Call Number:

MC.975.10.008

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

0.21 linear ft. (1 volume)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

David B. Updegraff Bible (HC.MC.975.10.008), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

undated

Creator:

Updegraff, David Benjamin

Abstract:

David Benjamin Updegraff (-1864) was born in Winchester, Virginia but ultimately moved with his family to Ohio, where he remained until his death in 1864. David Benjamin was a farmer and also served as a minister for the Society of Friends. He married Rebecca Taylor Updegraff in 1812. Together, David and Rebecca were actively involved in the anti-slavery movement. They were members of the Anti-Slavery League and used their farm as a station on the Underground Railroad. David Benjamin and Rebecca Taylor Updegraff had a total of eight children. Jonathan Taylor Updegraff, their oldest son, was born in 1822. He attended Franklin College and pursued a career in medicine, which led him abroad to Europe and eventually to a position as a Union army surgeon in the Civil War. He served as a U.S Congressman from 1879 until his death in 1882.

Source: MC 1031

This collection contains David Benjamin Updegraff's heavily annotated Bible. His notes discuss theology and the content of the Bible. It also includes placed or tipped-in materials and notes.