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Isaac Brainard Edgerton, son of Lorin and Jane (Cady) Edgerton.

 

born:

January 28, 1828; Florence, Oneida Co., NY.  (GI)

died:

June 19, 1901; Crescent City, Del Norte Co., CA.  (GI)

buried:

Crescent City Cemetery; Crescent City, Del Norte Co., CA.  (GI)

 

married:

1862.

 

Matilda L. Graham, daughter of James W. and Hannah (Van der Bogart) Graham.

 

born:

~1845; New York.  (CR IL1870 Palatine – “ae 25y”)

died:

April 14, 1880; Palatine, Cook Co., IL.  (Co. VR DC #313)

buried:

Evergreen Cemetery; Barrington, Cook Co., IL.  (GI)

 

Children:

  1. Charles Lorin, b. January 26, 1863; Grass Lake, Jackson Co., MI.
  2. James Graham, b. October 1864; Palatine, Cook Co., IL.
  3. Hannah Jane, b. May 2, 1866; Palatine, Cook Co., IL.
  4. Katherine Maud, b. September 1868; Palatine, Cook Co., IL.
  5. Delia Lorraine, b. September 13, 1870; Palatine, Cook Co., IL.
  6. Isaac Brainard, b. December 1872; Palatine, Cook Co., IL.

 


Isaac Brainard Edgerton was born January 28, 1828 at Florence, Oneida County, New York, the eldest son of Lorin and Jane (Cady) Edgerton.  When he was ten years old, Isaac’s parents left New York and removed west, settling in Palatine, Cook County, Illinois (just northwest of Chicago).  Isaac did not marry until he was in his early thirties.  He was listed residing with his parents in Palatine at the time of the 1850 and 1860 Federal Censuses.

 

The following excerpts are from a letter written in January 1940 by Charles Lorin Edgerton Sr. (Isaac’s eldest son):

 

“My father, Isaac Brainard Edgerton, came to California in 1859 overland, being on the road for five months, but not making a big stake, went back by ocean and Panama to New York and thence to Illinois.  He married my mother and in a few months enlisted in the 113 regiment of the volunteers, he was paralyzed while working in the canal to turn the Miss. River at Vicksburg.  He was an invalid for more than a year after reaching home and never fully recovered.  He was buried in 1901 in Crescent City, Calif. Cemetery.

 

Children of Isaac Brainard and Matilda Graham Edgerton.

 

1.  Charles Lorin, 1863  Married Grace Fountain.  5 children.

2.  James Graham, 1864 – 1920.  A Bachalor.

3.  Hannah Jane, 1866, married Howard Yarborough, 5 children, 1 great grandson.

4.  Kate Maud, 1868 – 1928, married Joseph Galezzi.  2 sons John & Brainard.

5.  Delie Louisa, 1870  Married Drury Schomake.  6 children.

6.  I.B.  1872 – 1928.  3 children.”

 

The household of “Brainard Edgerton” was recorded in the 1870 Federal Census of Palatine, Cook County, Illinois (pg. 489; dwelling #36; family #41; enum. June 1, 1870), as follows:

 

Brainard Edgerton

42

b. NY

farmer     $2,500 real estate / $800 personal estate

Matilda

25

b. NY

keeping house

Chas.

7

b. IL

 

James

5

b. IL

 

Jenny

4

b. IL

 

Caty

1

b. IL

 

Chas. Bogart

26

b. IL

farm laborer

 

Mrs. Matilda (Graham) Edgerton died at Palatine, Illinois on April 14, 1880, aged 36 years.  Her death certificate was filed with the Cook County Bureau of Vital Statistics (ID #313).  Matilda was buried at the Evergreen Cemetery in Barrington, Illinois, where her father-in-law and mother-in-law had recently been buried.  Her gravestone inscription there lists her as the “wife of I. B. Edgerton”.  The death of Mrs. Matilda (Graham) Edgerton was recorded in the 1880 Federal Census Mortality Schedule of “Persons who Died during the Year ending May 31, 1880” in Palatine, Cook County, Illinois (pg. 1, #1).  The entry provides the following particulars

 

Name:

Matilda L. Edgerton

Age:

35

Birthplace:

New York (father and mother born in New York)

Occupation:

Keeping house

Month of death:

April

Cause of death:

miscarriage

Years in residence:

19

 

The household of Isaac B. Edgerton was recorded in the 1880 Federal Census of Palatine Township, Cook County, Illinois (pg. 454; dwelling #83, family #86) as follows:

 

Name

Rel.

Age

Bp

F Bp

M Bp

Occ

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Isaac B. Edgerton

 

52

NY

NY

NY

farmer

Charlie L.

son

17

IL

NY

NY

at school

James G.

son

15

IL

NY

NY

at school

Jennie H.

dau.

14

IL

NY

NY

at school

Katie M.

dau.

11

IL

NY

NY

at school

Delie L.

dau.

