There, he had purchased what was considered condemned swamp land which still had stands of virgin timber because it was too wet and difficult to do logging.

The Anspach brothers then built homes, a sawmill, a tile factory, and a general store there, thus building the economic base of the new village of Edgerton.

Their brother Allen Anspach and other siblings remained in Oak Harbor, where he ran the family's existing lumber company.

The Edgerton house built by George Anspach is still an active residence there, facing the railroad tracks.

She then occupied the house after her marriage to George Waldrop, of Owen County, KY, who had come there to find work during the depression following the Spanish–American War.