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 UPSHUR

UPTON

eral Oovernment : Review of Judge Joseph Story's Comnientaries on the Constitution (1S40). He died near Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 1844,

UPSHUR, John Henry, naval officer, was born in Nortliampton county, Va., Dec. 5, 1823 ; sou of Jolm and Elizabeth Parker (Upshur) Notting- ham, and grandson of Lytleton and Mary Up- shur, and a descendant of Arthur Upshur, who settled on Upshur's neck, Accomac county, Va., 1628. He attended the grammar school of Will- iam and Mary college, 1834-41 ; entered the U.S. Davy, Nov. 4, 1841, and assumed his mother's maiden name in order to perpetuate the line of Upshurs so prominent in naval history. He served on the sloop St. Mary's as a midshipman during the Mexican war, 1843-46 ; served in the naval battery in 1847, and was graduated from the U.S. naval academy and promoted passed midshipman, Aug. 10, 1847. He was married in 1851 to Kate, daughter of Major and America (Peter) Williams of Georgetown, D.C.,and a greats-granddaughter of Martlia W^ashington. He was promoted master, April 18, 1855 ; lieuten- ant on the Perry expedition in opening Japan to commerce ; was flag-lieutenant on the frigate Cumberland in the suppression of the African slave trade, 1858-59, and was instructor at the Naval academy, 1859-61. At the outbreak of tlie oivil war, he was assigned to the North Atlantic blockading squadron and took part in the cap- ture of Fort Hatteras ; was Senior watch officer ■of the steam frigate Wabash, at the capture of Port Royal, and took part in Commander C.R.P. Rodgers's expedition ii\ the inland coast waters. He commanded the steamer Flambeau of the South Atlantic blockading squadron, 1862-63 ; was promoted lieutenant commander, July 16, 1863 ; assigned to the North Atlantic blockading squadron, 1863-64, and took part in both engage- ments at Fort Fisher while in command of the

THE DO/ABARdAe/HT or FORT F15HER Ijlorkade runner Frolic. He commanded the Frolic on the Mediterranean station, 1865-67, was promoted commander, July 25, 1866, and captain, Jan. 31, 1873 ; was a member of the board of in- spectors, 1877-80, and the board of examiners, 1880-82. He was promoted commodore. July 11, 1880 ; was commandant at the Brooklyn navy jard, 1882-84 ; was promoted rear-admiral, Oct. 1,

1884 ; was commander-in-chief of the Pacific sta- tion, 1884-85, and was retired at his own request, June 1, 1885, after which he made his residence in Washington, D.C.

UPSON, Anson Judd, educationist, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 7, 1823; son of Dana Judd and Mary Fairbanks (Clarke) Upson ; grand- son of Mark and Merab (Judd) Upson of South- ington, Conn., and of Capt. William and Beulah (Allen) Clarke of Utica, N.Y., and a descendant of Thomas Upson, who came from England toSouth- ington, Conn., about 1610, and of Hazel Clark, who came from England to Watertown, Mass., about 1640, Capt. William Clarke being fifth in descent. He was graduated from Hamilton col- lege, Clinton, N.Y., A.B., 1843, A.M., 1846; studied law in Utica, N.Y., 1843-45 ; was tutor at Hamilton, 1845-49 ; professor of moral philosopliy and rhetoric there, 1849-53, and of logic, rhetoric and elocution, 1849-70. He was married, at Sandy Hill, N.Y., Aug. 22, 1860, to Lydia Weston, daugh- ter of the Rev. James Warren and Adeline (Morgan) Farlin, He was ordained to the Presby- terian ministry in 1868 ; pastor of the Second church at Albany, N.Y., 1870-80 ; professor of sacred rhetoric, Auburn Theological seminary, 1880-87, and professor emeritus, 1887-1902. He was regent of tlie University of the State of New Y^ork, 1874-1902 ; vice-chancellor, 1890-92, and chancellor, 1892-1902. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Hamilton, 1870, of which college he served as trustee, 1872-74 ; the degree of LL.D. from Union, 1880, and that of L.H.D. from Colgate, 1895. Dr. Upson is the author of numerous literary and historical lectures, ser- mons, addresses and articles in leading period- ic als. By the terms of his will, his estate, left to his wife, was after her death to be divided as follows : $8000 to Auburn Theological seminary ; and $5000 each to Hamilton college and to the Utica Free library, the income to be used for the purchase of books for tliose institutions, the rest of the estate to be given to friends and relatives. He died in Glens Falls. N.Y., June 15, 1902.

UPTON, Emory, soldier, was born at Batavia, N.Y., Aug. 27, 1839. He attended Oberlin college, Ohio, and was graduated from the U.S. Military academy and promoted 2d lieutenant, 4th artillery, in 1861, being promoted 1st lieutenant, 5th artillery, May 14, 1861. He took part in the Manassas campaign, being engaged in the action of Blackburn's Ford, July 18, 1861 ; and the battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861, where he was wounded. He commanded a battery, Armj^ of the Potomac, in the Virginia Peninsular campaign, being en- gaged in the siege of Y^'orktown, March-August. 1862 : and the battles of Y^orktown, West Point, Gaines's Mill and Glendale. He commanded the artillery brigade, 1st division, 6th army corps,