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