Samuel A. Upchurch

26 July 1873–12 September 1936 (Age 63)
Rutherford, Tennessee, United States

The Life Summary of Samuel A.

When Samuel A. Upchurch was born on 26 July 1873, in Rutherford, Tennessee, United States, his father, Robert L. Upchurch, was 35 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Temple, was 15. He married Maude Pearl Clemmons on 20 September 1903, in Walterhill, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Civil District 15, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years and Civil District 5, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States in 1920. He died on 12 September 1936, in Walterhill, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel A. Upchurch
1873–1936
Maude Pearl Clemmons
1877–1968
Marriage: 20 September 1903
Bertrand Leon Upchurch
1905–1990
Lola Mai Upchurch
1907–2000
Sam Clemmons Upchurch
1911–1989

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    20 September 1903Walterhill, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States
    • Children

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

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    World Events (8)

    1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
    Age 2
    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.
    1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic
    Age 5
    When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.
    1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
    Age 17
    This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from a place called as ‘the high church’ or possibly the higher of two churches, from Middle English up ‘up, high, higher’ + chirche ‘church’ (Old English upp + cirice). There is a village of this name in Kent, near Chatham, but the geographical distribution of the surname suggests its origin is in Huntingdonshire or Cambridgeshire.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Sources (13)

    • Sam Upchurch in entry for Sam Clemmour Upchurch, "Tennessee, Birth Records (ER Series), 1908-1912"
    • S A Upchurch in household of R L Upchurch, "United States Census, 1900"
    • S A Upchurch, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"

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