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Representative Abraham Updegraff View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 1/17/1855
Birth Place: Level Corners, Pennsylvania
Party Affiliation: Whig
Assemblies Served:
House: 1 (1846)
3 (1850)
Home County: Henry
Abraham Updegraff
Henry County
Born in September 30, 1807, at Level Corner, Lycoming, Pennsylvania. He was a farmer. He was the first settler in Trenton Township, Henry County, Iowa. He was one of the developers of Trenton. He married Miss Eleanor Currigan April 17, 1828, in Shelby County, Indiana. He was a Justice of the Peace. He represented Henry county in the First and Third General Assemblies, 1846, 1850.
Sources:
House District 8
Committees
3rd GA (1850)
Standing Committees
Legislation Sponsored
3rd GA (1850)