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History of Anoka County
And the Towns of Champlin and Dayton
In Hennepin County, Minnesota
by Albert M. Goodrich
pub. 1905 - Hennepin Publishing Co., Minneapolis


              page 210
              
                FESTUS A. EDGARTON (deceased) was born at Oriskey Falls,
              Oneida Co., New York, Jan. 27, 1828. He received his edu-
              cation in the days when schoolmasters believed in whipping.
              He worked sixteen years for the state on the canal, repair-
              ing boats and building stone locks in the winters. He came
              to Minnesota and to Anoka county Apr. 3, 1874, purchasing
              a farm in the town of Ramsey, where he lived until 1900, 
              when he moved to Anoka. He died at Anoka in 1904. He was
              town clerk of Ramsey eight years. His wife was REBECCA M.
              SMITH, a native of Vermont. Children: PARKER L., FRANCES E.
              (Mrs. HENRY E. STORRS, Cleveland, O.), FRANKLIN A. (Indian-
              apolis, Ind.), IDA M. (Mrs. J. W. WILSON) and CHARLES J.
              
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