Upton, Mark A. (1847-1899)

UPTON

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Date: 1/24/2009 at 19:54:55

Mark Anthony Upton
Dec 24, 1847 - Dec 28, 1899

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.57, Council Bluffs)
M. A. Upton, freight and ticket agent of Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co., Council Bluffs, was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., December 24, 1847, and, at the age of seven years, removed with his parents to Kalamazoo, Mich. There they lived till 1860, when they removed to Vernon County, Mo. Resided there till 1863, then moved to Lawrence, Kan. Mr. Upton received his education in Kalamazoo, Mich., and at the Montevallo Academy in Vernon County, Mo. In the spring of 1864, he drove a four-mule team from Leavenworth, Kan., to Denver, and thence drove the team all over the State of Colorado, and returned to Lawrence, Kan., in the fall of 1865. He then entered the Lawrence High School, after leaving which, in 1866, he occupied various positions till 1868, when he went to Kansas City, where he kept books form a commission grain house. In 1869, he returned to Lawrence, Kan., where he kept books for a wholesale stove and tin plate house for some time, then went to Vernon County, Mo., where he remained till May, 1871, when he came to Council Bluffs. Here he entered the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad freight office as clerk, and was promoted through all the different grades till, in October, 1879, he became cashier, and six months after, was also put in charge of the clerical work, having twelve men under him. In August, 1882, he was appointed to his present position of freight and ticket agent for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad at Council Bluffs. In May, 1871, he married Miss May Adams, of Burlington, Kan. He is of English descent.