Benjamin Hyde Edgerton

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Benjamin Hyde Edgerton (August 17, 1811 – December 9, 1886) was an American engineer, businessman, pioneer, and politician.

Born in Saybrook, Connecticut, Edgerton studied to be a surveyor in Buffalo, New York. After moving to Green Bay, Michigan Territory, 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 in Chicago, Illinois. His brother was Elisha W. Edgerton, a businessman and state legislator.^[1]^[2]

Notes

↑ Benjamin Hyde Edgerton, Wisconsin Historical Society
↑ 'Proceedings of the Society of the Wisconsin Historical Society at its Sixth-eight Annual Meeting,' October 21, 1920, vol. 68, Rump Council, Biographical Sketch of Benjamin Hyde Edgerton, pg. 155

External links

The Rump Council, Wisconsin Historical Society

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Name	Edgerton, Benjamin Hyde
Alternative names
Short description	American businessman
Date of birth	August 17, 1811
Place of birth
Date of death	December 9, 1886
Place of death

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