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Gurdon Edgerton, son of Gurdon and Cynthia (Porter) Edgerton.

 

born:

~1824; Coventry, Tolland Co., CT.  (CR MA1850 Conway – “ae 26y”)

bapt:

1828; Second Church of Coventry (North Parish); Coventry, Tolland Co., CT.

died:

1884; Montague, Franklin Co., MA.  (DI MA)

 

married:

1:  June 4, 1851; Conway, Franklin Co., MA.

 

Nancy Parsons, daughter of Charles and Sylvia (Boyden) Parsons.

 

born:

September 29, 1828; Conway, Franklin Co., MA.

died:

June 9, 1853; Conway, Franklin Co., MA.

 

Children:

  1. Nancy P., b. March 20, 1853; Conway, Franklin Co., MA.

 

 

 

 

married:

2:  May 23, 1855; Conway, Franklin Co., MA.

 

Eleanor Gunn, daughter of Levi and Delia (Dickinson) Gunn.

 

born:

November 25, 1825; Conway, Franklin Co., MA.

died:

1915; Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA.  (DI MA)

 

Children:

  1. Laura C., b. September 19, 1856; Conway, Franklin Co., MA.
  2. Lillian Eleanor, b. 1858; Conway, Franklin Co., MA.
  3. Walter G., b. 1860; Conway, Franklin Co., MA.
  4. Herbert Oliver, b. March 24, 1862; Conway, Franklin Co., MA.

 


The household of “Guerdon” Edgerton was recorded in the 1860 Federal Census of Conway, Franklin County, Massachusetts (pg. 505; dwelling #35; family #36; enum. June 30, 1860), as follows:

 

Guerdon Edgerton

36

b. CT

merchant     $2,000 real estate / $2,500 pers.estate

Eleanor

34

b. MA

 

Nancy

6

b. MA

attended school

Lillian E.

1

b. MA

 

Mary E. Hubbard

9

b. MA

attended school

 

The household of Gurdon Edgerton was recorded in the 1870 Federal Census of Montague, Franklin County, Massachusetts (pg. 280; dwelling #247; family #305; enum. June 24, 1870), as follows:

 

Gurdon Edgerton

46

b. CT

machinist     $1,425 real estate

Ellinor

44

b. MA

keeping house

Herbert

8

b. MA

at home

Mary E.

19

b. MA

no occupation

Daniel Abercrombie

27

b. MA

book keeper