Daniel Phillips Upham (1832 - 1882)

Born 30 Dec 1832 in Dudley, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Husband of Elizabeth Kingsbury (Nash) Reeve — married 15 Feb 1860 in North Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Died 18 Nov 1882 at age 49 in Dudley, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Daniel Upham is Notable.

Daniel Upham was born in Massachusetts.

Daniel Upham was an Arkansan.

Daniel Phillips Upham, he preferred to be called D.P., was born on December 30, 1832 in Dudley, Worcester County, Massachusetts, to Josiah and Clarissa (Phillips) Upham.^[1][2] His mother died a week after he was born, and his father remarried Betsy Larned, so his stepmother raised him, never knowing his biological mother. He was the only child of Clarissa, but he had five step siblings. ^[3] He grew up in Dudley, where he attended public school.^[3] At age 17, he continued to live at home and worked as a farmer.^[4]

D. P. married Elizabeth Kingsbury Nash on February 15, 1860 in North Brookfield, Wocester County, Massachusetts.^[5]

He moved to New York City, New York, where he opened a bluestone building material business, but struggled to make it profitable.^[3][6] After the war, he left his family and traveled to DeValls Bluff in Prairie County, Arkansas with a former business associate commanding officer General Shaler. General Shaler helped set him up with the necessary paper work to start a business, and he started many businesses. He owned two saloons, a cotton plantation, and two steamboats. He managed to pay all his debts, and brought his wife to Augusta, Woodruff County, Arkansas where his plantation was and he owned a prosperous store.^[3]

Although regarded as a carpetbagger, he was elected to the House of Representatives for Woodruff and Crittenden, and St. Francis counties. He worked with Governor Clayton to push for and ratify the 14th Amendment. The Arkansas Ku Klux Klan responded with violence to these changes. As a result, Governor Clayton declared martial law and divided Arkansas into four military districts. D. P. was appointed Brigridier General and military commander of northeastern Arkansas, which had the most Klan activity. To subdue the Klan, D. P. gave his men a free hand using brutal, bloody tactics that left many Klansmen dead. He would regularity join his men in the fight, and was quoted as saying:

We will wail Hell out of the last one of them. Never allow one of them to return and live here. There is no other way. Nothing but good, healthy, square, honest killing would ever do them any good. - D. P. Upham^[3]

In 1870, he was appointed clerk of the chancery court and moved to Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.^[7] On July 11, 1876, he was appointed United States Marshal for the Western District Court of Arkansas in Fort Smith. He served as marshal for about four years until his health began to fail.^[8][9]

He traveled back to Massachusetts to his old home in Dudley, where he died on November 18, 1882.^[10] He was buried at Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.^[11][12]

D.P. is one of the more neglected figures in Arkansas history. He held several important positions during the Reconstruction period, and was important in his successful counter-terrorism against the Ku Klux Klan.

TimeLine

Birth 1832

Daniel Phillips Upham was born on December 30, 1832 in Dudley, Worcester County, Massachusetts.^[1][2]

Residence 1850

Daniel Phillips Upham lived in Dudley, Worcester County, Massachusetts.^[4]

Marriage 1860

Daniel Phillips Upham married Elizabeth Kingsbury Nash on February 15, 1860 in North Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.^[5]

Residence 1863

Daniel Phillips Upham lived in New York City, New York.^[3][6]

Residence 1865

Daniel Phillips Upham lived in Augusta, Woodruff County, Arkansas.^[3]

Residence 1870

Daniel Phillips Upham lived in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.^[7]

Death 1882

Daniel Phillips Upham died on November 18, 1882 in Dudley, Worcester County, Massachusetts.^[10]

Burial

Daniel Phillips Upham was buried at Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.^[11][12]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Massachusetts, U.S., Town Birth Records, 1620-1850: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, U.S., Town Birth Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Vital Records of Bellingham Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1904.Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1914.Vital Records of Lawrence Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1926.Vital Records of Lincoln Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908.Vital Records of Richmond Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1913.Vital Records of Shirley Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1918. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts to the Year 1849. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1914. Ancestry Record 4094 #247033
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Ancestry Record 2495 #6040091
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6} Encyclopedia of Arkansas, https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/daniel-phillips-upham-1790/ Daniel Phillips Upham]." Accessed 14 Aug 2022
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} 1850 United States Federal Census: Year: 1850; Census Place: Dudley, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: 340; Page: 72a Ancestry Record 8054 #10672623
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915: New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911–1915 Ancestry Record 2511 #6716150
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} U.S., IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918: The National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, D.C.; Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for New York and New Jersey, 1862-1866; Series: M603; Roll: 65; Description: District 6; Annual Lists; 1862-1864; Record Group: 58, Records of the Internal Revenue Service, 1791 - 2006 Ancestry Record 1264 #1333475
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} 1870 United States Federal Census: Year: 1870; Census Place: Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas; Roll: M593_62; Page: 254B Ancestry Record 7163 #12661612
8. ↑ U.S., Register of Civil, Military, and Naval Service, 1863-1959: Ancestry.com. U.S., Register of Civil, Military, and Naval Service, 1863-1959 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of the Census. Official Register of the United States, Containing a List of the Officers and Employees in the Civil, Military, and Naval Service. Digitized books (77 volumes). Oregon State Library, Salem, Oregon. Ancestry Record 2525 #1823397
9. ↑ U.S., Register of Civil, Military, and Naval Service, 1863-1959: Ancestry.com. U.S., Register of Civil, Military, and Naval Service, 1863-1959 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of the Census. Official Register of the United States, Containing a List of the Officers and Employees in the Civil, Military, and Naval Service. Digitized books (77 volumes). Oregon State Library, Salem, Oregon. Ancestry Record 2525 #1998402
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915: New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840???1911 Ancestry Record 2101 #3130868
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45692415/daniel-phillips-upham: accessed 14 August 2022), memorial page for Daniel Phillips Upham (30 Dec 1832–18 Nov 1882), Find A Grave: Memorial #45692415, citing Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA; Maintained by Ryan (contributor 47194672).
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} Arkansas, U.S., Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Records, 1867-2013: Ancestry.com. Arkansas, U.S., Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Records, 1867-2013 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2019. Original data: Arkansas, Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Records, 1867-2013. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: FamilySearch, 2016. Ancestry Record 61975 #46033