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Upham #1 family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire

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  Jabez Upham (1764-1811) — of Brookfield, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Brookfield, Worcester County, Mass., August 23, 1764. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1804-06, 1811; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1807-10. Died in Brookfield, Worcester County, Mass., November 8, 1811 (age 47 years, 77 days). Interment at New Cemetery, West Brookfield, Mass.
  Relatives: Brother of George Baxter Upham; uncle of James Phineas Upham; first cousin of Charles Wentworth Upham; second cousin of Nathaniel Upham; second cousin once removed of Nathaniel Gookin Upham; second cousin twice removed of Charles Edwin Whiting; second cousin thrice removed of William Criner Whiting and Willard Baxter Whiting; second cousin four times removed of James Dunbar Bell; third cousin of Nathan Read; third cousin twice removed of Joshua Perkins, Charles Otis Nason, John Hill Walbridge, Henry E. Walbridge and William Greene Dows; third cousin thrice removed of Charles Kirk Tilden; fourth cousin of William Upham, Samuel Finley Vinton, Abel Madison Scranton, Don Alonzo Joshua Upham and Alonzo Sidney Upham; fourth cousin once removed of John Larkin Payson, Isaiah Blood, Ebenezer Oliver Grosvenor, Calvin Hoadley Upham, Charles Leslie Upham and William Henry Upham.
  Political families: Upham #1 family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire; Upham #2 family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  George Baxter Upham (1768-1848) — also known as George B. Upham — of Claremont, Sullivan County, N.H. Born in Brookfield, Worcester County, Mass., December 27, 1768. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1801-03; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1804-13, 1815; Speaker of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1809, 1815; member of New Hampshire state senate 10th District, 1814-15. Died in Claremont, Sullivan County, N.H., February 10, 1848 (age 79 years, 45 days). Interment at Pleasant Street Cemetery, Claremont, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Phineas Upham and Susanna (Buckminster) Upham; brother of Jabez Upham; married, December 30, 1805, to Mary 'Polly' Duncan; father of James Phineas Upham; first cousin of Charles Wentworth Upham; second cousin of Nathaniel Upham; second cousin once removed of Nathaniel Gookin Upham; second cousin twice removed of Charles Edwin Whiting; second cousin thrice removed of William Criner Whiting and Willard Baxter Whiting; second cousin four times removed of James Dunbar Bell; third cousin of Nathan Read; third cousin twice removed of Joshua Perkins, Charles Otis Nason, John Hill Walbridge, Henry E. Walbridge and William Greene Dows; third cousin thrice removed of Charles Kirk Tilden; fourth cousin of William Upham, Samuel Finley Vinton, Abel Madison Scranton, Don Alonzo Joshua Upham and Alonzo Sidney Upham; fourth cousin once removed of John Larkin Payson, Isaiah Blood, Ebenezer Oliver Grosvenor, Calvin Hoadley Upham, Charles Leslie Upham and William Henry Upham.
  Political families: Upham #1 family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire; Upham #2 family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Nathaniel Upham (1774-1829) — of Rochester, Strafford County, N.H. Born in Deerfield, Rockingham County, N.H., June 9, 1774. Democrat. Merchant; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1807-09; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council, 1811-12; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire, 1817-23 (at-large 1817-19, 2nd District 1819-21, at-large 1821-23). Died in Rochester, Strafford County, N.H., July 10, 1829 (age 55 years, 31 days). Interment at Old Rochester Cemetery, Rochester, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Timothy Upham and Hannah (Gookin) Upham; married 1798 to Judith C. Cogswell; father of Nathaniel Gookin Upham and Judith Almira Upham (who married James Bell); second great-grandfather of James Dunbar Bell; second cousin of Jabez Upham, George Baxter Upham and Charles Wentworth Upham; second cousin once removed of James Phineas Upham; third cousin twice removed of William Greene Dows; fourth cousin of Nathaniel Merriam, William Upham, Samuel Finley Vinton, Don Alonzo Joshua Upham and Alonzo Sidney Upham; fourth cousin once removed of Isaiah Blood, Calvin Hoadley Upham, Charles Leslie Upham and William Henry Upham.
