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The Edgerton Database |
Frank Leslie Edgerton, son of Walter N. and Laura C. (Damon) Edgerton.
Laura V. Scott, daughter of Thomas H. and Harriet Scott.
Children:
Anna Elizabeth Jones, daughter of John and Olive
S. (Jones) Jones.
The following biography of Frank Leslie Edgerton
is excerpted from Our Country and its
People: a Descriptive and Biographical Record of Madison County, New York (John E. Smith, ed.; The Boston History
Company, Publishers: Boston, Mass.; 1899; pg. 172-173): “Edgerton, Frank L., son of Walter N. and Laura C. (Damon) Edgerton was born in the town of Sullivan, June 18, 1858. The Edgerton family have always been among the representative residents of this section, and Ezekiel Edgerton (grandfather) was one of the first settlers. Mr. Edgerton’s father was born at Sangerfield, and died at Minoa, Onondaga county, whither he had removed in 1896, January 8, 1898. he was well known to his fellow townsmen as a man of the strictest integrity, and his death was mourned by a wide circle of friends. Of his union with Laura C. Damon seven children were born: Charles E., of Bergen, Genesee county, N.Y.; Frank L., Carrie M., wife of F. W. Balch of Utica; Clayton W., of Solvay, N.Y.; Lewis G., of Syracuse; Alice, who died in infancy; and Bertha E., who resides with her mother at Minoa. Frank L. Edgerton was educated in the common schools, and has always been engaged in farming, now cultivating the home farm near Bridgeport. In politics he is a Republican. Mr. Edgerton married, in 1895, Laura V. Scott, daughter of Thomas H. Scott of Cicero, Onondaga county, N.Y. One son has been born to them: Frank Howard Edgerton.” The household of Frank Edgerton was recorded in
the 1900 Federal
Census of
Sullivan Township, Madison County, New York (pg. 173; dwelling #165; family #171;
enum. June 13, 1900), as follows:
According to the above census record, Laura was
the mother of one child. Frank’s
occupation was listed as “farmer”. The household of Frank L. Edgerton was recorded in
the 1910 Federal Census
of Sullivan
Township, Madison County, New York (dwelling #162; family #163; enum. April
27, 1910), as follows:
According to the above census record, Laura was
the mother of three children, all of whom were still living. Frank’s occupation was listed as “farmer –
general farm”. Original Source Documents: 1900 Federal
Census – household of Frank Leslie
Edgerton; Sullivan Twp., Madison Co., NY. 1910 Federal
Census – household of Frank Leslie
Edgerton; Sullivan Twp., Madison Co., NY. Obituary
– Mrs. Laura V. (Scott) Edgerton; Syracuse
Journal – Tuesday, June 23, 1914. Marriage
announcement – Frank Leslie Edgerton & Anna Elizabeth Jones; The Journal and Republican (Lowville,
New York) – Thursday, July 5, 1917. 1920 Federal
Census – household of Frank Leslie
Edgerton; Manlius, Onondaga Co., NY. Obituary
– Mrs. Anna Elizabeth (Jones) Edgerton; Syracuse Herald-Journal – Tuesday, December 11,
1951. |
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