John Upchurch IV and his Family
Upchurch Clan 12
John Upchurch IV was presumably born near Oxford in Granville County, North Carolina, circa 1770. According to tax rolls, his father, William II came to this area by 1755. Little is known of John IV from the time he was born until he married Mary Ann Harris in 1790. John IV and Mary Ann Upchurch were the parents of one child, Ambrose (1792 – 1824) whose son, John Jordan (1820 - 1887) became nationally prominent by forming the unique labor organization, the Ancient Order of United Workers.
Descendants of John Upchurch
Generation 1
John Upchurch and Anne Harris had the following child:
2. AMBROSE UPCHURCH was born about 1792. He died aft1824. He married Elizabeth Hill on 09 Apr 1817 in Franklin County, North Carolina, USA. She was born circa 1792. She died after 1868.
Generation 2
Ambrose Upchurch and Elizabeth Hill had the following children:
Generation 3
Turner Lawrence and Priscilla Macon Upchurch had the following children:
John Jordan Upchurch and Angeline Ziegenfuss Green had the following children:
Ralph B. Parrish and Mary Ann Elizabeth Upchurch had the following children:
William Henry Upchurch and Mary L. Parrish had the following children:
Descendants of John Upchurch
Generation 1
- JOHN UPCHURCH IV was born about 1770 in North Carolina, USA. He married Anne “Annie” Harris (1770 - ) on 24 Jun 1799 in Granville, North Carolina.
John Upchurch and Anne Harris had the following child:
2. AMBROSE UPCHURCH was born about 1792. He died aft1824. He married Elizabeth Hill on 09 Apr 1817 in Franklin County, North Carolina, USA. She was born circa 1792. She died after 1868.
Generation 2
Ambrose Upchurch and Elizabeth Hill had the following children:
- PRISCILLA MACON UPCHURCH was born on 02 Apr 1818 in Franklin County, North Carolina, USA. She died in 1893. She married Turner Lawrence on 14 Feb 1835 in Granville County, North Carolina, USA. He was born after 1814 in Granville County, North Carolina, USA. He died on 14 Jun 1882 in Johnston County, North Carolina, USA.
- JOHN JORDAN UPCHURCH was born on 26 Mar 1820 in Franklin County, North Carolina, USA. He died on 17 Jan 1887 in Steelville, Crawford, Missouri, USA. He married Angeline Ziegenfuss Green on 04 Jun 1841 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA. She was born on 08 Dec 1825 in Pennsylvania, USA. She died on 30 Apr 1896 in Steelville, Crawford, Missouri, USA.
- MARY ANN ELIZABETH UPCHURCH was born on 13 Apr 1822 in Granville County, North Carolina, USA. She died after 1880 in Forsyth County, NC. She married Ralph B. Parrish on 10 Sep 1838 in Granville County, North Carolina, USA. He was born in 1811. He died in 1884.
- WILLIAM HENRY UPCHURCH was born on 29 Oct 1824 in Granville County, North Carolina, USA. He died in Scott County, Virginia, USA. He married (1) Mary L Parrish on 14 Dec 1840 in Granville County, North Carolina, USA. She was born about 1815. She died on 13 Jul 1886 in Scott County, Virginia, USA. He married (2) Elizabeth J. Carnahan Ferris on 23 Jul 1886 in Scott County, Virginia, USA. She was born in 1836 in Smith County, Virginia. She died on 17 Apr 1925 in Wise, Virginia.
Generation 3
Turner Lawrence and Priscilla Macon Upchurch had the following children:
- CORNELIA LAWRENCE was born in Aug 1836 in Granville County, North Carolina, USA. She died in 1900. She married John Landis Pleasants (1826 – 1879).
- SYLVESTER W. LAWRENCE was born in Nov 1837 in Granville County, North Carolina, USA. He died on 17 Feb 1912 in Clinton County, Indiana, USA. He married Mary E. Bozworth (1852 – 1940).
- WILLIAM A. LAWRENCE was born in 1840 in North Carolina.
