Jesse Edgington
EDGINGTON, JESSE (deceased). He was born in Virginia and in an early day removed to Jefferson Co., this State [i.e. Ohio], where he resided for several years, when he came to this county and settled in Springfield Township in 1814 where he was one of the largest land-owners during his life. The first Presbyterian Church built in that township, of which he was a member and one of the founders, was erected on his land; he died in 1821, at an advanced age, leaving five children by his marriage to Miss Margaret Palmer. Thomas, the eldest son, was born in Virginia in 1781, and removed with his parents to Jefferson Co., Ohio where he lived until 1815, when he came to this county and settled in Springfield Township. He was married in Jefferson Co., Ohio, to Miss Mary Alban in 1802; they were the parents of ten children, of whom Margaret was the oldest; she was born in Jefferson Co., Ohio, Aug. 30, 1803, and died in Columbia City, Ind., Aug. 30, 1872; Thomas Edgington died in Springfield Township in 1856; Margaret was married in Springfield Township to William Douglas in 1823; they were the parents of five children--William Douglass was born in Washington Co., Penn., in 1798; his father, Michael Douglas, was born in County Tyrone, Ireland. He was married in that country to Lydia Pollock in 1795 and emigrated to America in the fall of 1796, and settled in Pennsylvania where he continued to reside until 1820 when he removed to Ohio and settled in Springfield Township, Richland Co.; William Douglas died in 1857 in that township.
From HISTORY OF RICHLAND COUNTY, OHIO published by A.A. Graham, 1880, pp. 702