Albert S. Updegraff 
M, (circa 1848 - 1883)
- Relationship
- 6th great-grandson of Herman Op Den Graeff
Albert S. Updegraff was born circa 1848 at Indiana.1 He was the son of Derrick Updegraff and Orpha Ann Stubbs. Albert S. Updegraff died in 1883 at Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas.1
He Al was a deputy sheriff, Hutchison, KS and an assistant Marshall in 1879.
He was also a stagecoach driver, then a barkeep at the Gay Lady Saloon, Dodge
City, KS, owned by Pat Masterson and A. Peacock. On 19 April 1881 'Bat'
Masterson, Pat's brother, bushwacked Al Updegraff in a gun battle and shot Al
in the chest, of which he later recoved. Pat and 'Bat' were then run out of
town by the authorities. Al later died from Smallpox. He was Sheriff.
He Al was a deputy sheriff, Hutchison, KS and an assistant Marshall in 1879.
He was also a stagecoach driver, then a barkeep at the Gay Lady Saloon, Dodge
City, KS, owned by Pat Masterson and A. Peacock. On 19 April 1881 'Bat'
Masterson, Pat's brother, bushwacked Al Updegraff in a gun battle and shot Al
in the chest, of which he later recoved. Pat and 'Bat' were then run out of
town by the authorities. Al later died from Smallpox. He was Sheriff.
Last Edited=26 May 2004
Citations
- [S15] June (Shaull) Lutz, History of the Op Den Graef / Updegraff Family (Grand Rapids, Michigan; 1433 Elderwood Ct. N.W.: J. S. Lutz, 1988), p. U-91.