- JOHN M. LAWRENCE was born on 05 May 1843. He died on 28 Jun 1914 in Catawba County, North Carolina, USA. He married Fannie E (1852 – 1928)
- NORPHLETT (NORFLEET) HILL LAWRENCE was born on 04 Jul 1845 in Granville County, North Carolina, USA. He died on 08 Sep 1910 in Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina, USA. He married Amanda Sophronia Dixon (1855 – 1916)
- SAMUEL LAWRENCE.
- UNKNOWN LAWRENCE was born before 1840.
John Jordan Upchurch and Angeline Ziegenfuss Green had the following children:
- THEODORE FAIRFAX UPCHURCH was born on 11 May 1844 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA. He died on 08 May 1901 in Aurora, Lawrence, Missouri, USA. He married (1) Frances R Mast (abt 1853 -?). He married (2) Sarah L. Millspaugh (? – abt 1887). He married (3) Caroline Hogan (1871 – 1913).
- JOHN ZIEGENFUSS UPCHURCH (Jan 1847 – Mar 1847)
- EDWINA CORNELIA UPCHURCH (1850 – 1851)
- RUFUS W. UPCHURCH was born about 1855 in Pennsylvania, USA. He died before 17 Jan 1887. He married Susan Arabella Cook (1860 – 1931).
- CHARLES FRANKLIN DEEMS UPCHURCH was born 18 Apr 1856 in Pennsylvania, USA. He died 16 Jan 1887.
- HORACE CLEVELAND UPCHURCH was born on 04 Aug 1858 in Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 12 Mar 1917 in Steelville, Crawford, Missouri, USA. He married (1) Winnie E Fox (1858 – 1902) and (2) Mary Caroline Hogan (1871 – 1913). She had been third wife of Horace’s brother, Theodore.
- JOHN C. “JACK” UPCHURCH was born about 1860 in Pennsylvania, USA. He died 30 Jun 1910 in Crawford County, MO. He married Emily Wheeling (1866 – 1940)
- WILLIAM A. “WILL” UPCHURCH was born on 26 Mar 1864 in Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 30 Nov 1906 in St. John, St. Louis County, MO. He married Olevia Elvira Adair (1866 – 1951).
- CURTIS L. UPCHURCH was born about 1870 in Ohio, USA. He died in 1889.
Ralph B. Parrish and Mary Ann Elizabeth Upchurch had the following children:
- LIDIA LYDIA PARRISH was born in 1839. She died on 19 Mar 1912. She married Benjamin Joyner (1834 – 1919)
- MATILDA PARRISH was born in 1841. She died on 10 Mar 1915 in Forsyth, North Carolina. She married Thomas Hamilton Grubbs (1840 1908)
- JAMES PARRISH was born in 1842.
- JOHN PARRISH was born in 1846.
- CORNELIA PARRISH was born on 27 Mar 1851 in Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA. She died on 17 Oct 1917 in Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA. She married Robert Joshua Morris (1850 - 1928)
- MARY A. PARRISH was born in 1855.
- CHARLES W. PARRISH was born in Jun 1858. He died on 22 Dec 1923 in Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA. He married Martha Elizabeth Amos (1850 – 1932)
William Henry Upchurch and Mary L. Parrish had the following children:
- MARY ANN W. UPCHURCH was born on 05 Sep 1841 in Granville County, North Carolina, USA. She died on 04 Dec 1919 in Vera, Knox, Texas, USA. She married (1) Samuel A Huckaby Parham (1834 – 1863). She married (2) Thomas Walker. She married (3) William H Mendenhall (1840 – 1902)
- WILLLIAM AMBROSE UPCHURCH was born Oct 1843 in North Carolina, USA.
- ALEXANDER M. F. UPCHURCH was born Feb 1845 in North Carolina, USA.
- JOHN GORDON UPCHURCH was born in Jul 1848 in Granville County, North Carolina, USA. He died in aft 1910 in Wise County, Virginia, USA. He married Rebecca Jane Critcher (1835 – 1912)
- CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS UPCHURCH was born on 18 Oct 1850 in Granville County, North Carolina, USA. He died on 26 Jun 1901 in Big Stone Gap, Wise, Virginia, USA. He married Elizabeth J Mann (1849 – 1918)