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most of these trips he was accompanied
by some member of his family, and dur-
ing the later visits he placed his sons
under favorable surroundings for the completion
of their professional equipment.
Like his father, Dr. Edgerton was tall in
stature and of heavy weight, but was quick
and light of foot, due largely to his careful
and correct living. He was a total abstainer
from the use of stimulants and always
brought to bear upon cases in his charge a
pure and strong mind in a healthy body. A"
contemporary physician once said of him :
"I never heard him utter one word of de-
traction or disparagement of a brother
practitioner." Of easy and agreeable man-
ners, a pleasing speaker, choice in language
and convincing in argument, his
public addresses were highly appreciated.
Dr. Francis D. Edgerton was married,
November 5, 1868, to Amelia Du-
pont Cruger, a native of New Orleans,
daughter of Henry C. and Henrietta
(Cruger) Cruger, descended from some
of the oldest and best families in New
York. She passed away at the family
home in Middletown, September 21, 1919.
The children of Dr. and Mrs. Edgerton
are justifying the promise of such excel-
lent parentage, and the educational opportunities
afforded them. The eldest, Henry
Cruger Edgerton, born May 21, 1870,
graduated from Wilson's School on High
Street in Middletown and is now tilling
the old family homestead in East Hampton.
Francis C, the second, graduated
from Trinity College, Hartford, in 1894,
from the College of Physicians and Surgeons
in 1898, and was two years house
surgeon at Bellevue Hospital in New
York. He continued his studies under
tutors in Berlin, Germany, and returning
to New York began practice there as a
physician. He was made resident phy-
sician at the Sloan Maternity Hospital,
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was subsequently elected assistant surgeon
of the Cornell University Medical
Clinic. He is now established on Fifty-
eighth Street, near Fifth Avenue. He has
a daughter, Frances Cruger. John Warren
Edgerton, third child of Dr. Francis
D., graduated from Trinity College in
1894, receiving the degrees of B. A. and
M. A., subsequently taking the latter de-
gree from Yale. In that institution, he
completed three years of post-graduate
work, was graduated from the Yale Law
School in the class of 1900 with the degree
of LL. B. cum laude. At the time of his
graduation, he was a tutor, and also de-
livered lectures on legal subjects before
the New York Bankers' Association. He
was also engaged to lecture at the West
Point Military Academy and in attempting
to fill all these engagements broke
down his health so that he was obliged
to give up. He died in July, 1919, at his
home in New Haven. He married Marion
Gallaudet of Hartford, youngest child of
the late Dr. Edward Miner Gallaudet of
that city. Of the five children of John W.
Edgerton, two sons and two daughters
are now living.
EDGERTON, Henry Cruger,
Agriculturist, Stock Breeder.
The eldest child of the late Dr. Francis
D. Edgerton of Middletown, Mr. Edgerton
was born May 21, 1870, in that town,
where he grew to manhood. After attending
two years at the Middletown
High School, he was three years a student
at "The Gunnery," a very high class school
for boys founded by Dr. Gunn at Washington,
Connecticut; he entered upon
a business career, starting as a clerk in
the office of I. E. Palmer, a large manu-
facturer of Middletown. Here he gained
a valuable business experience, and sub-