MI	S	MI	MI

According to the above census record, Mary was the mother of three children, all of whom were still living, and Pearl was the mother of two children, both of whom were still living. Louis’ occupation was listed as “miller – grist mill”, Mildred was listed as a “teacher – school” and Pearl as a “dressmaker – at home”.

Mrs. Mary Ann Edgerton died at Bloomingdale, Michigan on November 21, 1932. According to the Van Buren County death record, Mary was a widow, aged 86 years, 9 months, 1 day and had been born in Ohio, daughter of Daniel Pearce (b. Connecticut) and ---- Wright (b. New Hampshire). Transcript of death record courtesy of Diane Hosler.