BIOGRAPHY

HENRY G. EDGERTON - OF ELBA, NY

Edgerton, Henry G., was born in Orleans County, N. Y., May 30, 1825, and is a son of Henry and Jane (West) Edgerton. His father was a native of Vermont and removed to Orleans County in 1816, where he was one of the pioneer farmers; he died in 1874. Henry G. Edgerton was educated in the common schools and came to Elba with his parents in 1832. In 1843 he married Eleanore, daughter of Rice Baldwin; they had four children: George B., Charles A., William F. and Mrs. Albert Martin.

Source: Our County and its people, A descriptive work on Genesee County, New York, Edited by: F. W. Beers, J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890