  Political families: Upham #1 family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire; Upham #2 family of Massachusetts; Bell family of New Hampshire (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Upham (1792-1853) — of Montpelier, Washington County, Vt. Born in Leicester, Worcester County, Mass., August 5, 1792. Whig. Injured in a cider mill accident and lost a hand; lawyer; member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1827-28, 1830; Washington County State's Attorney, 1829; U.S. Senator from Vermont, 1843-53; died in office 1853. Died, from smallpox, at the Irving Hotel, Washington, D.C., January 14, 1853 (age 60 years, 162 days). Interment at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; cenotaph at Green Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, Vt.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Upham and Patty (Livermore) Upham; married 1814 to Sarah Keyes; second cousin of Alonzo Sidney Upham; second cousin once removed of Isaiah Blood, Calvin Hoadley Upham and William Henry Upham; second cousin twice removed of Frederic William Upham; third cousin of Don Alonzo Joshua Upham; third cousin once removed of Charles Leslie Upham; third cousin thrice removed of Clarence Albert Upham; fourth cousin of Jabez Upham, George Baxter Upham, Nathaniel Upham, Samuel Finley Vinton and Charles Wentworth Upham; fourth cousin once removed of Nathaniel Gookin Upham and James Phineas Upham.
  Political families: Upham #1 family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire; Upham #2 family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Nathaniel Gookin Upham (1801-1869) — of New Hampshire. Born in Deerfield, Rockingham County, N.H., January 8, 1801. Justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1833-42. Died in Concord, Merrimack County, N.H., December 11, 1869 (age 68 years, 337 days). Interment at Blossom Hill Cemetery, Concord, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Nathaniel Upham and Judith C. (Cogswell) Upham; married 1829 to Elizabeth Watts Lord; married to Eliza White Burnham; great-granduncle of James Dunbar Bell; second cousin once removed of Jabez Upham, George Baxter Upham and Charles Wentworth Upham; third cousin of James Phineas Upham; fourth cousin once removed of Nathaniel Merriam, William Upham, Samuel Finley Vinton, Don Alonzo Joshua Upham, Alonzo Sidney Upham and William Greene Dows.
  Political family: Upham #1 family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Epitaph: "A Scholar, a Jurist, a Statesman, and a Christian. A Man Without Reproach."
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles Wentworth Upham (1802-1875) — also known as Charles W. Upham — of Salem, Essex County, Mass. Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, May 4, 1802. Whig. Ordained minister; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1840-49, 1859-60; mayor of Salem, Mass., 1852-53; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1853-55; defeated, 1850; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1857-58. Died in Salem, Essex County, Mass., June 15, 1875 (age 73 years, 42 days). Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Joshua Upham and Mary (Chandler) Upham; married, March 29, 1826, to Ann Susan Holmes (aunt of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.); first cousin of Jabez Upham and George Baxter Upham; first cousin once removed of James Phineas Upham; second cousin of Nathaniel Upham; second cousin once removed of Nathaniel Gookin Upham; second cousin twice removed of Joshua Coit; second cousin four times removed of James Dunbar Bell; third cousin of Henry Titus Backus; third cousin twice removed of William Greene Dows; third cousin thrice removed of John Lee Saltonstall; fourth cousin of William Upham, Samuel Finley Vinton, William Whiting Boardman, Don Alonzo Joshua Upham, Alonzo Sidney Upham and Robert Coit Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Isaiah Blood, Calvin Hoadley Upham, Judson B. Phelps, Charles Leslie Upham, William Henry Upham and William Brainard Coit.
  Political families: Upham #1 family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire; Upham #2 family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Don Alonzo Joshua Upham (1809-1877) — also known as Don A. J. Upham — of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis. Born in Weathersfield, Windsor County, Vt., May 31, 1809. Democrat. Mayor of Milwaukee, Wis., 1849-50; candidate for Governor of Wisconsin, 1851; U.S. Attorney for Wisconsin, 1857-61. Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., June 19, 1877 (age 68 years, 19 days). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.; cenotaph at Plain Cemetery, Perkinsville, Weathersfield, Vt.
