Underwood, Lucien Marcus – Upjohn, Richard Michell
Underwood, Lucien Marcus
educator, botanist, author, was born Oct. 26, 1853, in New Woodstock, N. Y. He is a professor of botany at Syracuse university from 1883; and the author of Systematic Plant Record; Our Native Ferns and How to Study Them; Our Native Ferns and Their Allies; and North American Hepaticæ.
Underwood, Oscar W
lawyer, congressman, was born May 6, 1862, in Louisville, Ky. He is a noted lawyer of Birmingham, Ala. He was chairman of the democratic executive committee of the ninth district in the campaign of 1892; and was elected to the fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses as a democrat. He is a member of several important committees; is an able speaker; and has taken an active part in the passage of several bills of importance to his state.
Underwood, Warner L
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Aug. 7, 1808, in Goochland county, Va. He was appointed attorney-general for the eastern district of the republic of Texas, but held the office only a short time. In 1848 he was a representative in the Kentucky legislature; and in 1849 a member of the state senate. He was elected a representative to the thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth congresses.
Underwood, William Hender- Son
soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born Sept. 13, 1779, in Culpeper county, Va.
He was for several years judge of the western circuit of Georgia, being elected to this post in 1825. He was the leading counsel of the Cherokees during their controversy with the state of Georgia, and became famous in the supreme court of the United States for the ability with which he advocated their cause. He died Aug. 4, 1859, in Marietta, Ga.
Unterreiner, Charles
educator, was born March 4, 1847, in Alsace. He received his education in the university of Strasburg; has taught modern languages in France; and for the past quarter of a century in the United States. He is now the principal of The Institute of Peekskill, N. Y., which he founded in 1877. me-
Upchurch, John Jorden
chanic, was born March 26, 1822, in Franklin, N. C. In 1868 he secured a situation in the machine-shops of the Atlantic and Great Western railroad at Meadville, Pa.
Here he prepared the first ritual and organized the first lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, to which his principal reputation is due. It has since spread into every state and territory of the union, has more than 150,000 members, and pays out about $2,000,000 annually in benefits to the families of deceased members. He died Jan. 18, 1887, in Steelville, Mo.
Updegraff, Jonathan T
physician, surgeon, state senator, congressman, was born in Jefferson county, Ohio. He served as a surgeon in the union army during the war of the rebellion. He was a presidential elector of Ohio in 1872; was a state senator in 1872 and 1873. He was elected a representative from Ohio to the forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses as a republican. He died Nov. 30, 1882.
Updegraff, Milton
educator, astronomer, was born Feb. 20, 1861, in Decorah, Iowa. Since 1890 he has been professor of astronomy and director of Law's observatory in the university of Missouri at Columbia. He has contributed various articles to astronomical journals.
Updegraff, Thomas
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born April 3, 1834, in Tioga county, Pa. He was a member of the state house of representatives of Iowa and chairman of the judiciary committee of that body in 1878. He was elected to the forty-sixth congress and re-elected to the forty-seventh congress as a republican. He was a member of the board of education and city solicitor of McGregor, Iowa, for many years; and was delegate to the republican national convention of 1888 and member of notification committee. He was elected to the fifty-third and fifty-fourth congresses and re-elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.
Updike, Wilkins
lawyer, state legislator, author, was born Jan. 8, 1784, in Kingston, R. I. He served many years in the Rhode Island legislature, and was the author of Memoirs of the Rhode Island Bar; and a History of the Episcopal Church in Narragansett Pier, R. I. He died Jan. 14, 1867, in Kingston, R. I.
Upfold, George
protestant episcopal bishop, author, was born May 7, 1796, in England. He moved to Pennsylvania in 1831, taking the rectorship of Trinity church, Pittsburg, from which post he was elevated to the episcopate. He was consecrated first bishop of Indiana. His writings include The Last Hundred Years, a lecture; Manual of Devotions for Domestic and Private Use; and sermons, pastoral letters and addresses. He died Aug. 26, 1872, in Indianapolis, Ind.
Upham, Albert Gookin
physician, author, was born July 10, 1819, in Rochester, N. H. He published a biographical and genealogical History of the Upham Family. He died June 16, 1847, in Boston, Mass.
