Lebbeus Egerton

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nameLebbeus Egerton
office1Member of the Vermont Senate from Orange County
term_start11839
term_end11840
alongside1Daniel Cobb, Jonathan Jenness
predecessor1A. B. W. Tenney, Simeon Short, William Hebard
successor1Timothy Short, Simeon Short, Nathaniel Wheatly
term_start21837
term_end21838
alongside2Daniel Cobb, Jonathan Jenness
predecessor2A. B. W. Tenney, Thomas Keyes, William Hebard
successor2A. B. W. Tenney, Simeon Short, William Hebard
order310th
office3Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
term_start31831
term_end31835
governor3William A. Palmer
predecessor3Mark Richards
successor3Silas H. Jennison
office4Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from Randolph
term_start41825
term_end41827
predecessor4Dudley Chase
successor4Jacob K. Parish
birth_date
birth_placeNorwich, Connecticut
death_date
death_placeRandolph, Vermont
resting_placeRandolph Center Cemetery, Randolph, Vermont
partyAnti-Masonic
spouseCatharine Doty Egerton (1774–1826)
Elizabeth Potter Egerton (1781–1848)
professionFarmer
rankCaptain
branchUnited States Army
Vermont Militia
battlesWar of 1812
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Biography

Lebbeus Egerton was born in Norwich, Connecticut, on May 4, 1773. His family moved to Randolph, Vermont, in the early 1780s and Egerton became a farmer.

During the War of 1812 Egerton served as a captain. Initially commissioned in the 31st United States Infantry Regiment, Egerton subsequently raised and commanded a company in the Vermont militia during the Plattsburgh campaign, with Martin Flint as his second in command. Egerton later served as adjutant of a regiment.

Egerton served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1825 to 1827, and was a delegate to the 1828 Vermont constitutional convention. He was Randolph's Town Clerk from 1830 to 1833. During his life Egerton also served in other local offices, including town Selectman.

Active as an Anti-Mason, in 1831 Egerton was elected Lieutenant Governor and he served until 1835. Because the annual elections were three way races, Egerton did not receive the majority required by the Vermont constitution, so he was chosen each year by the Vermont Legislature.

During the early to mid-1830s Egerton was responsible for designing and overseeing construction of the second Vermont State House.

From 1837 to 1838 and 1839 to 1840, Egerton served in the Vermont Senate.

Egerton died in Randolph on August 18, 1846, and was buried in Randolph Center Cemetery.

His Randolph Center home still stands and is a privately owned residence.

Other

His first name is sometimes written "Lebberis", "Libbeus" or "Lebbons", and his surname sometimes appears in records as "Edgerton".

References

References

  1. [http://dunhamwilcox.net/ct/norwich11a.htm Vital Records of Norwich, 1659 – 1848], Part II, pages 165 to 220, transcribed by Coralynn Brown. Retrieved December 28, 2011
  2. [http://www.historicmapworks.com/Buildings/index.php?state=VT&city=Randolph%20Center&id=34001 Photos and records, Lebbeus Edgerton House], Historic Map Works web site, 2011
  3. [https://books.google.com/books?id=xkEOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA998 The Vermont Historical Gazetteer], by Carrie Elizabeth Hemenway Page, Volume 2, 1871, page 998
  4. An Anxious Democracy: Aspects of the 1830s, by John J. Duffy and H. Nicholas Muller III, 1982, page 120
  5. State of Vermont Roster of Soldiers in the War of 1812–14, prepared and published under the direction of [[Herbert Thomas Johnson. Herbert T. Johnson]], The Adjutant General, 1933, page 127
  6. [https://books.google.com/books?id=E9MQ3gQJYr4C&pg=PA441 History of Royalton, Vermont: With Family Genealogies, 1769–1911], by Mary Evelyn Wood Lovejoy, Volume 1, 1911, page 441
  7. [https://books.google.com/books?id=R7g3AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA2 Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont], published by E. P. Walton, Montpelier, Volume 8, 1880, page 2
  8. [https://books.google.com/books?id=7NYGAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA2-PA83 Vermont Year Book, Formerly Walton's Register], published by E. P. Walton, 1836, page 83
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  13. [https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsunit01hollgoog#page/n10/mode/2up/search/lebbeus The Proceedings of the United States Anti-Masonic Convention, held at Philadelphia, September 11, 1830], published by I. P. Trimble, Philadelphia, and others, 1830, page 9
  14. [http://fultonhistory.com/newspapers%20Disk3/Albany%20NY%20Evening%20Journal/Albany%20NY%20Evening%20Journal%201832.pdf/Albany%20NY%20Evening%20Journal%201832%20-%200169.pdf Newspaper article, Vermont Anti-Masonic Convention], Albany Evening Journal, February 23, 1832
  15. [http://fultonhistory.com/newspapers%20Disk3/Albany%20NY%20Evening%20Journal/Albany%20NY%20Evening%20Journal%201834%20pdf/Albany%20NY%20Evening%20Journal%201834%20-%200498.pdf Newspaper article, Vermont Anti-Masonic State Convention], Albany Evening Journal, May 28, 1834
  16. [https://books.google.com/books?id=9zcFAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA14 Journal of the General Assembly of the State of Vermont], published by Ebenezer Eaton, Danville, 1832, page 14
  17. [https://books.google.com/books?id=B90NAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA269 Records of the Council of Safety and Governor and Council of the State of Vermont], published by E. P. Walton, Montpelier, Volume 8, 1880, page 269
  18. [https://books.google.com/books?id=SdwNAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA437 Records of the Council of Safety and Governor and Council of the State of Vermont], published by E. P. Walton, Montpelier, Volume 5, 1877, page 437
  19. [https://books.google.com/books?id=fqUEAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA3 Journal of the Senate of the State of Vermont], published by E. P. Walton, Montpelier, 1837, page 3
  20. [https://books.google.com/books?id=-AA9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA69 Memorial Encyclopedia of the State of Pennsylvania], edited by James A. Ellis, 1919, page 69
  21. [https://books.google.com/books?id=fy9FAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA3-PA9 Journal of the Senate of the State of Vermont], published by E. P. Walton, Montpelier, 1839, page 9
  22. [http://www.usgennet.org/usa/vt/county/orange/randolph/cems/rand/egerton-fish.htm Transcript, Randolph Center Cemetery gravestones], Randolph, Vermont, by Harriet Chase, 2002, Egerton – Fish page
  23. [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~edgerton/~Obituaries/Lebbeus1773.jpg Death notice, Lebbeus Egerton], Vermont Chronicle, September 9, 1846
  24. [http://www.ourherald.com/news/2003-10-23/People/p01.html Newspaper article, History of an Old House], by Miriam Herwig, Randolph Herald, October 23, 2003
  25. [http://www.ourherald.com/news/2006-02-02/Front_page/f09.html Newspaper column, Runnion in Montpelier: 'Mim' Herwig Brings a Smile To the Vermont State House], by Norman Runnion, Randolph Herald, February 2, 2006

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