Mrs. Edgbert, mother of Frank Edgbert and Mrs. S. E. Sergeant, of Arcadia, died at that place on last Friday and was buried Sunday. Mrs. Edgbert was eighty years of age, and highly respected among her neighbors.

Mrs. Edgbert was born Almira Watson circa 1815 in New York to Samuel Watson and Phebe Bloss. Her entry in the Register of Deaths for Mason County, WA states she was 82. She was survived by 3 children, Frank William Edgbert, James Finley Edgbert, and Sylvia Emily (Edgbert) Sergeant; and many grandchildren

Source: "The Mason County Journal" Shelton, Washington of January 15, 1897

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