Duval County FlArchives Biographies.....Upchurch, Noble A. May 31, 1876 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/fl/flfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nancy Rayburn http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0006128 October 6, 2015, 10:21 pm Source: Vol. II pg.79 The Lewis Publishing Co. 1923 Author: History of Florida, Past and Present NOBLE ALVIN UPCHURCH, M. D. A son of NATHANIEL SMITH UPCHURCH of Jacksonville, Dr. NOBLE A. UPCHURCH has for over twenty years enjoyed high rank among the physicians and surgeons of that city, and in experience and attainments ranks as one of the ablest men in the profession of the state. Doctor Upchurch was born in Nassau County, Florida, May 31, 1876. A record of his father and the family is given above. Doctor Upchurch was educated by private tutors, and took his medical course in Vanderbilt University at Nashville, Tennessee, where he graduated M. D. in 1900. Subsequently, in 1903, he did post-graduate work in New Orleans and in 1919 in the Medical Department of Harvard University. Doctor Upchurch for six months after graduating practiced at Kissimmee, Florida, and in October, 1901, established himself at Jacksonville, where he has become known and has largely confined his work to practice of internal medicine. Doctor Upchurch is a former president of the Duval County Medical Society and is a member of the Florida State and American Medical associations. He belongs to the University Club, is affiliated with Solomon Lodge No. 20, F. & A. M., at Jacksonville, and Royal Arch Chapter No 12. He has served as a member of the staff of St. Luke’s Hospital, is physician for the Athletic Department of the Jacksonville High School, and is examiner for the Penn Mutual Benefit, Guardian Life, Colombian National, National Life, Missouri State Life, and Mutual Benefit Insurance Companies. He is a democrat in politics. February 3, 1907, Doctor Upchurch married SUSAN CULPEPPER, a native of Thomasville, Georgia, and second of the three children of JAMES P. and ALABAMA (REID) CULPEPPER, her father a native of Brook County and her mother of Thomasville, Georgia. Her father is a prominent banker, being president of the Citizens Bank and Trust Company of Thomasville. Doctor and Mrs. Upchurch have one daughter, SUZANNE. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/fl/duval/bios/upchurch173bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/flfiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb