John Lafayette Upchurch

Brief Life History of John Lafayette

When John Lafayette Upchurch was born on 15 September 1859, in Russell Springs, Russell, Kentucky, United States, his father, Joseph W Upchurch, was 32 and his mother, Sarah Jane "Sally" Mathis, was 34. He married Arra Jane Bolin on 2 August 1879, in Russell, Kentucky, United States. He lived in Susie, Wayne, Kentucky, United States in 1920 and Wayne, Kentucky, United States in 1930. He died on 15 January 1934, in Albany, Clinton, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Davis Chapel Cemetery, Alpha, Clinton, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Lafayette Upchurch
1859–1934
Morning Dove Bolin
1864–1936
Marriage: 8 January 1882
Arra Wayne Upchurch
1884–1941
Joseph Washington Upchurch
1886–1965
William Sherman Upchurch
1887–1971
Millard Lee Upchurch
1891–1898
Sarah Jane Upchurch
1893–1933
Sidna Ellen Upchurch
1897–1955
McKinley Upchurch
1902–1976
Leona Upchurch
1908–1996

Sources (23)

  • John L Upchurch, "United States Census, 1930"
  • J. D. Upchurch, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • John L. Upchurch, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965"

World Events (8)

1861

Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

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.

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