James W. UPSHAW

Birth:
14 Apr 1819
Houston, Elbert, Georgia
Death:
19 Jan 1909
Belton, Bell County, Texas
Burial:
21 Jan 1909
North Belton Cem, Belton, Bell County, Texas
Marriage:
30 Jul 1843
Noxubee County, Mississippi
Notes:
                   BIRTH:
    Year established by the 1850 Census of Bienville Parish, Louisiana and the Story of Bell County, Texas Volume I (Page 956)

MARR:
    Information supplied by Mary Jane Upshaw Parrot published in the Upshaw Family Journal, Jan 1980, pg. 26. Edited by Ted O. Brooke 79 Wagonwheel Ct.,Marietta, Georgia.

DEATH:
    Cemetery Records of North Belton Cemetery, Belton, Bell County, Texas

    Information on James Upshaw is contained in the story of his son William Wesley
    Upshaw in the Story of Bell County, Texas Volume I (Page 956). James was born
    in Elbert County , Georgia and moved with his Father, John Upshaw, to Noxubee
    County, Mississippi about 1840 and then in 1846 to Sparta, Bienville Parish,
    Louisiana. He served as Sheriff of Bienville Parish for seventeen years. In
    1867, he moved to Red River Parish and then to Bell County, Texas in 1872. He
    died in 1909 and is buried in the North Belton Cemetery, Belton, Bell Count
Mariana MCGEE
Birth:
3 Feb 1823
Alabama
Death:
19 Oct 1903
Belton, Bell County, Texas
Burial:
21 Oct 1903
North Belton Cem, Bell County, Texas
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
                       BIRTH   - DEATH: Cemetery Records; North Belton Cemetery; Belton, Bell County,
    Texas.

MARR:
Children
Marriage
1
William Wesley (Billy) UPSHAW
Birth:
22 Nov 1844
Noxubee County, Mississippi
Death:
27 Nov 1929
Belton, Bell County, Texas
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   BIRTH:
    Calculated from 1850 Census Bienville Parish, Louisiana; Story of Bell County, Texas; Volume I.
MARR:
    Married Julia G. Fancher in 1868 in Louisiana. His second wife was Rebecca S. Taylor. (Story of Bell County, Texas Volume I )
DEATH:
    Cemetery Records North Belton Cemetery, Belton, Bell County Texas; Story of Bell County, Texas; Volume I.
2
Martha A. UPSHAW
Birth:
1846
Noxubee County, Mississippi
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   BIRTH:
    Year calculated from 1850 Census of Bienville Parish, Louisiana; Page 288; Family No. 565

MARR:

DEATH:
3
Tabbitha UPSHAW
Birth:
1847
Bienville Parish, Louisiana
Death:
John BURK 
Marr:
16 Sep 1866
Sparta, Bienville Parish, Loui 
Notes:
                   BIRTH:
    Year calculated from 1850 Census of Bienville Parish, Louisiana; Pg. 288; Family No. 565.

MARR:

DEATH:
4
Lenorah UPSHAW
Birth:
1849
Bienville Parish, Louisiana
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   BIRTH:
    Year established by 1850 Census of Bienville Parish, Louisiana; pg. 288; Family No. 565

MARR:

DEATH:
5
Emily Catherine UPSHAW
Birth:
6 Jul 1853
Bienville Parish, Louisiana, Usa
Death:
1 Aug 1942
Wichita Falls, Wichita Co., Texas
John Sherman DeKalb ARMSTRONG 
Marr:
7 May 1876
Chapel Hill, Washington Co., T 
Notes:
                   BIRTH:
    Armstrong Family records in possession of Mr. Barney Howell, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas.

MARR:
    Marriage Certificate #12, recorded in Brenham, Washington County, Texas 6 May 1876.

DEATH:
    Death Certificate; Texas Dept of Health; Bureau of Vital Statistics; Austin, Texas
6
James W. Jr. UPSHAW
Birth:
22 Aug 1856
Sparta, Bienville Parish, Louisiana, Usa
Death:
Roby, Fisher Co., Texas, Usa
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                       BIRTH   - MARR. - DEATH: Family records compiled by Lattimore Upshaw of Belton,
    Bell Co., Texas.
7
H. Allen UPSHAW
Birth:
19 Aug 1864
Sparta, Bienville Parish, Louisiana, Usa
Death:
Galveston, Texas, Usa
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                       BIRTH   - MARR. - DEATH: Family records compiled by Lattimore Upshaw of Belton,
    Bell Co., Texas.
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James W. Upshaw - Mariana McGee

James W. Upshaw was born at Houston, Elbert, Georgia 14 Apr 1819. His parents were John Upshaw and Tabitha "Lollie" Lawless.

He married Mariana McGee 30 Jul 1843 at Noxubee County, Mississippi . Mariana McGee was born at Alabama 3 Feb 1823 .

They were the parents of 7 children:
William Wesley (Billy) Upshaw born 22 Nov 1844.
Martha A. Upshaw born 1846.
Tabbitha Upshaw born 1847.
Lenorah Upshaw born 1849.
Emily Catherine Upshaw born 6 Jul 1853.
James W. Jr. Upshaw born 22 Aug 1856.
H. Allen Upshaw born 19 Aug 1864.

James W. Upshaw died 19 Jan 1909 at Belton, Bell County, Texas .

Mariana McGee died 19 Oct 1903 at Belton, Bell County, Texas .