Windsor

EDGERTON, Edward Henry

Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography: A Series of Authentic Biographical 
Sketches of the Representative Men of Vermont and Sons of Vermont in Other 
States. Dodge. Burlington: Ullery Pub Co, 1912, p 178

Edward Henry EDGERTON, lawyer, Rochester [Windsor County, Vermont], was born 
31 August 1863 at Warren [Washington County, Vermont], son of Benjamin S. and 
Mary E. (ELDREDGE) EDGERTON. Educated at Barre Academy [Washington County, 
Vermont]; graduate of class of 1885. Located in Rochester in 1890. Is 
treasurer of the White River Lumber Company, which formerly was engaged in 
the manufacture of lumber, but is now conserving its holdings of wild land as 
an investment. Republican; represented Rochester in the Legislature 1906 and 
1908; was senator from Windsor County, 1910; in 1906 served on committees on 
municipal corporations and state and court expenses; in 1908 chairman of 
committee on elections, and member of committee on judiciary; in the senate 
was chairman of the committee on corporations, and a member of the committee 
on judiciary. Has been selectman, town agent, and town clerk for several 
years. Member of Ezekiel Emerson Camp No. 26, Sons of Veterans. In 1892 he 
[Edward Henry EDGERTON] married [Miss?] Bertha FULLER of Hermon [St. Lawrence 
County], New York; they have one son, Lawrence.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly