The eldest of Jerry Elgin's seven known children was Edward Addison Elgin who was born in Cowanshannock Township on October 11, 1861 and who was married circa 1886 to Jennie Harkleroad [born December 14, 1869].
Not much has been located pertaining to Edward. Family members living in 1990 do not recall ever hearing about him in family conversations. It seems odd as he was the the first born and a male child which is frequently the best known child. Also strange that he is a solitary burial (with no other family members) in the Rural Valley cemetery, just a few miles from the Elgin family cemetery (where his parents were buried) and the Harkleroad cemetery (where his wife and two daughters were later buried).
One account states that he was a farmer but on his death certificate dated September 6, 1916 it states that he was a potter that worked in the kiln business.
He and his wife Jennie first lived on a farm in "Owl Hollow" near Sagamore, off route 210. Again unusual, that the first born male would not work the family farm with his father. The 1910 census reports him and his family living in Ford City perhaps working for what was later to become the Elger Company.
In his mother's 1911 obituary it states that Edward was living in Wickboro [today the northernmost (3rd and 4th wards) part of Kittanning, also known as Wick City and "up river" from Kittanning].
Death certificate in 1916 indicated place of death as simply Kittanning.
Not much has been located pertaining to Edward. Family members living in 1990 do not recall ever hearing about him in family conversations. It seems odd as he was the the first born and a male child which is frequently the best known child. Also strange that he is a solitary burial (with no other family members) in the Rural Valley cemetery, just a few miles from the Elgin family cemetery (where his parents were buried) and the Harkleroad cemetery (where his wife and two daughters were later buried).
One account states that he was a farmer but on his death certificate dated September 6, 1916 it states that he was a potter that worked in the kiln business.
He and his wife Jennie first lived on a farm in "Owl Hollow" near Sagamore, off route 210. Again unusual, that the first born male would not work the family farm with his father. The 1910 census reports him and his family living in Ford City perhaps working for what was later to become the Elger Company.
In his mother's 1911 obituary it states that Edward was living in Wickboro [today the northernmost (3rd and 4th wards) part of Kittanning, also known as Wick City and "up river" from Kittanning].
Death certificate in 1916 indicated place of death as simply Kittanning.
The eldest of Jerry Elgin's seven known children was Edward Addison Elgin who was born in Cowanshannock Township on October 11, 1861 and who was married circa 1886 to Jennie Harkleroad [born December 14, 1869].
Not much has been located pertaining to Edward. Family members living in 1990 do not recall ever hearing about him in family conversations. It seems odd as he was the the first born and a male child which is frequently the best known child. Also strange that he is a solitary burial (with no other family members) in the Rural Valley cemetery, just a few miles from the Elgin family cemetery (where his parents were buried) and the Harkleroad cemetery (where his wife and two daughters were later buried).
One account states that he was a farmer but on his death certificate dated September 6, 1916 it states that he was a potter that worked in the kiln business.
He and his wife Jennie first lived on a farm in "Owl Hollow" near Sagamore, off route 210. Again unusual, that the first born male would not work the family farm with his father. The 1910 census reports him and his family living in Ford City perhaps working for what was later to become the Elger Company.
In his mother's 1911 obituary it states that Edward was living in Wickboro [today the northernmost (3rd and 4th wards) part of Kittanning, also known as Wick City and "up river" from Kittanning].
Death certificate in 1916 indicated place of death as simply Kittanning.
Not much has been located pertaining to Edward. Family members living in 1990 do not recall ever hearing about him in family conversations. It seems odd as he was the the first born and a male child which is frequently the best known child. Also strange that he is a solitary burial (with no other family members) in the Rural Valley cemetery, just a few miles from the Elgin family cemetery (where his parents were buried) and the Harkleroad cemetery (where his wife and two daughters were later buried).
One account states that he was a farmer but on his death certificate dated September 6, 1916 it states that he was a potter that worked in the kiln business.
He and his wife Jennie first lived on a farm in "Owl Hollow" near Sagamore, off route 210. Again unusual, that the first born male would not work the family farm with his father. The 1910 census reports him and his family living in Ford City perhaps working for what was later to become the Elger Company.
In his mother's 1911 obituary it states that Edward was living in Wickboro [today the northernmost (3rd and 4th wards) part of Kittanning, also known as Wick City and "up river" from Kittanning].
Death certificate in 1916 indicated place of death as simply Kittanning.
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