Upham, Charles Wentworth
clergyman, congressman, author, was born May 4, 1802, in Canada. In 1840, 1849, and 1850, he was in the Massachusetts state legislature. In 1851, 1857 and 1858 he was president of the state senate; and was mayor of Salem in 1852. He was a member of the thirty-third congress.
He was the author of Lectures on the Logos; Prophecy as an Evidence of Christianity; Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather; Life of Timothy Pickering; Life of Sir Henry Vane; Lectures on Witchcraft; and Principles of Congregationalism. He died June 14, 1875, in Salem, Mass.
Upham, Francis William
educator, author, was born Sept. 10, 1817, in Rochester, N. H. He was an educator of New York city; and the author of The Debate Between the Church and Science; The Wise Men: Who They Were; The Star of Our Lord; Thoughts on the Gospels; St. Matthew's Witness; and The First Words from God. He died in 1895.
Upham, George B
state legislator, congressman, was born in 1769. He served a number of years in the New Hampshire legislature; and was speaker in 1809 and 1815. He was a representative in congress from New Hampshire from 1801 to 1803. He died Feb. 10, 1848, in Claremont, N. H.
Upham, Mrs. Grace Le Baron
[LOCKE], author, was born in 1845 in Massachusetts. She is a Boston writer of popular juvenile tales; and the author of The Rosebud Club; Little Miss Faith; and Little Daughter.
Upham, Jabez
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1807 to 1810, when he resigned. He died in 1811.
Upham, Joshua
lawyer, jurist, manufacturer, was born Nov. 14, 1741, in Brookfield, Mass. He was a lawyer of Boston; then emigrated to New Brunswick, where he was judge of the supreme court and member of the council during 1784-1807. He is said to have introduced the salt manufacture, and built the first woolen mill in America. He died in 1808 while in London on public business.
Upham, Nathaniel
merchant, state legislator, congressman, governor, was born June 9, 1774, in Deerfield, N. H. He was a member of the legislature of New Hampshire; and was a member of the governor's council from 1811 to 1812. He was a representative in congress from New Hampshire from 1817 to 1823. He died in 1829.
Upham, Nathaniel Gookin
lawyer, jurist, railroad president, was born Jan. 8, 1801, in Deerfield, N. H. From 1833 till 1843 he was judge of the supreme court of New Hampshire, and from 1843 till 1863 he was superintendent of the Concord railroad, of which he was president in 1863-66. He died Dec. 11, 1869, in Concord, N. H.
Upham, Thomas Cogswell
educator, author, was born Jan. 30, 1799, in Deerfield, N. H. He was a professor of philosophy at Bowdoin college in 1824- 72; and the author of Elements of Moral Philosophy; Treatise on the Will; Life of Madame Guyon; Principles of the Hidden Life; Disordered Mental Action; Elements of Intellectual Philosophy; Ratio Disciplinæ; Christ in the Soul; The Life of Faith; The Manual of Peace; Divine Union; American Cottage Life, a book of verse; Life of Madame Catherine Adorna; and View of the Absolute Religion. He died April 2, 1872, in New York city.
Upham, Warren
geologist, author, was born March 8, 1850, in Amherst, N. H.
In 1879 he began in Minnesota the exploration of the area of the glacial Lake Agassiz; and is the author of Geology of Minnesota; Upper Beaches and Deltas of Lake Agassiz; and the Glacial Lake of Agassiz.
Upham, William
lawyer, state legislator, United States senator, was born in August, 1792, in Leicester, Mass. He was a member of the Vermont assembly in 1827, 1828, and 1830; and was state's attorney for Washington county in 1829.
He was a senator in congress from 1843 to the time of his death. He died Jan. 14, 1853, in Washington, D. C.
Upjohn, Richard Michell
architect, was born March 7, 1828, in England.
He has made many independent designs, among which are the churches of St.
Peter, Albany: St. Paul, Brooklyn; Central Congregational, Boston; and the cathedral at Fond du Lac, Wis.; also the library building of Hobart college, Geneva, N. Y., the capitol at Hartford, Conn., and many other buildings in various parts of the country.