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Rh on a "Congress of Nations" (Boston, 1840), and contributed to periodicals. — His brother, Nathan- iel Gookin, jurist, b. in Deerfield, N. H., 8 Jan., 1801 ; d. in Concord, N. H., 11 Dec, 18G9, was graduated at Dartmouth in 1820, studied law, and' began practice in Bristol, N. H., but removed to Concord in 1829. From 1833 till 1843 he was judge of the supreme court of New Hampshire, and from 1843 till 1863 he was superintendent of the Con- cord railroad, of which he was president in 1863-'6. In 1850 he was a member of the convention to amend the state constitution. He spent 1853-'4 in England as the American member of the joint commission of the United States and Great Britain for the adjustment of claims against the respective countries for all losses since 1814, and in 1862 was the umpire of a similar commission between the United States and New Grenada. He was an ac- tive Democrat, but left his party at the beginning of the civil war. In 1865-'6 he was a member of the legislature. Dartmouth gave him the degree of LL. D. in 1862. He was a member, and for three years president, of the New Hampshire historical society. Judge Upham possessed a taste for his- torical and antiquarian research, and published an " Address on Rebellion, Slavery, and Peace," deliv- ered at Concord, 2 March, 1864 (Concord, 1864), and left unfinished an extensive work on the prov- erbs of all lands and languages. — Another brother, Francis William, author, b. in Rochester, N. H., 10 Sept., 1817, was graduated at Bowdoin in 1837, studied law under his brother, Nathaniel G. Up- ham, and was admitted to the bar of Massachusetts in 1844, but relinquished his profession, and in 1867-'70 was professor of mental philosophy and lecturer on history in Rutgers female college, New York city. Union gave him the degree of LL. D. in 1868. He is the author of " The Debate between the Church and Science, or the Ancient Hebraic Idea of the Six Days of Creation ; with an Essay on the Literary Character of Tayler Lewis," pub- lished anonymously (Andover, 1860); "The Wise Men : who they were, and how they came to Jeru- salem" (New York, 1869; 4th ed., 1872); "The Star of Our Lord, or Christ Jesus, King of all Worlds, both of Time or Space ; with Thoughts on Inspiration ; and on the Astronomic Doubt as to Christianity " (1873) ; and " Thoughts on the Holy Gospels : how they came to be in Manner and Form as they are" (1881). — Another brother, Albert Gookin, physician, b. in Rochester, N. H., 10 July, 1819 ; d. in Boston, Mass., 16 June, 1847, was gradu- ated at Bowdoin in 1840, and at the medical col- lege in Paris, France, in 1844. He published a bio- fraphical and genealogical " History of the Upham 'amily " (Concord, 1845).

UPHAM, William, senator, b. in Leicester, Mass., in August, 1792 ; d. in Washington, D. C, 14 Jan., 1853. He removed with his father to Ver- mont in 1802, was educated at the State university, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1812, and began practice in Montpelier. In 1827-8 he served in the legislature, was state's attorney for Wash- ington county in 1829, and served again in the legislature in 1830. Elected a U. S. senator as a Whig, he served from 4 Dec, 1843, until his sud- den death by small-pox.

UPJOHN, Richard, architect, b. in Shaftes- bury, England, 22 Jan., 1802 ; d. in Garrison's, Put- nam co., N. Y., 16 Aug., 1878. He received a fair edu- cation, and then was apprenticed to a builder and cabinet-maker, in which trade he became a master- mechanic and continued at it until 1829. In that year he came to the United States and settled in New Bedford, Mass., where he followed his trade. He removed to Boston in 1833, and assisted in the architectural designs of the city court-house. His earliest work was the entrances to the Boston com- mon, and then he designed and built St. John's church in Bangor, Me. In 1839 he was called to New York city to take charge of the proposed alterations in Trinity church, which were finally abandoned, with a view to the erection of a new structure. In the preparation of the design for the new edifice the power and scope of Mr. Upjohn's skill were first made apparent, and his professional career as an architect was thereafter assured. Trin- ity church was completed in 1846, and was then the noblest in conception and purest in detail of all ecclesiastical structures in this country. (See illus- tration, page 302.) His success gained for him the building of other churches that are noted for the purity of their style, and are chiefly Gothic Among those in New York city are the churches of the As- cension and the Holy Communion, Trinity chapel, and St. Thomas's, and, in Brooklyn. Christ and Grace churches and the Church of the Pilgrims. His civic works were mostly in the style of the Ital- ian renaissance. In New York city these include the Trinity building and the Corn Exchange bank. His domestic buildings embody many varieties of style and are scattered throughout the country. His last years were spent at Garrison's, on Hudson river, where he designed St. Philip's church on the. Highlands, which, on a small scale, is typical of the Gothic tendency of his taste. Mr. Upjohn was president of the American institute of architects from 1857 till 1876.— His son, Richard Michell, architect, b. in Shaftesbury, England, 7 March, 1828, came to New York in 1829. He attended school until 1846, and then entered his father's office. In 1851 he went abroad for further study, but in 1852 returned, and later entered into part- nership with his father. Mr. Upjohn has served on commissions — national, state, and municipal — that have been appointed to consider plans and to devise improvements. Besides his association with his father in various arch- itectural works, he has made many indepen- dent designs, among which are the churches of St. Peter, Al- bany ; St. Paul, Brooklyn ; Cen- tral Congrega- tional, Boston ; and the cathe- dral at Fond du Lac, Wis. ; also the library building of Hobart col- lege, Geneva, N. Y., the capitol at Hartford, Conn, (shown in the illustration), and many other build- ings in various parts of the country.

UPSHUR, Abel Parker, statesman, b. in Northampton county, Va., 17 June, 1790; d. near Washington, D. C, 28 Feb., 1844. He received a classical education, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1810, and practised at Richmond, Va., until 1824, when he removed to his estate in Northampton county, and was elected to the legislature. In 1826 he was appointed a judge in the general court of Virginia, in 1829 he was a member of the convention that was called to revise the state constitution, and after the reorganization of the judicial system under that instrument he was again elected judge of the same court. This office ho continued to hold until 1841, when he was called