Introduction and Outline to James Upchurch IV and His Family
(Upchurch Clan 15)
The following is from Upchurch Bulletin, Volume 2, Number 4, pages 11 – 23 and was written by Phil Upchurch in October 1991
Descendants of James Upchurch IV
Generation 1
1. JAMES UPCHURCH IV was born about 1756. He died before 1803. He married MARY. James Upchurch IV and Mary had the following child:
2. BURWELL UPCHURCH was born on 02 Mar 1782 in Georgia, USA. He died on 31
Dec 1847 in Choctaw County, Alabama, USA. He married Ellender Riley about 1812. She was born on 20 Jun 1794. She died on 02 Feb 1831 in Alabama, USA.
Generation 2
2. BURWELL UPCHURCH (James1 IV) was born on 02 Mar 1782 in Georgia, USA. He died on 31 Dec 1847 in Choctaw County, Alabama, USA. He married Ellender Riley about 1812. She was born on 20 Jun 1794. She died on 02 Feb 1831 in Alabama, USA.
Burwell Upchurch and Ellender Riley had the following children:
3. HARRIET UPCHURCH was born on 07 Mar 1813 in Georgia, USA. She died on 15 Jun 1890. She married Ennis Loftin on 14 Feb 1833 in Clarke County, Alabama, USA. He was born on 15 Apr 1810. He died on 26 Sep 1854.
4. ELIZABETH UPCHURCH was born about 1814 in Georgia, USA. She married Littleberry Champion on 04 Mar 1831 in Clarke County, Alabama, USA.
5. MOSES UPCHURCH was born on 19 Apr 1816 in Georgia, USA. He died on 24 Jun 1886 in Grimes County, Texas, USA. He married (1) LUCINDA DICKSON on 15 Feb 1834 in Clarke County, Alabama, USA. She was born about 1817 in Alabama, USA. He married (2) NANCY LARY on 20 Sep 1852 in Clarke County, Alabama, USA. She was born on 20 Nov 1836 in Alabama, USA. She died on 14 Aug 1888 in Grimes County, Texas, USA.
JORDAN UPCHURCH was born about 1817 in Mississippi, USA. He died on 31 Jan 1858 in Grimes County, Texas, USA.
6. BURRELL MILES UPCHURCH was born on 05 Jul 1821 in Perry County, Mississippi, USA. He died on 26 Aug 1884 in Grimes County, Texas, USA. He married Margaret J. James about 1843 in Alabama, USA. She was born on 09 Jun 1824 in Mississippi, USA. She died on 16 Jun 1891 in Bedias, Grimes, Texas, USA.
7. JOHN TILLMAN UPCHURCH was born on 19 Feb 1829 in Wilcox County, Alabama, USA. He died on 11 Jan 1851 in Choctaw County, Alabama. He married Margaret Scott McGregor on 16 Dec 1847 in Sumter County, Alabama, USA. She was born on 15 Aug 1829 in Marengo County, Alabama, USA. She died on 23 Jan 1899 in Red River County, Texas, USA.
Generation 3
3. HARRIET UPCHURCH (Burwell2, James1 IV) was born on 07 Mar 1813 in Georgia, USA. She died
on 15 Jun 1890. She married Ennis Loftin on 14 Feb 1833 in Clarke County, Alabama, USA. He was born on 15 Apr 1810. He died on 26 Sep 1854.
Ennis Loftin and Harriet Upchurch had the following children:
- MARTHA E. LOFTIN was born on 18 Jan 1834. She married John H. Stainback Wilson on 14 Nov 1850 (Medical Doctor).
- SPENCER LOFTIN was born on 02 Aug 1835. He died about 1863 in Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, USA.
- NARKETA LOFTIN was born on 13 Dec 1836. He died in Jul 1863 in Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA.
- VIRGIL A. LOFTIN was born on 14 Aug 1838. He died about 1866 in Grimes County, Texas, USA. He married Clementine M Smiley on 16 Aug 1857.
- ELIZABETH H. LOFTIN was born on 25 Nov 1840. She married William Frank Snellings on 03 Apr 1860.
- BURWELL ENNIS LOFTIN was born on 06 Dec 1844.
- CELISTIA ENNIS LOFTIN was born on 07 Jun 1855 in Alabama. She died on 9 May 1951 in Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, USA. She married James Luther Cary Kerr on 28 Feb 1878 in Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, USA. He was born on 02 May 1842 in Caswell County, North Carolina, USA. He died on 08 Jul 1917 in Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, USA.
4. ELIZABETH UPCHURCH (Burwell2, James1 IV) was born about 1814 in Georgia, USA. She married Littleberry Champion on 04 Mar 1831 in Clarke County, Alabama, USA.
