The Gupton Family

Abner Gupton 

Abner, son of Robert Thomas and Henrietta Power

Abner James was born on 16 Nov 1841. While in the Civil War he was promoted to assistant-surgeon on the battlefield. He was examined by the medical board in 1863 which he passed. At the end of the war he returned home and began practicing medicine. In 1866 he moved to New Providence Tennessee and then in 1875 moved to Morley Missouri. In 1866 he married Mary F. Crow who was born in Alabama and the daughter of Issac Crow a native of South Carolina. He was active in his church, the Methodist Episcopal Church, where he was one of the trustees and Sunday School Superintendent. They had the following children:

• Fanny Bunch was born on 25 Jun 1867 in Montgomery Tennessee. She married the physician, Richard Alvin Sparks on 7 Sep 1892. He was the son of Jacob Sparks who was also a physician. Fannie died on 12 Feb 1952 in Howard, Missouri.
• Harrison was born in 1869 and died in 1878.
• Earnest Power was born on 11 May 1872 and died 12 Jul 1876.
• Mary Patterson "Pattie" was born 11 Jan 1879. She married John Maurice Beardslee on 26 Mar 1902. John was a merchant in first a dry goods store and then a traveling salesman in the hardward industry. Pattie passed away on 4 Aug 1948. 

Next up; James Gupton's other children - the ones that stayed in North Carolina.

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Pattie

The Gupton Family

Robert Thomas Gupton

Robert was another son of Abner Gupton. Robert was born on 15 Jun 1811 in Tennessee. Robert married Martha Henrietta Power on 15 Jun 1835. Henrietta was born in North Carolina and at a very young age moved to Tennessee with her parents Samuel D Power and Martha Ward of Warren County, North Carolina. There is speculation that Henrietta was Abner's step daughter when he married second Martha.

On 10 Jun 1847 Robert was appointed US Postmaster a position he served in for several years.

Robert was a slave holder as his father had been.

The Tax List of 1862 listed Robert as having 640 acres with a value of $1,400. He paid on 19 Aug
1866 $4.90 in tax.

Items from the News:

Monday Mar 15, 1841 Nashville Union

Clarksville Chronicle Jun 5, 1868

Robert passed away on 22 Oct 1866 (before the estate of his father was settled).

Robert and Henrietta had the following children:


John Jerome Gupton was born on 19 Jun 1847 and died 8 Dec 1921. John married Martha Jane Gupton who was possibly the daughter of Abner Jr and Jane. They were married on 8 May 1871.His nickname was "Squire"

Squire John and Martha Jane Gupton

He can be found in the Federal Census in 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1920.

The Tennessean Sun Mar 22 1874

It appears that he was commissioned to be a Magistrate in Cheatham County.

John and Martha Jane had the following children:

• Elsia or Essia born in 1875
• Martha H. or Marthy born in 1878 and married T.D. Atkins on 30 Dec 1895.
• Charles F. or Charlie born 18 Dec 1880. He married Effie Price before 1910. In 1916 Charlie was living in Nashville. On his WWI draft card he was described as tall, slender, brown eyes and black hair. He had lost an arm, leg, hand, eye or was obviously physically disabled in some way. In the 1930 Federal Census Charlie is living in Detroit Michigan where he was a molder in a stove factory and owned a radio. Charlie died in May of 1964
• Dempsey Orman was born on 17 Jun 1885. He appears to have changed occupation often. On his WWI draft card he is described as tall, medium build, blue eyes and black hair. His occupation was a clerk at New Ark Shoe Company. In 1910 Charlie was a conductor on a street car and was living with his brother Charlie. in 1940 Dempsey was an Insurance Agent. He died in October of 1966.
• John Power was born 14 Apr 1895. He went by Power but we find that he also went by the alias of P. Fry. He was the "bad sheep" in the family. After communicating with another descendant of the Gupton family I learned that the story goes something like this, one day he went running through the house grabbing clothes and left. He never came home again. Power ended up in California where he "got into trouble". The story continues, his mother received a telegram requesting money as Power had died and they need the money to bury him. She sent it. Years later she received another telegram stating he had died again. His mother mortgaged the farm to send money. She was unable to pay the money back and had to move to Nashville. 
  
  
  
   
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• Harry Oran was born on 30 Oct 1897 and died in February of 1987. He married Elsie Knox. He also had a list of different occupations. In 1930 he was a clean up foreman for the Rayon Mills, In 1940 he was a fireman. In 1959 he was a guard. On his WWI draft card he was described as medium height and build with brown eyes and light brown hair. He was also a farmer at that time. In the 1950s it appears that he moved to Nashville Tennessee.

Cave J (son of Robert Thomas) born 17 Jul 1846. Served in the Civil War.  Married Henrietta Duke on 20 Sep 1866. Died 17 Apr 1872. They had the following children:

• Roberta Etta "Bobbie" born after 1866 and died single on 20 Sep 1930
• Samuel Duke born 1869
• Cave Duke born 1870 died 1872. (Could there have been an illness that took father and son?)

