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Charles Bester Edgerton, son of Ariel and Abigail Proctor (Keyes) Edgerton.                                     PHOTO

Emeline Turney, daughter of James Milton and Sarah (Martin) Turney.                                                     PHOTO

Children:

1. James Turney, b. September 5, 1859; Ironton, Lawrence Co., OH.
2. Charles Bester, b. April 18, 1861; Ironton, Lawrence Co., OH.
3. Mary Spahr, b. September 18, 1865; Ironton, Lawrence Co., OH.
4. William Ariel, b. July 7, 1870; Ironton, Lawrence Co., OH.
5. Elizabeth Edna, b. November 10, 1873; Ironton, Lawrence Co., OH.

The Robert Keyes Family (Solomon Keyes, 1880; pg. 189) provides the following brief account of Charles B. Edgerton:

“Charles Bertie [Edgerton], b. Mar. 6, 1825, fitted for college at Thetford Academy, Vt., entered Dartmouth 1849, compelled by ill health to relinquish study after one year. Studied medicine, took the degree of M. D., at Berkshire College, Mass. in 1852, and removed to Ironton, O.   Judge of Prob., Lawrence Co. O. in 1859, which office he held by subsequent election to 1871, when he again returned to the practice of his profession in Ironton, where he now lives. He m. Emmeline Tournay, in Ironton, four chil.”

The household of “Chas B. Egerton” was recorded in the 1870 Federal Census of Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio (dwelling #642; family #646; enum. July 1, 1870), as follows:

The household of “C. B. Egerton” was recorded in the 1880 Federal Census of Union Township, Lawrence County, Ohio (pg. 324; dwelling #48; family #50; enum. June 2, 1880), as follows:

The household of Charles B. Egerton was recorded in the 1900 Federal Census of Union Township, Lawrence County, Ohio (pg. 5; dwelling #94; family #96; enum. June 6, 1900), as follows:

According to the above census record, Emeline was the mother of five children, four of whom were still living.  Charles’ occupation was listed as “farmer”.  The household also included one servant, Arizona Hunt.

The following obituary for Charles Bester Edgerton Sr. was printed in the Ironton Register on December 6 (or 9), 1900 (transcript courtesy of Ms. Elaine Waiters):

“DEATH OF DR. EGERTON

Dr. Charles B. Egerton, one of the most honored residents of Lawrence county, died at his home near Rockwood, Friday afternoon.  His fatal illness was of brief duration, but he had been ailing for some years.

Dr. Egerton was born at Northfield, VT., March 6, 1825.  After acquiring an education, he came to Ironton at the age of 27 years and entered upon the practice of medicine with the late Dr. N. K. Moxley, Sr.  After several years he became a member of the drug firm of Moxley, Barber, and Egerton, which was not a success, and the business was given up.  In 1860 Dr. Egerton was elected Probate Judge and served three terms, after which he engaged in the real estate business until 1876, when he moved to the farm where he died.

Dr. Egerton was prominently identified with the public institutions of this community and was a leading spirit in the development of the industrial advantages of the locality.  He was a member of the first board of trustees of Woodland cemetery and also of the first board of the Episcopal Church.  He was a member of the Lawrence Lodge F. & A. M., of this city, and had been for almost half a century.  By his death Lawrence county loses one of its most intellectual and progressive citizens and one whose memory will always be associated with the early scenes of local history.

The deceased leaves a wife and four children to mourn his loss.  The latter are: County Treasurer C. B. Egerton Jr., ex-County Surveyor Jas. T. Egerton, both of Ironton; William A. Egerton and Mrs. Elizabeth Shaw of Huntington, W. Va.

The funeral was held at R. Mather’s Sunday at 1:30, the services being conducted by Rev. W. H. Hampton.  Miss Scofield, Miss Murdock, Mr. Carl Moulton and Mr Ed Schfield sang.  H. C. Burr, V. Newman, F. C. Tomlinson, J. C. Snyder, Jere Davidson and E. Bixby were the pallbearers.  The remains were interred in beautiful Woodland.”

Much of the information included here pertaining to the immediate family and children of Charles Bester Edgerton has been provided by Elaine Waiters, a relation of Charles’ wife, Emeline Turney.  Our thanks are extended to Ms. Waiters for sharing her research into this branch of the Edgerton family.  We are also indebted to Ms. Susan Droppleman, for providing much information on the children of Charles Bester Edgerton (Egerton) Sr. and Emeline Turney.  Ms. Droppleman is a great-granddaughter of this couple through their younger daughter, Elizabeth Edna Edgerton (Egerton).