Israel Updegraff

1781 - 1843  (62 years)    Has 10 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Israel Updegraff
  Birth	Jan 1781	York, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	Mar 1843
  Burial	East Wheeling
  his body was afterward removed to the Friends' burying ground at Colerain, Ohio
  Siblings	1 Sibling
  + 1. Israel Updegraff,   b. Jan 1781, York, Pennsylvania, USA d. Mar 1843  (Age 62 years) ▻ Jane Alexander;   Mary Ann Dubois   2. Josiah Updegraff   d. Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I46308	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2010

  
  

  Father	Joseph Updegraff   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Mary Webb   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1771
  Family ID	F297503	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Jane Alexander   d. 1812
  Marriage	several small children
  Children	+ 1. Isreal Updegraff,   b. Wheeling, Cook Co., Illinois, USA d. 1876
  Family ID	F297505	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2010

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Ann Dubois,   b. 4 Mar 1796, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA d. 28 Oct 1876, Colerain (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	6 children
  Children	+ 1. Juliana DuBois Updegraff,   b. 21 Mar 1819   d. 18 Jan 1866 (Age 46 years)
  Family ID	F19495	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2010

  
  

• Notes

  From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY," Vol. I, pages 460-463. Brant & Fuller, 1890. THE UPDEGRAFF FAMILY Israel Updegraff: "Talking of old home scenes, Op den Graeff Teased the low back log, with his shodden staff." ----- Whittier. Israel came to Wheeling with his wife and one child in 1807, and his brother Josiah came with him. They came in wagons and were two weeks coming from York to Wheeling, which was then a small village. Israel bought nineteen acres of land north of the creek and cast of Market street bridge. The brick house he built and where he resided for many years, is still standing back of St. John's Lutheran church on Market street. He also built a small stone brewery, probably the first ever built in Wheeling. They did not continue long at that business, but engaged in the dry goods trade. They sent two flat-boats to New Orleans, one containing dry goods and the other produce, the one containing produce was captured by the army. The dry goods were sold, but the young man who had charge of them "fell among thieves" who left him penniless. Israel afterward lost nearly all his property by going security for other people. He was a member of the Society of Friends, as generations of his ancestors were before him. There was no Friends meeting house for worship in Wheeling at that time, but the members met alternately at each other's houses. The meetings were small, and were composed of the families of Thomas Conard, Josiah Fox, Michael Graham, John King, of New York, Elisha Whitehead, the Updegraffs and others whose names are not remembered. John King's wife was an acceptable minister among them. Israel Updegraff was a man of stern integrity and deep religious convictions. He was opposed to slavery, intemperance, oaths and military service, and his integrity never was questioned. He was city surveyor and street commissioner for many years. At the time of his death a newspaper said of him: "The Society of Friends has lost a valuable member and the world an upright man. Israel Updegraff had eleven children, of whom only three are living. (Dirck and Herma Upden Graeff left no descendants.)