Brief Life History of Edwin Lyman
When Edwin Lyman Upham was born on 23 March 1851, in New York, United States, his father, Lewis Lyman Upham, was 28 and his mother, Sally Melissa Bigelow, was 29. He married Frances Eliza Brewer on 27 June 1892, in Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States for about 30 years and Ohio, United States in 1932. He died on 21 November 1932, in Oregon, Lucas, Ohio, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Forest Cemetery, Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States.
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- Edwin Upham, "United States Census, 1870"
- Edwin L. Upham, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
- Edwin Upham, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"
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1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English (Devon and Somerset): habitational name from Upham Farm in Farringdon (Devon), Upham in Aldbourne (Wiltshire), or Upham (Hampshire), from Old English upp ‘upper’ + hām ‘village, homestead’ or hamm ‘water meadow’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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