Background
Edgerton was born in Saybrook, Connecticut, near Norwich, Connecticut, on August 17, 1811 or near Norwich, Connecticut in April 1811.
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Benjamin Edgerton
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Edgerton studied to be a surveyor in Buffalo, New New York
Career
After moving to Green Bay, Michigan Territory, in 1835, he worked for the government as a surveyor and civil engineer While in Green Bay, Edgerton was chosen to the seventh Michigan Territorial Legislative Council (the Rump Council) in 1835 involving the western area of the Michigan Territory (present day Wisconsin and parts of North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota) to provide for a smooth transition involving the establishment of Wisconsin Territory and the admission of the State of Michigan. Later Edgerton helped survey the city blocks in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the railroads in Wisconsin.
He served on the first harbor commission in Milwaukee and on the Milwaukee Common Council.
He died at his home in Chicago, Illinois on December 9, 1886.
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