Littleberry Champion and Elizabeth Upchurch had the following children:
- HARRIET CHAMPION was born about 1837 in Alabama, USA.
- MARTHA J. CHAMPION was born about 1840 in Alabama, USA.
- MARY A. E. CHAMPION was born about 1840 in Alabama, USA.
- S. T. CHAMPION was born about 1845 in Alabama, USA.
- S. CHAMPION was born about 1849 in Alabama, USA.
5. MOSES UPCHURCH (Burwell2, James1 IV) was born on 19 Apr 1816 in Georgia, USA. He died on 24 Jun 1886 in Grimes County, Texas, USA. He married (1) LUCINDA DICKSON on 15 Feb 1834 in Clarke County, Alabama, USA. She was born about 1817 in Alabama, USA. He married (2) NANCY LARY on 20 Sep 1852 in Clarke County, Alabama, USA. She was born on 20 Nov 1836 in Alabama, USA. She died on 14 Aug 1888 in Grimes County, Texas, USA.
Moses Upchurch and Lucinda Dickson had the following children:
- JAMES MONROE UPCHURCH was born in 1835 in Clarke County, Alabama, USA. He died on 25 Jun 1868 in Grimes County, Texas, USA. He married Sarah Elizabeth Miller on 02 Dec 1852 in Henry, Georgia, USA. She was born in Feb 1835 in Sumter County, Alabama, USA. She died on 20 Jan 1919 in Near Blessing, Matagorda County, Texas, USA.
- OLIVER HAZARD PERRY UPCHURCH was born on 30 Sep 1838 in Clarke County, Alabama, USA. He died on 08 Feb 1921 in El Campo, Wharton, Texas, USA. He married (1) MARY ELIZABETH HAMPTOM on 16 Oct 1881 in Montgomery County, Texas, USA. She was born on 15 Aug 1857 in Texas, USA. She died on 26 Jan 1946 in El Campo, Wharton, Texas, USA. He married (2) UNKNOWN. He married (3) MARY A. SENILY on 18 Nov 1866 in Grimes County, Texas, USA. He married (4) NETTIE MCDANIEL on 31 Dec 1890 in Grimes County, Texas, USA.
- CECELIA SARAH UPCHURCH was born on 13 Nov 1854 in Clarke County, Alabama, USA. She died on 09 Oct 1905. She married George W Howard on 13 Feb 1886 in Grimes County, Texas, USA. He was born on 22 Apr 1837. He died on 29 Oct 1914.
- RILEY JUDSON UPCHURCH was born on 22 May 1856 in Bedias, Grimes, Texas, USA. He died on 01 Jul 1920 in Grimes County, Texas, USA. He married (1) MARY S. UPCHURCH, daughter of Burrell Miles Upchurch and Margaret J. James, on 23 Oct 1904. She was born on 05 Jul 1851 in Grimes County, Texas, USA. She died on 14 Jan 1914 in Grimes County, Texas, USA. He married (2) MARY PINA SANDERS on 13 Mar 1879 in Grimes County, Texas, USA. She was born on 21 Sep 1858 in Bedias, Grimes, Texas, USA. She died about 26 Mar 1900.
- TEXANA OCTAVIA UPCHURCH was born about 1857 in Bedias, Grimes, Texas, USA. She died on 13 Mar 1945 in Coleman County, Texas, USA. She married John Thomas Overby on 24 Dec 1878 in Grimes County, Texas, USA. He was born on 21 Apr 1845 in Anderson County, South Carolina, USA. He died on 03 Jan 1913 in Santa Anta, Texas, USA.
- MILTON ERNEST UPCHURCH was born on 15 Oct 1860 in Bedias, Grimes, Texas, USA. He died on 15 Feb 1934 in Bedias, Grimes, Texas, USA. He married Mary Ann Carter on 16 Dec 1879 in Grimes County, Texas, USA. She was born on 25 May 1857 in Louisiana, USA. She died on 25 May 1920 in Bedias, Grimes, Texas, USA.
- ROBERT E. LEE "BOB" UPCHURCH was born on 06 Jun 1861 in Bedias, Grimes,Texas, USA. He died on 17 Aug 1922 in Bedias, Grimes, Texas, USA. He married (1) MRS. WILLIE HARRISON on 15 Jan 1890 in Grimes County, Texas, USA. She was born on 15 Dec 1867. She died on 07 Jun 1890. He married (2) FANNIE VERNA DAUIS on 18 Jun 1919 in Grimes County, Texas, USA. She was born on 15 Jan 1890 in Bedias, Grimes, Texas, USA. She died on 29 Oct 1982 in Bedias, Grimes, Texas, USA.
