A son was born to the Edgerton settler's family (subject of the sketch).

The evidence

• “Edgerton ; born in Denmark, Lewis Co., N. Y., Feb. 10, 1836 ; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1855. Settled”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/27-bios-fulton.md, PDF p. 840 / book p. 844

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources