Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

D. G. EDGERLY, agent M. C. R. R. Joliet Cut-Off, Joliet; was born in Perry, Genesee 
(now Wyoming Co.), N. Y., in 1831. At the early age of 5 years, he lost his father, a 
prominent merchant of the town. His mother subsequently married a wealthy farmer, and 
his life, to about the age of 16, was spent upon his stepfather's farm. On leaving home, 
he spent one year in a dry goods store, in Warsaw; he next went to Buffalo, and was 
employed as check clerk in the firm of Kimberly, Pease & Co. (late Pease & Beecher), 
forwarders of general merchandise. This firm owned and operated lines on the lakes and 
Erie Canal. The formation of the American Transportation Co., in 1855, absorbed all the 
small offices and companies, and he next located at Dunkirk, N. Y., in the employ of the 
N. Y. & Erie R., under S. D. CALDWELL, now chief manager of the Red Line; he served 
eight years as check clerk; from Dunkirk he returned to Buffalo and was appointed 
assistant agent; here he remained ten years. In January 1873, he was placed in charge 
of the 33d station, New York City; this position he held two years. In 1876, he engaged 
in business in Buffalo, but only continued a short time. In January 1877, he came to his 
present position at Joliet. His fine business qualifications have won for him positions 
of honor and trust that do not usually fall to men so early in life.


Additional Comments:
HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.