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Upton Benton MYERS

Upton Benton MYERS

Male 1815 - 1859  (~ 44 years)

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  • Name Upton Benton MYERS 
    Born CA 1815  Allegany Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1840, 1850  Allegany Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation blacksmith  [2, 3] 
    Died 22 Oct 1859  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I99495  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2015 

    Father Henry MYERS,   b. Dec 1780, at sea Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Dec 1836, Allegany Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 55 years) 
    Mother Julianna SNOOK,   b. 1784,   d. 1836  (Age 52 years) 
    Family ID F31801  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Amanda DAWSON,   b. CA 1816, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Apr 1855, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 39 years) 
    Married 10 Jan 1837  Allegany Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Allegany Co, Maryland, enumerated in October 1850:
      Upton B. Myers, 35, laborer; Amanda, 34; Maria, 10; Jno Lloyd, 8; La..a, 4 (could be read as Laura or Laina or Lavia, but this is the child later identified as Luvena, who died in 1856 in a house fire at the home of her uncle Jackson Dawson in Doddridge County WVa); Margaret, 2; Oliver B, 6. Birthplaces not indicated.
      (NOTE: It is assumed that Oliver is a son of Upton and Amanda, despite his out-of-sequence position in the enumeration. We have found no evidence either confirming or refuting this assumption. If any reader of this genealogy can shed light on this issue, please contact us.)
    Children 
     1. Maria MYERS,   b. CA 1840, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. John Lloyd MYERS,   b. CA 1842, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Oliver Benton MYERS,   b. CA 1844, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Luvena MYERS,   b. 2 Feb 1845, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Sep 1856, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 11 years)
     5. Margaret MYERS,   b. CA 1848, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F31752  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Ann CLARK,   b. CA 1824, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage License 14 Jun 1856  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Married 15 Jun 1856  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Children 
     1. Wicliff B. MYERS,   b. CA 1857, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Viola MYERS,   b. CA 1860
    Family ID F31790  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S184] 1850 Census.

    2. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    4. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 5 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5045321&Type=Death.
      Identified as U. B. Myres (sic), white male, age 43 (appears to have been corrected from 41, or could be 48), b. Maryland, occupation blacksmith; died Oct 22 1859 at Dotsons Run, cause of death broken leg. Informant: M. A. Myers (sic), wife.

    5. [S2725] Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 116 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790668&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Upton B. Myers, widowed, 40, b. Allegany Co Md, res. Fairview (present-day Greenwood), son of Henry & Julia A. Myers, occupation blacksmith; and Mary A. Clark, single, 30, b. Harrison Co, res. West Union, dau of Thomas & Elizabeth Clark. Married Jun 15 1856 in West Union. (Note: In the record of their marriage license the day before, wife's age was given as 32. www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11789536&Type=Marriage)