8

IL

NY

NY

at school

I. B.

son

7

IL

NY

NY

at school

 

Isaac B. Edgerton (aka “I. B. Edgerton”) held a number of town offices in Palatine during the 1850’s, ‘60’s and ‘70’s.  He was Overseer for the Poor in 1854, Town Constable in 1866, and a Justice of the Peace in 1876 and 1877.  (see Hager, Albert D.; History of Early Chicago, Modern Chicago and its Settlement, Early Chicago, and the Northwest; pg. 829-30)

 

Isaac B. Edgerton left Palatine in the Spring of 1881 and moved west with his family to northwestern California to homestead land in Del Norte County.  Jack Thompson has provided the following biography of Isaac Brainard Edgerton, as excerpted from the publication Del Norte County Pioneers (pp. 131-132):

 

“Isaac B. Edgerton, a native of Cook County, Illinois, came west to Del Norte County in May 1881.  His eldest son, Charles, had come the southern route to Los Angeles and north to Crescent City in February of that year.  The wife of Isaac Edgerton had died at Grass Lake, Michigan, where the family had resided.  The trip to Del Norte County was to bring his family to his wife’s parents who had been living along Smith River in the redwoods for several years.  A daughter, Delia Sobrio, remembered the old emigrant train in which she came west as a child, as well as the trip north to Crescent City.  At Sacramento, Isaac Edgerton got off the train and missed getting back.  However, he caught up with his children on the next train, and found them at San Francisco.  While there, they learned that there was one boat a week to Crescent City, and that had left the day before.  The family finally arrived in Crescent City on the Los Angeles which came into Crescent City at low tide.  The captain charged Isaac Edgerton fifty cents apiece to land them.  They went to the American Hotel, which was then owned by Nicholas McNamara, and again learned that they had missed connections with the stage to Smith River.  This time, they decided to walk the eight remaining miles of their journey to their grandparents, the Grahams.  Isaac Edgerton and his partner, Mr. Valentine, filed on 160 acres of land for a homestead and on 160 acres of preemption land.  Five years later, Mr. Edgerton walked to Eureka to the land office to prove up on his claims.  The road that went to the Edgerton ranch was an old puncheon road that continued on to the Kirkum Ferry along Smith River.

 

The children of Isaac Edgerton attended the old Yontuckett School.  This had formerly been the old Fort Dick, a fortified building which the settlers had first used as protection from the Indians.  This old landmark is located on the road west of the present Fort Dick post office.  Isaac and Matilda (Graham) Edgerton had children:  Charles b. 1862 m. Grace Fountain; James, never m.; Delia b. 1870 m. 1st Drury Shoemaker, m. 2nd Morse Sobrio; Jennie b. 1866 m. Howard Yarborough; Kathie b. 1868 m. Joe Galezzi; Isaac b. 1872 m. Emma Van Pelt.”

 

Isaac B. Edgerton received a land patent in Del Norte County, California on March 29, 1889.  The property was located in the Humboldt Meridian – Township 170 North, Range 10 West, Section 24.  (see Del Norte County Land Patents; document #785).

 

Isaac B. Edgerton applied for a Civil War Pension on September 12, 1890.  The application was filed from the state of California and cited his service in the 113th Regiment of the Illinois Infantry, E Company (see National Archives Pension Applications; Application #946750, Certificate #722479).  R. H. Miller was listed as the representing attorney.

 

The household of Isaac B. Edgerton was recorded in the 1900 Federal Census of Smith River Township, Del Norte County, California (pg. 341; dwelling #114; family #114; enum. June 16-18, 1900), as follows:

 

Name

Rel.

Birthdate & place

Age

Marital

Parents’ birthplace

 

 

 

 

Status

Father

Mother

----------------------------

--------

------------------------

--------

-----------

----------

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Isaac B. Edgerton

head

Jan. 1829

NY

71

Wd

CT

NY

Kate Gallizza

dau.

Sept. 1868

NY

31

M 1y

NY

NY

Joseph

son-i-l

Sept. 1870

Italy

29

M 1y

Italy

Italy

 

In the above census record, Isaac’s occupation was listed as “farmer”, and Joseph was listed as a “farm laborer”.

 

Isaac Brainard Edgerton died at Crescent City, California on June 19, 1901.  He was buried at the Crescent City Cemetery, where his gravestone was inscribed with the following epitaph:

 

ISAAC B.

EDGERTON

NATIVE OF

FLORENCE N.Y.

BORN

JAN. 28, 1828

DIED

JUNE 19, 1901.

SOLDIER

AT REST

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

We are indebted to Jack Thompson of McKinleyville, California (a descendant of Isaac’s daughter, Delia Lorraine Edgerton), who has done extensive research on this branch of the Edgerton family and has provided much of the data included here pertaining to the family and ancestry of Isaac Brainard Edgerton.

 


 

Original Source Documents:

 

1870 Federal Census – household of Isaac Brainard Edgerton; Palatine, Cook Co., IL.

1880 Federal Census – household of Isaac Brainard Edgerton; Palatine, Cook Co., IL.

1880 Federal Census Mortality Schedule – Mrs. Matilda L. (Graham) Edgerton; Palatine, Cook Co., IL; pg. 1, #1.

1900 Federal Census – household of Isaac Brainard Edgerton; Smith River Twp., Del Norte Co., CA.

Gravestone photo – Mrs. Matilda L. (Graham) Edgerton; Evergreen Cemetery; Barrington, Cook Co., IL.

Gravestone photo – Isaac Brainard Edgerton; Crescent City Cemetery; Crescent City, Del Norte Co., CA.