Henrietta remarried on 29 Oct 1873 to Ebenezar Nimrod Gupton, so we shall see her again in a future blog post.

Henrietta L born 20 Aug 1856. She married John Martindale Duke on 8 Mar 1869. Henrietta passed away on 8 Mar 1886. They had the following children:

John M. Duke

• Philip Heaton Duke - born on 12 Aug 1878. On 27 May 1909 in Huntington West Virginia he married Victoria Chambers. On his WWI draft card he was described as medium height and build with gray eyes and brown hair. His occupation was Lawyer and Superintendent of Schools. In 1918 he applied for a passport to sail on 15 Nov 1918. He died on 25 May 1950.
• Allen James Duke was born 15 May 1875 and died on 26 Jan 1907 from cancer of the kidney. He was single and a photographer.
• John Tandy Duke was born on 12 May 1877. He was married twice, first to Anna and then to Josephine Link. He was a merchant in hardware and a farmer. His WWI draft card described him as medium in height and build with blue eyes and brown hair. He died 16 Oct 1960.

  

  John Tandy Duke
  
  

This concludes the story of Robert Thomas Gupton, son of Abner, and his family.

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Next week I will continue the story of the Gupton Family.

Pattie

The Gupton Family

James Hunt Gupton

James was the son of Abner Gupton and his wife Judith Hunt. He was born in Franklin County, North Carolina. He was around eight years old when his family packed up and left North Carolina for Tennessee. 

James was married three times during his life. His first wife was Sarah Hale and they were married 29 Jan 1829. They had two children; Sarah Ann and Nicholas J

Sarah passed away in 1850 before the Federal Census was taken in September of 1850. The next year he married Martha Makes on January 5th. She passed away around 1860 and they did not have any children. The 1860 he was living alone according to the census. 

On October 25, 1860 he married an Irish girl, Margaret T Dowling. She came to the United States at the age of eight. They had two sons; Robert Thomas and John Daniel. Maggie passed away in 1864.

Maggie Dowling Gupton

For some reason the family trees on ancestry have James passing away in Missouri but I have not found any documents that support that. In 1870 the Federal Census has him living in Tennessee. 

James Hunt Gupton's Children

Sarah Ann was born 1 Feb 1832. She married Benjamin Franklin Batts on January 3, 1851. They had 13 children. Benjamin passed away 19 Jan 1892 and Sarah followed him on March third of that year.

Sarah Ann Gupton Batts

Sarah's children:

• William Riley born 13 Aug 1850 -was in the Civil War and was a prisoner of war.  7 Apr 1889 married Barbara Cruse. 1920 occupation was proprietor of grocery store- died in 1929
• James 1852-1854
• Mary Frances born in 1856 - married Irvin Wilson 24 Oct 1877 - died 28 Feb 1884 from injuries in a fall - treated by Dr. Abner Gupton (to be discussed in a future blog)
• Nicholas Cave born 3 Mar 1860 died 29 Oct 1918
• John Thomas born 12 Apr 1864 in Tenn - married Cora Wylie - died 17 Aug 1935 in LaGrange, Cook, Illinois
• Martha H "Marthy" born 12 Jan 1862 in Tenn - married David Potter on 17 Dec 1882
• Allan  1865-1869
• Calvin 1866-1869
• Juda 1867-1876
• Caledonia "Callie" 1873-1899

Nicholas 

Nick Gupton

Nick was born in 1838 and died on 7 Mar 1897. He married Eliza Davis on 28 Mar 1864.

Robert Thomas born 11 Nov 1861 in Tenn. died 19 Feb 1935

Robert's great granddaughter shared information about "Jim Bob" on ancestry. 

Robert Thomas and Clara

Robert married Clara Ellen Claypoole on 31 Oct 1892. 

1901- Robert Thomas and Clara

Then on 1 Jul 1912 he married Lula Georgia Brewer of Kentucky under an alias of Charles..

I have no idea why he married under an alias because it seems that Clara died in 1912.

Lula Georgia Brewer

Lula's father was James Albert Brewer born in Tennessee in 1848. Could this be a connection to our Brewers??

Lula died on 31 Aug 1918.

Then there was another marriage to Blance Reed. At this time he was a 57 year old widower and she was a 26 year old divorcee.

During all this time he was a painter and paper hanger.

Robert died 19 Feb 1935.

John Daniel also known as Short John was born 28 Sep 1863 in Tenn and died 6 Apr 1940 in Tenn. He married Sarah "Sally" V Pardue on 5 Mar 1885. He was a shoemaker by trade. On his death certificate his occupation was ran a shoe repair shop.

John Daniel Gupton

Sally Pardue Gupton

I hope you have enjoyed the story of James Hunt Gupton and his children. 

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Pattie