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Robert Edgerton, son of Robert and Abigail (Bowen) Edgerton.

born:	March 19, 1828; Wallingford, Rutland Co., VT. (GI)
died:	July 20, 1895; Danby, Rutland Co., VT. (VR 3:53:14) (GI)
buried:	Scottsville Cemetery; Danby, Rutland Co., VT. (GI)

married:

1851; Shelburne, Chittenden Co., VT.

Anna Mary Irish, daughter of Benjamin and Phebe (Baldridge) Irish. PHOTO

born:	July 11, 1829; Hinesburg, Chittenden Co., VT. (GI)
died:	July 24, 1899; Danby, Rutland Co., VT. (VR 4:4:23) (GI)
buried:	Scottsville Cemetery; Danby, Rutland Co., VT. (GI)

Children:

Ann Sophia, b. September 21, 1852; Shelburne, Chittenden Co., VT.
Phoebe Abigail, b. July 4, 1854; Dorset, Bennington Co., VT.
Sarah Jane, b. September 3, 1856; Dorset, Bennington Co., VT.
Albert Robert, b. March 14, 1859; Dorset, Bennington Co., VT.
Nancy Anne, b. July 8, 1861; Danby, Bennington Co., VT.
Charles Bradford, b. January 21, 1865; Danby, Rutland Co., VT.
William Bull, b. November 14, 1867; Danby, Rutland Co., VT.
Ina Laura, b. January 9, 1869; Danby, Rutland Co., VT.

Robert Edgerton III was born in Wallingford, Vermont on March 19, 1828, the second son of Robert and Abigail (Bowen) Edgerton. Robert was raised in North Dorset (Bennington County), Vermont, where his father had settled shortly after his birth. He was a dairy farmer and also raised cattle and stock.

Robert Edgerton was married in 1851 to Anna Mary Irish, the younger sister of his brother, Hiram’s wife, Mary Ann. Anna was born in Hinesburg (or possibly Shelburne), Vermont on July 11, 1829, the daughter of Benjamin and Phebe (Baldridge) Irish. Robert and Anna resided briefly in Shelburne, Vermont but returned to North Dorset within a few years after their marriage. The family resided for a few years in North Dorset, and then settled in neighboring Danby circa 1860.

Robert and Anna Edgerton had a total of eight children – three sons and five daughters. Three of their daughters – Phoebe, Sarah and Nancy – died in the Spring of 1865 during the great Scarlet Fever outbreak in the Danby/Dorset area.

The household of Robert Edgerton was recorded in the 1860 Federal Census of Danby, Rutland County, Vermont (pg. 134; dwelling #241; family #244; enum. June 12, 1860), as follows:

Robert Edgerton	32	[b. VT]	laborer $400 personal estate
Ann	31	[b. VT]
Phebe A.	6	[b. VT]
Sarah J.	4	[b. VT]
Albert R.	1	[b. VT]
James Cody	17	b. Ireland
Margaret Hughes	17	b. Ireland

The household of Robert Edgerton was recorded in the 1870 Federal Census of Danby, Rutland County, Vermont (dwelling #32; family #31; enum. August 6, 1870), as follows:

Robert Edgerton	42	b. VT	farmer $6,000 real estate / $2,000 personal estate
Ann	41	b. VT	keeping house
Albert	11	b. VT	attending school
Charles	5	b. VT	attending school
Willie	2	b. VT
Ina	7/12	b. VT	b. Jan.
Ormond Doty	17	b. VT	farm laborer

The household of Robert Edgerton was recorded in the 1880 Federal Census of Danby, Rutland County, Vermont (pg. 117; dwelling #175; family #194; enum. June 18, 1880), as follows:

Name	Rel.	Age	Bp	F Bp	M Bp	Occ.
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Robert Edgerton		52	VT	VT	VT	farmer
Ann	wife	51	VT	VT	VT	keeping house
Albert	son	21	VT	VT	VT	farm laborer
Charles	son	15	VT	VT	VT	at home
Willie	son	13	VT	VT	VT	at home
Rosina	dau.	10	VT	VT	VT

The History and Map of Danby (J.C. Williams, 1869; pg. 141) provides the following brief biographical entry for Robert Edgerton:

“EDGERTON, ROBERT, brother of the above [Hiram R. Edgerton], m. Anna Irish and lives on the Clark Bull farm. They have three children: Albert, Charles and Willie.”

The Child’s Gazeteer of 1881-82 (pg. 323) has the following entry for Robert Edgerton:

“Robt. Edgerton; Danby R. 10½ – dairy, 27 cows, farmer, leases of Stephen Kelley”

Robert’s eldest son, Albert, is also listed in the Gazeteer of the same year as a “farmer with Robert Edgerton”. A brother, Hiram, and three nephews are also listed, all residing in Danby.

Robert Edgerton died in Danby, Vermont on July 20, 1895. His death record (Danby VR 3:53:14) lists cause of death as “Bright’s Disease”, and states that he was a “farmer, aged 67, born in Wallingford, VT”. Mrs. Anna (Irish) Edgerton died in Danby four years later, on July 24, 1899. Her death was also recorded in the Danby Vital Records (VR 4:4:23), stating that she was “widowed, aged 70 years, born in Shelburne, VT”. Her cause of death is listed as “neurasthera”.

Robert and Anna Edgerton were buried in Scottsville Cemetery in Danby, in the plot were their infant daughters had previously been interred.

Original Source Documents:

1860 Federal Census – household of Robert Edgerton; Danby, Rutland Co., VT.

1870 Federal Census – household of Robert Edgerton; Danby, Rutland Co., VT.

1880 Federal Census – household of Robert Edgerton; Danby, Rutland Co., VT.

For the ancestry of Anna Mary (Irish) Edgerton, consult:

§ Irish, William Luther & Stella Bertha; Descendants of John Irish, The Immigrant 1629-1963 and Allied Families; Freeport, Maine: The Dingley Press; 1964.