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Edward Augustus Edgerton, son of Abel Tracy and Gertrude (Hardenbrook) Edgerton.

born:	September 25, 1823; New York City, New York Co., NY.
died:	October 6, 1911; Kings Park, Nassau Co., NY. (NY State DoH DC #50272)
died:	October 8, 1911; Greenwood Cemetery; Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY.

married:

April 1870; New York City, New York Co., NY. (MA The New York Times 4/22/1870)

Emma Reeve Carroll, daughter of John and Mary (Furlong) Carroll.

born:	June 26, 1825; New York. (from age at death, NY City DoH DC #8451)
died:	April 21, 1911; Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY. (NY City DoH DC #8451)
buried:	April 23, 1911; Greenwood Cemetery; Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY. (NY City DoH DC #8451)

The household of Edward A. Edgerton was recorded in the 1900 Federal Census of Brooklyn (Ward 25), Kings County, New York (dwelling #105; family #160; enum. June 7, 1900), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Birthdate & place		Age	Marital	Parents’ birthplace
					Status	Father	Mother
----------------------------	--------	------------------------		--------	-----------	----------	----------
Edward A. Edgerton	head	Sept. 1823	NY	76	M 25y	NY	NY
Emma R.	wife	June 1825	NY	74	M 25y	Ireland	England
Emma R. Wilson	d-i-l	Nov. 1857	NY	42	Wd	NY	NY

According to the above census record, Emma R. Edgerton was the mother of five children, four of whom were still living; and Emma R. Wilson was the mother of one child, who was still living. Edward’s occupation was listed as “clergyman”. The family was residing at 235 Reid Avenue.

Edward A. Edgerton was enumerated again in the 1900 Federal Census as a patient at the Sanford Hall Hospital on Jamaica Avenue in Queens (Ward 3), Queens County, New York (pg. 120; dwelling #1; family #1; enum. June 1, 1900). He was recorded there as “Edward A. Edgerton, patient, born Sept 1823, aged 76, married, born in New York, father born in Connecticut, mother born in New York.”