Upjohn family papers 1795-1916

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Upjohn family papers 1795-1916

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Papers collected by Robert U. Redpath and Richard U. Light of the Upjohn family of upstate New York and western Michigan, founders of the Upjohn Company. Daybooks, daily journals, sermon notes, and journal of trip to America and on the Erie Canal in 1830 of William Upjohn.

3 linear feet

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Upjohn, William, 1770-1847

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William Upjohn was born in England on June 10, 1770. He was an Independent preacher in Shaftesbury, England, and also worked as a civil engineer and piano tuner. On March 14, 1796, he married Mary Standard, and they had twelve children, including Keturah, Demaris, William, Uriah, Sally, and Helen. In July 1830, he and his family left England for the United States, and they settled in Pittsford, New York, before 1836. He became a naturalized citizen on October 2, 1837. Upjohn owned a farm that pr...

Upjohn, Uriah, 1808-1896.

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Upjohn, William, 1807-1887.

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Greenbush Debating Society.

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Upjohn company

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Kalamazoo, MI. From the description of Collection, ca.1895-1936. (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 122616395 ...

Upjohn family

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William Upjohn, born June 10, 1770 in Shaftesbury, England, was a surveyor, land agent, appraiser of timber, and Methodist lay preacher at St. Rumbold's Church in Shaston. In 1796, he married Mary Standard, and from their union would come nine girls and three boys. In the mid 1820s, with England in the midst of an economic depression, William sent two of his sons to American to explore the possibility of moving there. They stayed two years, then one of the sons -- Uriah -- returned ...