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Upham, Warren – Upton, Francis Henry

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.

Upshur, Mary Jane Stith

author, poet, was born April 7, 1828, in Accomac county, Va. She has contributed to southern periodicals both prose and poetry, commonly under the pen-name of Fanny Fielding. Her principal work is Confederate Notes, an historical novel, which appeared anonymously in 1867 in the Home Monthly, published at Nashville, Tenn.

Upson, Anson Judd

clergyman, educator, was born Nov. 7, 1823, in Philadelphia, Pa. This eminent presbyterian clergyman has been professor of sacred rhetoric in the Auburn Theological seminary, and since 1874 has been connected with the university of New York as regent, vice-chancellor and chancellor.

Upson, Charles

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born March 19, 1821, in Southington, Conn. In 1849-50 he was county clerk for St. Joseph county, Mich.; and in 1853-54 was prosecuting attorney for the same. In 1855-56 he held the office of state senator; and in 1861 and 1862 was attorney-general for Michi- He was elected a representative gan. from Michigan to the thirty-eighth congress; and was re-elected to the thirtyninth and fortieth congresses. He died Sept. 5, 1885, in Coldwater, Mich.

Upson, Columbus

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 17, 1829, in Onondaga county, N. Y. He served in the confederate army as a colonel during the war of the rebellion. He was elected a representative from Texas to the fortysixth congress to fill a vacancy; and was re-elected to the forty-seventh congress as a democrat.

Upson, William H

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Jan. 11, 1823, in Worthington, Ohio. He was elected to the Ohio state senate in 1854 and 1855. He was elected a representative from Ohio to the forty-first congress; and was re-elected to the forty-second congress as a republican.

Upton, Charles Horace

diplomat, congressman, was born Aug. 23, 1812, in Salem, Mass. He settled in Fairfax county, Va.; and in 1860 was a representative from that state to congress. In 1863 he was appointed United States consul at Geneva, Switzerland, where he died in June, 1877.

Upton, Emory

soldier, author, was born Aug. 27, 1839, in Batavia, N. Y. He was an officer with the rank of major-general in the federal army during the civil war; and the author of Infantry Tactics; The Armies of Asia and Europe; and Tactics for Non-Military Bodies. He died March 14, 1881, in San Francisco, Cal.

Upton, Francis Henry

lawyer, author, was born May 25, 1814, in Salem, Mass. He was an eminent lawyer of New York city; and the author of Treatise on the Law of Trade-Marks; and The Law of Nations Affecting Commerce During War. He died June 25, 1876, in New York city.