  Relatives: Son of Joshua Upham and Phebe (Graves) Upham; married to Elizabeth Smith Jaques; first cousin once removed of Charles Leslie Upham; second cousin thrice removed of Clarence Albert Upham; third cousin of William Upham and Alonzo Sidney Upham; third cousin once removed of Isaiah Blood, Calvin Hoadley Upham and William Henry Upham; third cousin twice removed of Frederic William Upham; fourth cousin of Jabez Upham, George Baxter Upham, Nathaniel Upham, Samuel Finley Vinton and Charles Wentworth Upham; fourth cousin once removed of Nathaniel Gookin Upham and James Phineas Upham.
  Political families: Upham #1 family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire; Upham #2 family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Alonzo Sidney Upham (1811-1882) — also known as Alonzo S. Upham — of Le Roy, Genesee County, N.Y. Born in Hamilton, Madison County, N.Y., June 9, 1811. Whig. Carriage builder; farmer; member of New York state assembly, 1847-48 (Genesee County 1847, Genesee County 2nd District 1848); member of New York state senate 28th District, 1850-53. Died in Baldwinsville, Onondaga County, N.Y., August 21, 1882 (age 71 years, 73 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery, Baldwinsville, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Joshua Upham and Lydia (Chamberlain) Upham; married, April 17, 1836, to Mary Munro; married, December 11, 1867, to Emily Louise Munro; second cousin of William Upham; second cousin once removed of Isaiah Blood, Calvin Hoadley Upham and William Henry Upham; second cousin twice removed of Frederic William Upham; third cousin of Don Alonzo Joshua Upham; third cousin once removed of Charles Leslie Upham; third cousin twice removed of Robert Treat Paine; third cousin thrice removed of Clarence Albert Upham; fourth cousin of Jabez Upham, George Baxter Upham, Nathaniel Upham, Samuel Finley Vinton and Charles Wentworth Upham; fourth cousin once removed of Nathan Appleton, Nathaniel Gookin Upham, James Phineas Upham, Lucretia Garfield and Edwin Carpenter Pinney.
  Political families: Upham #1 family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire; Upham #2 family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Phineas Upham (1827-1895) — also known as James P. Upham — of Claremont, Sullivan County, N.H. Born in Claremont, Sullivan County, N.H., October 27, 1827. Member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1865-66. Died in Claremont, Sullivan County, N.H., April 8, 1895 (age 67 years, 163 days). Interment at Union Cemetery, Claremont, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of George Baxter Upham and Mary 'Polly' (Duncan) Upham; nephew of Jabez Upham; first cousin once removed of Charles Wentworth Upham; second cousin once removed of Nathaniel Upham; third cousin of Nathaniel Gookin Upham; third cousin once removed of Nathan Read and Charles Edwin Whiting; third cousin twice removed of William Criner Whiting and Willard Baxter Whiting; third cousin thrice removed of James Dunbar Bell; fourth cousin once removed of William Upham, Samuel Finley Vinton, Abel Madison Scranton, Don Alonzo Joshua Upham, Alonzo Sidney Upham, Joshua Perkins, Charles Otis Nason, John Hill Walbridge, Henry E. Walbridge and William Greene Dows.
  Political family: Upham #1 family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Calvin Hoadley Upham (1828-1892) — also known as Calvin H. Upham — of Racine, Racine County, Wis.; Shawano, Shawano County, Wis.; Ripon, Fond du Lac County, Wis. Born in Westminster, Worcester County, Mass., February 28, 1828. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmaster at Ripon, Wis., 1882-85. Suffered a stroke, and died soon after, in Ripon, Fond du Lac County, Wis., February 26, 1892 (age 63 years, 363 days). Interment at Hillside Cemetery, Ripon, Wis.
