Charles Wentworth Upham

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Charles Wentworth Upham was a member of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives in the 19th century. He was the cousin of George Baxter Upham and Jabez Upham. He was born in Saint John, New Brunswick on May 4, 1802, and died on on June 15, 1875, in Salem, MA.

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Salem Witchcraft with an account of Salem Village and a history of opinions on Witchcraft and Kindred Subjects. Charles W. Upham, NY: Frederick Unger Pub Co, 1978 (Reprint), 2 vv.

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Charles Wentworth Upham married Ann Susan Holmes March 29, 1826. She was the daughter of Rev. Abeil Holmes and Sarah Oliver Wendell. Ann was the sister of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Charles and Ann had 15 children all born in Salem, Massachusetts and only 4 lived to adulthood; Charles Wentworth Upham Jr. born in 1830 and died at the age of 30 in Buffalo, NY, married to Mary Haven, no children; William Phineas Upham born in 1836 and died in 1905, Newton, Ma., married to Cynthia Bailey Nurse and had two daughters; Sarah Wendell Upham born 1839 and died unmarried at 25; and Oliver Wendell Holmes Upham born in 1843 and died in 1905, Salem, MA., married to Caroline Ely Wilson, one daughter (Dorothy Quincy Upham, b. 1881) and one son (Charles Wentworth Upham, b. 1883).