Her nickname was "Dora".
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Isadora N. Kizer is the daughter
of James Kizer Sr. and his wife
Mary Catherine Ammerman, of
Hamilton, St. Joseph Co. Indiana,
and later, of Mishawaka,
St. Joseph County Indiana.
She was the second of ten children.
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Note: PLEASE, do NOT transfer this
memorial to other web sites.
Thanks, Nancy (Letcher) Heib.
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Isadora was first married on
Nov. 8, 1874 in the M. E.
(Methodist Episcopol) parsonage
(the "first" M. E. Church, used from
1860-1907, built on the corner of
Days Avenue and Smith Street),
in Buchanan, Berrien County Michigan,
to Theodore Albert Upham
(the son of Albert T. Upham and
his wife Elizabeth Wells),
by Rev. A. J. Russell.
Note: They were both living in Olive
Township (near Hamilton, and New
Carlisle), St. Joseph Co. Indiana
at the time of their marriage.
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Their marriage anouncement was
published in the following newspapers:
the "Berrien County Record",
Buchanan, MI. Nov. 12, 1874,
and the
"St. Joseph Valley Register"
South Bend, Indiana, on
Nov. 19, 1874. Page 3.
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The six children of
Theodore Albert Upham and his wife
Isadora N. Kizer are:
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1. Clarence Upham.
b. June 1, 1877, in
Hamilton, St. Joseph County Indiana.
m. Nov. 6, 1898 to Cleta "Cleo" DRAGOO
(listed as "Cleatie" on marriage certificate),
the daughter of Liberty U. Dragoo and
his wife Celestia Ann Hunniker, in
her parents home on Hobart Street, in
Buchanan, Berrien County Michigan.
d. Aug. 27, 1956, in the
Pawating Hospital, in Niles, Michigan.
Children: Cecile and Raymond Upham.
Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery,
in Buchanan, Michigan.
(See his memorial on this web site).
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2. Clara U. Upham.
b. July 7, 1879, in Mishawaka, Indiana.
m. Sept. 7, 1898 to Clyde DRAGOO (the
brother of Clarence's wife Cleo Dragoo)
(Clarence and Cleo were the wittiness').
d. May 27, 1968 in
St. Joseph, Berrien County Michigan.
Children: Glenn and Harry Dragoo.
Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery,
West of Berrien Springs, MI.
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3. Edna Upham (twin to Edgar).
b. Sept. 20, 1881, in Mishawaka, Indiana.
m. Sept. 19, 1899, to Carl E. Schriver.
d. Sept. 18, 1942.
Children: Marvel, Hazel B. and
Beverly O. Schriver.
Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery,
West of Berrien Springs, MI.
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4. Edgar C. Upham Sr. (twin to Edna).
b. Sept. 20, 1881, in Mishawaka, Indiana.
m. 1904 to Mabel L. Crane.
d. Aug. 21, 1960.
Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery,
in Berrien Springs, MI.
Ch: Anadel, Isadora and Edgar Upham Jr.
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5. Clifford H. Upham.
b. June 12, 1892, in New Carlisle, IN.
m. Aug. 10, 1912 to Florence Marie Wenger.
d. March 9, 1966 in Niles, MI.
Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery,
in Buchanan, Michigan.
Ch: Florence Janette, James Clifford,
Robert Warren, Elaine Marie,
Theodore E., Richard Allen,
and Donald Lee Upham.
Clifford purchased land from Alice
Letcher and built a home there at
3655 West Bertrand Road,
South of Buchanan, Michigan.
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6. Infant son Upham (died in infancy,
-per Theodore's obituary).
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(Note: Son Edgar Sr. also had a
daughter named "Isadora" Upham,
and son Clifford had a son named
Theodore "E." Upham).
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Theo and Dora first lived near
Hamilton, in Penn Twp., St. Joseph
County Indiana (where eldest son
Clarence was born in 1877), and then in
Mishawaka, St. Joseph County Indiana.
They then lived in New Carlisle, St.
Joseph County Indiana, and then in
Berrien Springs, Berrien County Michigan.
They later lived in
Oronoko Twp. (North of Buchanan),
near Baroda, Berrien Co. Michigan
(when Isadora's father died in 1894).
They then lived on Oak St. in
Buchanan, Berrien County Michigan
(at the time of Theo's death in 1903).
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After Theodore's death in 1903,
Isadora was remarried in 1910 to
George Washington McBain (the
former husband of her cousin Harriet
Ammerman), and they lived in Hamilton,
Indiana and then in Buchanan, Michigan.
George W. McBain and his first wife
Harriet are buried in the Hamilton
Cemetery, next to the (historic)
Hamilton Church, in Hamilton,
St. Joseph County Indiana
(where Isadora and her parents
were once members).
There was also a Chester Upham
(possibly Theodore's brother?),
who was also a member of the
Hamilton Church.
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Perhaps Theodore and Isadora met when
Theodore went to visit his brother
Chester Upham in Hamilton, Indiana(?).
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Note: The father of Dora's son-in-law
Clyde Dragoo, was Liberty U. Dragoo.
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Dora died at the age of
70 years, 2 months and 14 days,
of "chronic nepritis"
(inflammation of the kidneys).
At the time of her death, she was
living with her daughter Clara
(Mrs. Clyde Dragoo), at 1414 Morton
Avenue in St. Joseph, Berrien Co. MI.
(Note: Liberty U. Dragoo had also lived
in this home at 1414 Morton Avenue,
with Clyde and Clara Dragoo, at the
time of Liberty's death in
Benton Harbor, Michigan in 1919).
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Dora died at the home of her nephew
Authur Leroy Kizer (known as "Roy"
Kizer) in Buchanan, Michigan, whom
they had gone to visit.
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Funeral services were held at
the Oronoko Methodist Church
(North of Buchanan, Michigan),
of which she had been a longtime
member (the Hinchman United Methodist
Church in Hinchman, Oronoko Township,
Berrien County Michigan).
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Her obituary was published in the
"Saint Joseph Herald-Press",
in St. Joseph, Michigan on Monday,
March 1, 1926, Page 3, Col. 1.
It reads as follows:

DEATH OF DORA M'BAIN
Mrs. Dora Upham McBain, mother of
Edgar Upham, of this city, and Mrs.
Clyde [Clara] Dragoo, Morton Avenue,
with whom she had been making her
home in St. Joseph, [MI] died very
suddenly at midnight Saturday.
Her death occurred at the home
of a nephew, Roy Kizer, Buchanan,
[MI], where she had motored on
Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Dragoo
for a short visit.
Seventy years old on the fourteenth
of last December, Mrs. McBain was
born in Mishawaka, Ind., and for
thirty years was a prominent
resident of Buchanan, [MI].
Funeral services will be held
tomorrow afternoon at two o"clock
at the Oronoko Methodist church of
which she had been a lifelong [longtime]
member.
Burial will be in the Storick
cemetery [now called "Oak Grove"].
Besides Mr. [Edgar] Upham and Mrs.
[Clara] Dragoo, Mrs. McBain is survived
by two sons, Clarence and Clifford
Upham, and a daughter, Mrs. Carl
[Edna] Schriver, whose homes are
in Buchanan [MI]. She also leaves
14 grandchildren and five great
granddaughters, four brothers,
Frank Kizer, of Coldwater [MI];
Lorenzo D. Kizer, Oakland, Cal.;
William, and James Kizer [Jr.]
of Mishawaka [IN].
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Another short obituary for
Isadora was published in the
"Berrien Springs Era" newspaper,
in Berrien Springs, Michigan
on Thursday, March 4, 1926,
page 8, column 6.
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Isadora is buried next to her
first husband Theodore A. Upham,
in Lot # 118, Space 2.
Her headstone reads:

ISADORA
UPHAM
& McBAIN
1855-1926
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Theodore and Isadora's daughters
Clara (Upham) Dragoo, and
Edna (Upham) Shriver, are
also buried in this cemetery
(next to each other), with
their spouses.
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Note: This Oak Grove Cemetery
was "formerly" called the Storick
Cemetery, and is located
West of Berrien Springs, Michigan,
on the North side of Snow Road,
1/4 mile East of Burgoyne Road
(and North of Buchanan, MI).
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Note: See the memorials for her
family, on this web site:
Maternal Grandfather,
William Amerman, of Indiana.
Maternal Grandmother,
Eliza Ann (Schenck) Amerman, of Indiana.
Father, James Kizer Sr., of Indiana.
Mother,
Mary Catherine (Ammerman) Kizer, of IN

First Husband, Theodore Albert Upham,
of Michigan.
2nd Husband, George W. McBain,
of Indiana.
Son, Clarence Upham, of Michigan.
Granddaughter,
Cecile (Upham) Bliss, of Michigan.
Great, Granddaughter,
Thelma Celestia (Bliss) Letcher, of MI.
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Note: Theodore and Isadora Upham,
are my Great, Great, Grandparents.
Nancy (Letcher) Heib.
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