- MARTHA PARALEE UPCHURCH was born on 08 Dec 1862 in Bedias, Grimes, Texas, USA. She died on 13 Oct 1941 in Grimes County, Texas, USA. She married SAMUEL ANDREW ISBELL. He was born on 15 Aug 1852 in Polk County, Georgia, USA. He died about 20 May 1920.
- JOHN BUNION UPCHURCH was born in Apr 1865 in Bedias, Grimes, Texas, USA. He married Nattie Wilkerson on 29 Jan 1890 in maddison, Texas, USA.
- IDNIA E. "JANIE" UPCHURCH was born on 01 Mar 1868 in Bedias, Grimes, Texas, USA. She died on 20 Jan 1890 in Grimes County, Texas, USA. She married J. M. Wheeler on 27 Jan 1887 in Grimes County, Texas, USA.
- ARMINTA UPCHURCH was born on 08 Dec 1869 in Bedias, Grimes, Texas, USA. She died on 24 Mar 1924 in Odem, San Patricio, Texas, USA. She married MILTON WATHAL WHEELER. He was born on 13 Aug 1859 in Georgia. He died on 10 Jan 1931 in Odem, San Patricio, Texas, USA.
- JOSEPH CLYDE "JOE" UPCHURCH was born on 31 Dec 1872 in Bedias, Grimes, Texas, USA. He died on 22 Mar 1908 in Grimes County, Texas, USA. He married Lizzie A Barry on 04 Mar 1897 in Grimes County, Texas, USA. She was born in Jan 1874 in Texas. She died in 1919.
Burrell Miles Upchurch and Margaret J. James had the following children:
- ELIZABETH E. UPCHURCH was born on 20 Mar 1845 in Alabama, USA. She died on 28 Jan 1869. She married Franklin M. Albertson on 09 Dec 1867 in Grimes county, Texas.
- BURRELL UPCHURCH was born on 10 Mar 1847 in Alabama, USA. He died on 25 Aug 1864.
- JESSE MILES UPCHURCH was born on 07 Dec 1850 in Alabama, USA. He died on 10 Apr 1916. He married Lucy Ann McwHorter on 12 Mar 1874 in Grimes county, Texas. She was born on 22 Mar 1858 in Maddison County, Texas, USA. She died on 06 Dec 1936 in Maddison County, Texas, USA.
- MARY S. UPCHURCH was born on 05 Jul 1851 in Grimes County, Texas, USA. She died on 14 Jan 1914 in Grimes County, Texas, USA. She married (1) FRANK M LEWIS. He was born on 04 Jan 1852. He died on 01 Feb 1892. She married (2) CHARLES HOARD. She married (3) RILEY JUDSON UPCHURCH, son of Moses Upchurch and Nancy Lary, on 23 Oct 1904. He was born on 22 May 1856 in Bedias, Grimes, Texas, USA. He died on 01 Jul 1920 in Grimes County, Texas, USA. She married (4) MCWHORTER.
- MARGARET MALINDA UPCHURCH was born in May 1855 in Texas, USA. She married WILL DOWELL.
- THEODOCIA UPCHURCH was born in Aug 1857 in Texas, USA. She married Benjamin Weimar Robinson on 19 Jul 1876 in Grimes county, Texas. He was born in Jun 1839.
- EMMA "EMILY" UPCHURCH was born on 19 Sep 1860 in Texas, USA. She married RODERICK ANDREW MCWHORTER. He was born about 1857.
- INFANT UPCHURCH was born in 1863 in Texas, USA. Infant died in 1863 in Texas, USA.
- FRANCES M. "FANNIE" UPCHURCH was born on 30 Dec 1864 in Bedias, Grimes, Texas, USA. She died on 21 Jun 1942 in Bedias, Grimes, Texas, USA. She married WHIT SMITH. He was born on 06 Aug 1857 in Anderson, Grimes, Texas, USA. He died on 08 Jul 1937 in Bedias, Texas.
- MARTHA UPCHURCH was born on 28 Dec 1868. She died on 09 Nov 1885.
John Tillman Upchurch and Sarah Dudley Mary Hester Margaret Scott McGregor had the following children:
- BURRELL TURNER UPCHURCH was born on 17 Oct 1848 in Choctaw County, Alabama, USA. He died on 05 Mar 1865 in Mount Pleasant, Titus, Texas, USA.
- JOHN BARTLETT UPCHURCH SR was born on 21 Nov 1849 in Choctaw County, Alabama, USA. He died on 10 Sep 1910 in Red River County, Texas, USA. He married Julia Rebecca Hardison on 08 Feb 1877 in Red River, Texas, USA. She was born on 04 Feb 1860 in Omega Landing, xyz Parish,LA. She died on 20 Apr 1898 in Boxelder, Texas, USA.