Son of Chester Upham and his
wife Rhoda Hinman.
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His father died when Stephen
was two years old.
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The 1860 census, shows Stephen
living in Constantine township,
St. Joseph County Michigan
(West of Burr Oak).
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Stephen Upham
(age 32, from Burr Oak, MI),
served in the Civil War, in
Company A, 15th Michigan Infantry.
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He enlisted on March 13, 1862, in
Burr Oak, St. Joseph County Michigan.
He mustered out on July 11, 1862.
(He was discharged for disability).
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Note: Stephen Upham
(age 34, from Burr Oak, MI),
is also listed as serving in
Company K, of the 7th Michigan Infantry.
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In 1869, Stephen C. Upham, age 41
(b. 1828), is shown as living in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at the
"National Home for Disabled Soldiers".
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Marriage records show that
Stephen, age 45 (should say 53),
was married on
March 17, 1881, in Detroit,
Wayne County Michigan,
to Marion L. Russell, age 27
(should say age 34).
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Marion/Mary Lillian Russell
was born in St. Paul, Minnesota
in 1847.
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"Mary L. Upham" died on
June 15, 1886, in Milwaukee,
Milwaukee County Wisconsin, age 39,
several weeks after the birth of
their daughter Lillian R. Upham.
Marian/Mary Lillian (Russell) Upham,
was the daughter of James Russell
(per her death certificate).
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Stephen and "Mary Lillian Russell"
had a child George William Upham,
who was born Aug. 18, 1883, in
Kenosha, Wisconsin.
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Stephen Upham and "Lillian Russell"
also had a child Lillian R. Upham,
who was born May 20, 1886, in
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County Wisconsin.
She was married to Ralph Beddow,
on April 2, 1906, in Lucas County Ohio.
He was the son of John M. Beddow, and
his wife Elizabeth "Lizzie" Rainey.
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The 1894 Michigan census, shows
Stephen C. Upham, age 65,
living in Leslie, Ingham County
Michigan, with his sister
Mrs. Lucy A. (Upham) North, age 73.
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See the information for his siblings,
in the memorial for his mother below.
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