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Edgerton family of New York and Indiana

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  Bela Edgerton (1787-1874) — of Clinton County, N.Y. Born in Franklin, New London County, Conn., September 28, 1787. Member of New York state assembly from Clinton County, 1827-29. Died in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Ind., September 10, 1874 (age 86 years, 347 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Elisha Edgerton and Eunice (Peck) Edgerton; married to Phebe Ketchum; father of Alfred Peck Edgerton and Joseph Ketchum Edgerton; first cousin thrice removed of Harry Andrews Gager; second cousin of Heman Ticknor; second cousin thrice removed of Benjamin Huntington and Frank Heman Ticknor; third cousin of Elijah Abel and Calvin Fillmore; third cousin once removed of Zina Hyde Jr., Millard Fillmore, John Arnold Rockwell, John Leslie Russell and Hiram Bingham; third cousin twice removed of Matthew Griswold, Jabez Huntington, Samuel Huntington, Henry Huntington, Gurdon Huntington, David Edgerton, Augustus Frank, Leslie Wead Russell, Alonzo Mark Leffingwell, Charles Hazen Russell, John Clarence Keeler, Hiram Bingham Jr., Alfred Mitchell Bingham and Jonathan Brewster Bingham; third cousin thrice removed of John Leffingwell Randolph and Claudius Victor Pendleton; fourth cousin of Samuel Lathrop, William Woodbridge, Henry Meigs, Phineas Lyman Tracy, Isaac Backus, Willard J. Chapin, Albert Haller Tracy, Martin Olds, Harrison Blodget, Henry Titus Backus and Thomas Worcester Hyde; fourth cousin once removed of Jedediah Huntington, James Hillhouse, Ebenezer Huntington, Roger Griswold, Samuel H. Huntington, Abel Huntington, Erastus Corning, Gideon Hotchkiss, Asahel Augustus Hotchkiss, Joseph Lyman Huntington, Ira Chandler Backus, Henry Meigs Jr., Julius Hotchkiss, Alphonso Taft, John Forsyth Jr., Giles Waldo Hotchkiss, Benjamin Nicoll Huntington, Edward Franklin Bingham, Staley N. Wood, Edgar Weeks, George Galen Tilden, Walter Harrison Blodget, Albert Lemando Bingham, Henry Stark Culver, Charles Edward Hyde, John Sedgwick Hyde and Edward Warden Hyde.
  Political family: Edgerton family of New York and Indiana (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Alfred Peck Edgerton (1813-1897) — also known as Alfred P. Edgerton — of Hicksville, Defiance County, Ohio; Fort Wayne, Allen County, Ind. Born in Plattsburgh, Clinton County, N.Y., January 11, 1813. Democrat. Member of Ohio state senate, 1845-46; U.S. Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1851-55; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1864 (member, Credentials Committee); candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1868; Bourbon Democrat candidate for Governor of Indiana, 1872. Died in Hicksville, Defiance County, Ohio, May 14, 1897 (age 84 years, 123 days). Interment at Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of Bela Edgerton and Phebe (Ketchum) Edgerton; brother of Joseph Ketchum Edgerton; married, February 9, 1841, to Charlotte Elizabeth Dixon; second cousin once removed of Heman Ticknor; second cousin twice removed of Harry Andrews Gager; second cousin four times removed of Benjamin Huntington; third cousin once removed of Elijah Abel and Calvin Fillmore; third cousin twice removed of Zina Hyde Jr. and Frank Heman Ticknor; third cousin thrice removed of Matthew Griswold, Jabez Huntington, Samuel Huntington, Henry Huntington and Gurdon Huntington; fourth cousin of Millard Fillmore, John Arnold Rockwell, John Leslie Russell and Hiram Bingham; fourth cousin once removed of Samuel Lathrop, William Woodbridge, Henry Meigs, Phineas Lyman Tracy, Charles Robert Sherman, Isaac Backus, Willard J. Chapin, Albert Haller Tracy, Martin Olds, Harrison Blodget, Henry Titus Backus, David Edgerton, Augustus Frank, Leslie Wead Russell, Thomas Worcester Hyde, Alonzo Mark Leffingwell, Charles Hazen Russell, John Clarence Keeler, Hiram Bingham Jr., Alfred Mitchell Bingham and Jonathan Brewster Bingham.
  Political family: Edgerton family of New York and Indiana (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The village of Edgerton, Ohio, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  David Edgerton (1815-1853) — of Galesburg, Knox County, Ill. Born in Moriah, Essex County, N.Y., February 2, 1815. Democrat. Postmaster at Galesburg, Ill., 1845-49. Died in Galesburg, Knox County, Ill., November 1, 1853 (age 38 years, 272 days). Interment at Hope Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
  Relatives: Son of Sarah Mary 'Sally' (Spencer) Edgerton and Jedediah Edgerton; married, January 29, 1848, to Abigail Cottle Hurlbut; first cousin twice removed of David Hough; second cousin once removed of Howard Curtis Brown; second cousin twice removed of Curtis Palmer Brown; third cousin once removed of Samuel Townsend Douglass and Silas Hamilton Douglas; third cousin twice removed of Jeremiah Mason, Bela Edgerton, Charles Mann Hamilton, Claudius Victor Pendleton and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991); third cousin thrice removed of George Champlin and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996); fourth cousin of Robert Coit Jr. and Henry Woolsey Douglas; fourth cousin once removed of Orville Hungerford, Alfred Peck Edgerton, Joseph Ketchum Edgerton, Judson H. Warner, Alonzo Mark Leffingwell, Thomas Theodore Prentis and William Brainard Coit.
  Political family: Edgerton family of New York and Indiana (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Joseph Ketchum Edgerton (1818-1893) — also known as Joseph K. Edgerton — of Fort Wayne, Allen County, Ind. Born in Vergennes, Addison County, Vt., February 16, 1818. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1863-65. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., August 25, 1893 (age 75 years, 190 days). Interment at Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of Bela Edgerton and Phebe (Ketchum) Edgerton; brother of Alfred Peck Edgerton; second cousin once removed of Heman Ticknor; second cousin twice removed of Harry Andrews Gager; second cousin four times removed of Benjamin Huntington; third cousin once removed of Elijah Abel and Calvin Fillmore; third cousin twice removed of Zina Hyde Jr. and Frank Heman Ticknor; third cousin thrice removed of Matthew Griswold, Jabez Huntington, Samuel Huntington, Henry Huntington and Gurdon Huntington; fourth cousin of Millard Fillmore, John Arnold Rockwell, John Leslie Russell and Hiram Bingham; fourth cousin once removed of Samuel Lathrop, William Woodbridge, Henry Meigs, Phineas Lyman Tracy, Charles Robert Sherman, Isaac Backus, Willard J. Chapin, Albert Haller Tracy, Martin Olds, Harrison Blodget, Henry Titus Backus, David Edgerton, Augustus Frank, Leslie Wead Russell, Thomas Worcester Hyde, Alonzo Mark Leffingwell, Charles Hazen Russell, John Clarence Keeler, Hiram Bingham Jr., Alfred Mitchell Bingham and Jonathan Brewster Bingham.
  Political family: Edgerton family of New York and Indiana (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
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