CHARLES WENTWORTH UPHAM

Upham, Charles Wentworth (1802-1875), (cousin of George Baxter Upham and Jabez Upham), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, May 4, 1802; served as an apothecary’s apprentice; worked on a farm in Nova Scotia, immigrated to the United States in 1816 and settled in Boston, Mass.; was graduated from the theological department of Harvard University in 1821; was ordained to the ministry and officiated in Salem, Mass., 1824-1844; member of the State house of representatives 1840-1849; unsuccessful Whig candidate for election to the Thirty-second Congress; mayor of Salem, Mass., in 1852; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1853; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1855); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854 to the Thirty-fourth Congress; member of the State senate in 1857 and 1858, serving as president; again a member of the State house of representatives in 1859 and 1860; died in Salem, Mass., on June 15, 1875; interment in Harmony Grove Cemetery.
Father: Joshua Upham
Born: 3 Nov 1741 Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts
Died: 1 Nov 1809 Annapolis, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
Mother: Mary Chandler
Born: abt 1745 in Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 1826 in French Village, New Brunswick, Canada
Spouse: Ann Susan Holmes
Born: 15 May 1804 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Died: 5 Apr 1877 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Marriage: 29 Mar 1825 Edit
Children Sex Birth
John Ropes Upham M 6 Jun 1828 Edit
William Phineas Upham M 19 Jan 1836 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
John Edward Upham M 29 Jun 1838

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Massachusetts Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell