Michigan and New York State farmer.
John Edgerton, the son of Ezekiel and Maria Parker Edgerton, was born in Sangerfield, Oneida County, New York in 1829. He worked as a farmer in Manlius and Bridgeport, New York, and then in the 1880s was farming in Michigan, near Traverse City and Owosso. In 1900 he was living in Minoa, New York, near Syracuse, and he died there in 1912. Apparently Edgerton moved from New York State to several locations in Michigan, and then back to New York again, where the Edgerton family is still prominent in the Syracuse area. He was married to Jane Terwilliger and had two daughters. Edgerton was a cousin of Walter Cass Newberry of Chicago, who served as Edgerton's agent in banking and real estate transactions in the city.
From the description of John Edgerton papers, 1867-1912. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 585889523
