Durham-Wake-Chatham County NcArchives Marriages.....Upchurch, I. S. - Beavers, Dillie 1851 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Connie Ardrey n/a October 21, 2008, 7:42 pm Charlotte Observer - Jan. 4, 1909 FAMILY WITH UNUSUAL RECORD I.S. [Isham Sims] Upchurch Married For Fifty-Seven Years and Has 106 Relatives. Durham, Jan. 3 - On the border line of Wake, Durham and Chatham counties the family of Mr. I.S. Upchurch lives and it has a remarkable record. The last day of the year is Mr. Upchurch's birthday. It is always celebrated by a family reunion, and the encroachment of years seldom finds one missing. Mr. Upchurch married Miss Dillie Beavers December 23d, 1851. To them were born thirteen children, and eleven survive. Ten of the eleven were present at the recent reunion and forty of the forty-nine grandchildren attended. Fourteen of the twenty-one great-grandchildren came, and with the ten children, their wives and husbands, the forty grandchildren, their wives and husbands, and the great- grandchildren, there were 106 relatives, 84 of whom were present. The spread dinner was a feature of the old gentleman's natal day. It was made up of a basket from every family. The table which carried it was sawed fifty years ago and is made of planks seventeen inches wide. They are in perfect state of preservation. Mr. Upchurch lived forty-three years with his first wife, who died fifteen years ago. In 1902 he married Mrs. Watson and they enjoy almost perfect health. In the fifty-seven years of married life, there have been but seven deaths in all of the families, a remarkable record. End of Record From Kim Wrenn - kwrenn@nc.rr.com I. S. Upchurch married Mary Adelia Beavers first and she died in the 1890's. Then he married "Mrs. R. A. Taylor", a widow, in 1903. I have unconfirmed information that Rosana died in 1911. The article in question is from 1909, when Rosana was still alive, and refers to I. S. Upchurch's wife as "Mrs Watson". I'm wondering if Watson might have been Rosana's maiden name. I guess it's also possible that the newspaper got her name wrong. Only his first wife, Mary Adelia Beavers Upchurch is in the family cemetery, unless something happened to Rosana's tombstone. 1900 Census North Carolina, Chatham Williams Twp. 12 June 1900 Isham Upchurch, Dec. 1824, 75, widower, NC Ora Lewter, dau, Mar 1866, 34, married 5 years, 2 children, NC Franklin Upchurch, son, Jun 1870, 29, farmer, NC Robert N. Lewter, s-i-l, May 1870, 29, farmer, NC Etta R. Lewter, g-dau, Nov 1895, 4, NC Floris T., g-dau, May 1897, 2, NC 1910 Census North Carolina, Chatham New Hope Twp. 9 May 1910 Isham S. Upchurch, 85, married 6 years, farmer, gen. farm, NC Rosana, wife, 60, NC Chatham County Marriage Register I.S. Upchurch, Chatham Co., 77 Mrs. R. A. Taylor, Chatham Co., 56 married 2 Feb 1903 by J. U. Goodwin, JP, New Hope Twp. witnesses: J.T. McNeil, W.P. Holt, J.H. Hinsley 1900 census North Carolina Chatham New Hope Twp 9 June 1900 John B. Womac, Dec 1846, 53, m, 18y, farmer, NC Stella E., wife, Nov 1864, 35, m, 18y, 1ch, 1liv, NC Rosa A. Taylor, sister, Jan 1844, 56, wd, 1ch, 1liv, NC File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/durham/vitals/marriages/upchurch942mr.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb