Derrick K. Updegraff 
M, (1814 - 12 May 1887)
- Relationship
- 5th great-grandson of Herman Op Den Graeff
Derrick K. Updegraff was born in 1814.1 He was the son of Samuel Updegraff and Sarah Shaeffer. Derrick K. Updegraff has also been reported to have been born 1816. He married Margaret Bennet circa 1839.2 Derrick K. Updegraff died on 12 May 1887 at Long Reach, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, at age 73 years.3 He has also been reported to have died 11 May 1887. He was buried in the Wildwood Cemetery, located in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.3
He and his family resided at Long Reach, the family homestead in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Derrick was a County Commissioner when the Williamsport Jail was erected. He was a supervisor of the canal a number of years when it was owned by the State.
He left a will - Will Book 6, page 404, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, made on Sept. 1, 1885, filled and registered on Nov. 1, 1889. He and Margaret Bennet appeared on the census of 1 August 1860 at Old Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Derrick K. Updegraff appeared on the census of 19 July 1870 in the household of David Watson Foresman and Margaret Simmons McCormick at Williamsport, 7th Ward, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Derrick K. Updegraff and Margaret Bennet appeared on the census of 9 June 1880 at Williamsport, 7th Ward, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
He and his family resided at Long Reach, the family homestead in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Derrick was a County Commissioner when the Williamsport Jail was erected. He was a supervisor of the canal a number of years when it was owned by the State.
He left a will - Will Book 6, page 404, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, made on Sept. 1, 1885, filled and registered on Nov. 1, 1889. He and Margaret Bennet appeared on the census of 1 August 1860 at Old Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Derrick K. Updegraff appeared on the census of 19 July 1870 in the household of David Watson Foresman and Margaret Simmons McCormick at Williamsport, 7th Ward, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Derrick K. Updegraff and Margaret Bennet appeared on the census of 9 June 1880 at Williamsport, 7th Ward, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
Children of Derrick K. Updegraff and Margaret Bennet
- Emma Catherine Updegraff+ (7 Feb 1843 - 14 Dec 1920)
- William B. Updegraff+ (1845 - )
- Samuel Gibson Updegraff+ (2 May 1846 - 2 Nov 1927)
- Henry A. Updegraff (1852 - )
- John Bennett Updegraff+4 (Apr 1854 - 29 Aug 1930)
- Daniel C. Updegraff (1857 - )
- Ida Mary Updegraff (Feb 1859 - c 1917)
- Asher D. Updegraff (1861 - )
Last Edited=25 Jun 2009
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), pp. U-51, 59.
- [S136] Catherine M. Berger, Indices and Pedigrees of Known Descendants of Herman Op Den Graef (n.p.: n.pub., 1991), Vol. 3, p. 43.
- [S15] June (Shaull) Lutz, History of the Op Den Graef / Updegraff Family, p. U-59.
- [S15] June (Shaull) Lutz, History of the Op Den Graef / Updegraff Family, p. U-60.