  Relatives: Son of Alvin Upham and Sarah 'Sally' (Derby) Upham; brother of William Henry Upham; married, October 29, 1851, to Amanda Eveline Gibbs; father of Frederic William Upham; second cousin of Isaiah Blood; second cousin once removed of William Upham and Alonzo Sidney Upham; third cousin once removed of Don Alonzo Joshua Upham; fourth cousin of Charles Leslie Upham; fourth cousin once removed of Jabez Upham, George Baxter Upham, Nathaniel Upham, Samuel Finley Vinton, Charles Wentworth Upham and Walter Hamilton Garfield.
  Political families: Upham #1 family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire; Upham #2 family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles Leslie Upham (1839-1929) — also known as Charles L. Upham — of Meriden, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Townshend, Windham County, Vt., May 24, 1839. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; one of the founders of the Ives, Upham & Rand department store in Meriden; mayor of Meriden, Conn., 1873-74. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons. Died in Meriden, New Haven County, Conn., May 28, 1929 (age 90 years, 4 days). Interment at Walnut Grove Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. William Dennis Upham and Lucy Marie (Spink) Upham; married, November 22, 1863, to Emilie M. Clark; married, July 12, 1877, to Elizabeth Hall; first cousin once removed of Don Alonzo Joshua Upham; third cousin once removed of William Upham and Alonzo Sidney Upham; third cousin twice removed of Clarence Albert Upham; fourth cousin of Isaiah Blood, Calvin Hoadley Upham and William Henry Upham; fourth cousin once removed of Jabez Upham, George Baxter Upham, Nathaniel Upham, Samuel Finley Vinton, Charles Wentworth Upham and Frederic William Upham.
  Political families: Upham #1 family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire; Upham #2 family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841-1935) — also known as "The Great Dissenter" — of Massachusetts. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 8, 1841. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; justice of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1882-1902; chief justice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1899-1902; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1902-32; retired 1932. Unitarian. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1965. Died, of pneumonia, in Washington, D.C., March 6, 1935 (age 93 years, 363 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes and Amelia Lee (Jackson) Holmes; married, June 17, 1872, to Fanny Bowditch Dixwell; nephew of Ann Susan Holmes (who married Charles Wentworth Upham).
  Political family: Upham #1 family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: Francis Biddle — Laurence Curtis — Lewis Einstein — Erland F. Fish
  See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — Arlington National Cemetery unofficial website
  Books by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.: The Common Law
  Books about Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.: Gary J. Aichele, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. : Soldier, Scholar, Judge — G. Edward White, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes: Law and the Inner Self — Sheldon M. Novick, Honorable Justice: The Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Liva Baker, The Justice from Beacon Hill: The Life and Times of Oliver Wendell Holmes — James Bishop Peabody, The Holmes-Einstein Letters : Correspondence of Mr. Justice Holmes and Lewis Einstein 1903-1935
  Critical books about Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.: Albert W. Alschuler, Law Without Values : The Life, Work, and Legacy of Justice Holmes
  Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, September 1902
William H. Upham William Henry Upham (1841-1924) — also known as William H. Upham — of Marshfield, Wood County, Wis. Born in Westminster, Worcester County, Mass., May 3, 1841. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; merchant; sawmill owner; mayor of Marshfield, Wis., 1886-88, 1891-92; Governor of Wisconsin, 1895-97. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Marshfield, Wood County, Wis., July 2, 1924 (age 83 years, 60 days). Interment at Hillside Cemetery, Marshfield, Wis.
  Relatives: Son of Alvin Upham and Sarah 'Sally' (Derby) Upham; brother of Calvin Hoadley Upham; married, December 19, 1867, to Mary Cornelia Kelley; married, June 1, 1914, to Grace Wilson Mason; uncle of Frederic William Upham; second cousin of Isaiah Blood; second cousin once removed of William Upham and Alonzo Sidney Upham; third cousin once removed of Don Alonzo Joshua Upham; fourth cousin of Charles Leslie Upham; fourth cousin once removed of Jabez Upham, George Baxter Upham, Nathaniel Upham, Samuel Finley Vinton, Charles Wentworth Upham and Walter Hamilton Garfield.
  Political families: Upham #1 family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire; Upham #2 family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: North Wood County Historical Society

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