William Wale Updegraff 
M, (circa 1821 - 21 January 1879)
- Relationship
- 6th great-grandson of Herman Op Den Graeff
William Wale Updegraff was born circa 1821 at Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.1 He was the son of Derrick Richard Updegraff and Margaret Harrison. William Wale Updegraff died on 21 January 1879 at Osawatomie, Miami County, Kansas.1
He seems not to have been married as no record can be found. William went to Kansas in 1856, settling in Osawatamie. He was a Captain, next in command to John Brown in the Battle of Osawatamie 30 August 1856 and suffered a wound. Also a building that he owned in town was destroyed at that time. In October 1859, he was elected to the Territory Council and served as President for the sessions of 1860 - 1861. On 6 December 1856 he was elected to the first State House of Representitives, in 1861 he was chosen as Speaker of the House. He was defeated as a candidate for the House in 1866. In 1868 he was steward of the hospital for the insane at Osawatomie. He was superintendent of the Institute for the Education of the Blind at Wyandotte 1870 - 1872. He is listed in the 1860 census for Osawatomie, Lykins county, which later became Miami county, Kansas. He was listed in the 1850 census - Blue River township, Johnson county, IN - physician, age 30.
Reference: Volume 10, page 254 - Kansas History Collections and on page 121 "Story of John Brown." He was a physician.
He seems not to have been married as no record can be found. William went to Kansas in 1856, settling in Osawatamie. He was a Captain, next in command to John Brown in the Battle of Osawatamie 30 August 1856 and suffered a wound. Also a building that he owned in town was destroyed at that time. In October 1859, he was elected to the Territory Council and served as President for the sessions of 1860 - 1861. On 6 December 1856 he was elected to the first State House of Representitives, in 1861 he was chosen as Speaker of the House. He was defeated as a candidate for the House in 1866. In 1868 he was steward of the hospital for the insane at Osawatomie. He was superintendent of the Institute for the Education of the Blind at Wyandotte 1870 - 1872. He is listed in the 1860 census for Osawatomie, Lykins county, which later became Miami county, Kansas. He was listed in the 1850 census - Blue River township, Johnson county, IN - physician, age 30.
Reference: Volume 10, page 254 - Kansas History Collections and on page 121 "Story of John Brown." He was a physician.
Last Edited=10 Apr 2006
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-22.