A future Rock County resident was born in Middlesex County, New Jersey.

The evidence

• “Edgerton ; born in Middlesex Co., N. J., Aug. 17, 1838 ; came to Rock Co. in spring of 1865, and located in Rock Co.; in 1869, purchased his present homestead. Married, in December, 1859, Sarah A.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/27-bios-fulton.md, PDF p. 845

  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.

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