Individual Details
Robert Franklin Upchurch
(27 Dec 1873 - 13 May 1965)
1920 Census. Long Branch Twp, Saline, IL, Hh 30
Robert F. Upchurch, 47, Farmer
Mary M., 41
Ewel T., son, 20, Laborer, Cartridge Factory
Uva L., dau, 15
Aleen C., dau, 8
Mary R., dau, 7
Fern, dau, 5
James N., son, 1 year 9 months
next door:
Sigel W. Upchurch, age 22, b. IL, Teacher, Public School
Ethel L., wife, 21
Don R., son, 10 months
1940 Census. Long Branch Twp, Saline, IL, Hh 46
Robert Upcharch, 66, Farmer
Mary, wife, 62
Fern, dau, 2
James, son, 21
The Daily Register, Harrisburg, IL, Thur. 13 May 1965, p.2
Rev. Robert Upchurch, 91, retired Primitive Baptist minister, died in the Memorial Hospital in Alton at 9 am today. He was a former resident of Raleigh.
Surviving are his wife, Mollie Upchurch; six children: Sigel Upchurch, Eldorado; Tom Upchurch, Raleigh; Mrs. Vernon Rodes, Rosewood Heights; Mrs. Dan Ross, Roxana; Miss Fern Upchurch, Wood River; and James Upchurch with the Armed Forces in Germany; two half brothers, Sam Barton, Galatia, and Henry Barton, Raleigh: 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
The body will be brought to the Courtney Funeral Home in Alatia to lie in state at a time to be announced later. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Events
| Birth | 27 Dec 1873 | Saline County, Illinois | |||
| Marriage | 18 Nov 1896 | Mary Matilda Pingleton | |||
| Death | 13 May 1965 | Alton, Madison County, Illinois |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Matilda Pingleton (1878 - 1966) |
| Child | James Neuman Upchurch (1919 - 2004) |
| Father | David Macklin Upchurch (1846 - 1874) |
| Mother | Sarah Francis Grisham (1850 - 1932) |
| Sibling | Mary Paralee Upchurch (1875 - 1887) |