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Austin Edgerton, son of Reuben and Ann (Lathrop) Edgerton.

 

born:

March 26, 1805; Tolland, Tolland Co., CT.  (VR 3:69)

died:

October 5, 1874; Bloomingdale, Van Buren Co., MI.  (GI) (OB Grindstone City Advertiser  10/8/1874)

buried:

Tucker Cemetery; Bloomingdale, Van Buren Co., MI.  (GI)

 

married:

 

 

Mary Bradway

 

born:

March 10, 1811; New Hampshire.  (GI)

died:

October 21, 1891; Bloomingdale, Van Buren Co., MI.  (GI)

buried:

Tucker Cemetery; Bloomingdale, Van Buren Co., MI.  (GI)

 

Children:

  1. William A., b. April 10, 1832; Columbia Twp., Lorain Co., OH.
  2. Albert Marble, b. September 4, 1835; Columbia Twp., Lorain Co., OH.
  3. Ann Eliza, b. ~1837; Columbia Twp., Lorain Co., OH.
  4. Samantha, b. ~1846; Columbia Twp., Lorain Co., OH.
  5. Mary Emma, b. August 13, 1849; Columbia Twp., Lorain Co., OH.
  6. Daniel, b. December 1859; Columbia Twp., Lorain Co., OH.

 


The household of Austin Edgerton was recorded in the 1840 Federal Census of Columbia Township, Lorain County, Ohio (pg. 178), with the following enumeration:

 

1 male “40 and under 50”  (Austin);

1 male “5 and under 10”  (son William);

1 male “under 5 years”  (son Albert);

1 female “30 and under 40”  (wife Mary); and,

1 female “under 5 years”  (daughter Ann).

 

The household of Austin Edgerton was recorded in the 1850 Federal Census of Columbia Township, Lorain County, Ohio (pg. 407; dwelling #280; family #288; enum. August 17, 1850), as follows:

 

Austin Edgerton

45

b. CT

farmer     $1800 real estate

Mary

38

b. NH

 

William A.

18

b. OH

laborer

Albert M.

14

b. OH

 

Ann Eliza

13

b. OH

 

Samantha

4

b. OH

 

Mary Emma

10/12

b. OH

 

Amanda M. Nichols

28

b. NY

 

 

The household of Austin Edgerton was recorded in the 1860 Federal Census of Columbia Township, Lorain County, Ohio (pg. 58; dwelling #910; family #908; enum. June 1, 1860), as follows:

 

Austin Edgerton

55

b. CT

farmer     $2800 real estate / $700 pers. estate

Mary

49

b. MA

 

Albert

24

b. OH

laborer

Ann

23

b. OH

 

Verillia

22

b. OH

 

Samantha

15

b. OH

 

Mary

10

b. OH

 

Daniel

6/12

b. OH

 

 

The household of Austin Edgerton was recorded in the 1870 Federal Census of Bloomingdale, Van Buren County, Michigan (pg. 13; dwelling #104; family #104; enum. August 9, 1870), as follows:

 

Austin Edgerton

63

b. CT

farmer     $3,000 real estate / $900 pers. estate

Mary

54

b. NH

keeping house

 

The following obituary notice for Austin Edgerton was published in the Grindstone City Advertiser on October 8, 1874:

 

“DIED.  Edgerton. - In Bloomingdale, Van Buren Co., Mich., Oct. 5th, 1874 Austin Edgerton, formerly of Columbia, Lorain Co., O., aged 73 years.”

 

At the time of the 1880 Federal Census, Mrs. Mary Edgerton was recorded in the household of her son-in-law, Andrew Coy, in Gobleville, Van Buren County, Michigan (pg. 372).  She was enumerated as “Mary B. Edgerton, mother-in-law, widow, aged 69, born in New Hampshire (both parents born in Massachusetts)”.