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The Edgerton Database |
Harry Edgerton, son of John and Wealthy (Graham) Edgerton.
Eunice Graham
Children:
Harry Edgerton was born at Harry Edgerton was married – probably circa
1825/26 – to Eunice Graham. Eunice’s
parentage has not been established.
According to state and federal census records, she was born in Harry and Eunice (Graham) Edgerton had two
children – a son, Henry Graham, and a daughter, Sevilla. The household of Harry Edgerton was recorded in
the 1830 Federal Census
of Nelson,
Madison County, New York (pg. 380), with the following enumeration: 1 male “of 20 and under 30” (Harry); 1 female “of 20 and under 30” (wife Eunice); and, 1 female “under 5 years of age” (daughter Sevilla). The household of Harry Edgerton was recorded in
the 1840 Federal Census
of Nelson,
Madison County, New York (pg. 42), with the following enumeration: 1 male “30 and under 40” (Harry); 1 male “under 5 years” (son Henry); 1 female “30 and under 40” (wife Eunice); and, 1 female “10 and under 15” (daughter Sevilla). The household of Harry Edgerton was recorded in
the 1850 Federal Census
of Nelson, Madison County, New York (pg. 302;
dwelling #67; family #67; enum. August 16, 1850), as follows:
The youngest member of the household was Harry and
Eunice’s granddaughter, Emma Jane Bailey, the only child of their daughter Sevilla
(Edgerton) Bailey. The household of Harry Edgerton was again recorded
in the 1855 New York State Census (Nelson,
The household of Harry Edgerton was recorded in
the 1860 Federal Census
of Nelson, Madison County, New York (pg. 411;
dwelling #731; family #728; enum. July 25, 1860), as follows:
Harry and Eunice’s son, Henry G. Edgerton, was
also residing in Nelson at this time. He
was listed as a head of household in the 1860 Federal Census of Nelson, along
with his wife, Orlinda, and a one-year-old son, Edwin. By the year 1870, Harry and his wife had left
Harry Edgerton died at Conneaut Township, Ohio on
February 11, 1878. His death was registered
in the Ashtabula County Probate Court Record of Deaths (Book 1, pg.
144). According to the entry, Harry
was a farmer aged 71 years [sic], married, born in Connecticut. Mrs. Eunice (Graham) Edgerton was recorded in the
1880 Federal Census residing in the household of her daughter and son-in-law,
Sevilla and Payne Bailey in Conneault Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio (pg.
367). She was enumerated as “Eunice
Edgerton, mother-in-law, aged 77, widow, born in Mrs. Eunice (Graham) Edgerton died at Conneuat
Township, Ohio on December 28, 1896.
Her death was registered in the Ashtabula County Probate Court Record
of Deaths (Book 3, pg. 57) under the name “Eunice G. Egerton”. According to the entry, Eunice was a widow,
aged 93 years, born in New York. Harry and Eunice Edgerton were buried at the
Harry and Eunice’s eldest daughter, Sevilla, and
her husband, Payne Bailey, were also buried in the same plot at the Little has been previously reported about the
descendants of Harry and Eunice (Graham) Edgerton. Their daughter, Sevilla had only one child
– a daughter, Emma Jane, who married John B. Tyler and raised a family in Conneaut,
Ohio. The only son, Henry Graham
Edgerton, removed to Original Source Documents: 1830 Federal Census
– household of Harry Edgerton; Nelson, Madison
Co., NY. 1840 Federal Census
– household of Harry Edgerton; Nelson, Madison
Co., NY. 1850 Federal Census
– household of Harry Edgerton; Nelson, Madison
Co., NY. 1860 Federal Census
– household of Harry Edgerton; Nelson, Madison
Co., NY. 1870 Federal Census
– household of Harry Edgerton; Gravestone photo –
Harry Edgerton & Mrs. Eunice (Graham) Edgerton; Furnace Road Cemetery;
Conneaut, Ashtabula Co., OH. |
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