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William Upshur was born October 28, 1881, in Richmond, Virginia, and graduated from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in 1902. [2]After graduating from VMI he was appointed a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps on February 1, 1904, and subsequently served aboard several vessels of the United States Navy, at foreign stations throughout the world, and at various posts and ...
Abel Parker Upshur (June 17, 1790 – February 28, 1844) was an American lawyer, planter, judge, and politician from the Eastern Shore of Virginia. [1] Active in Virginia state politics for decades, with a brother and a nephew who became distinguished U.S. Navy officers, Judge Upshur left the Virginia bench to become the Secretary of the Navy and Secretary of State during the administration of ...
George M. Upshur (1847–1924), American politician and lawyer; George P. Upshur (1799–1852), officer in the United States Navy, brother of Abel P. Upshur; John Henry Upshur (1823–1917), admiral in the United States Navy in the Mexican-American War and American Civil War; Ross Upshur, FRCPC, Canadian physician and researcher
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The annex connecting the house with the old kitchen was probably added in 1889. It was the home of Secretary of State Abel P. Upshur (1790–1844) who died in the USS Princeton disaster of 1844. [3] His brother U.S. Navy Commander George P. Upshur (1799–1852), owned nearby Caserta from 1836 to 1847. [4]
USS Princeton was a screw steam warship of the United States Navy.Commanded by Captain Robert F. Stockton, Princeton was launched on September 5, 1843.. On February 28, 1844, during a Potomac River pleasure cruise for dignitaries, one gun exploded, killing six people, including Secretary of State Abel P. Upshur and Secretary of the Navy Thomas Walker Gilmer, and injuring others, including a ...
On Sunday night's episode of "Pawn Stars," shop owner Rick Harrison had one of his most intense negotiations yet. And it was over this copy of "Jay's Treaty" owned by Thomas Jefferson. "$50,000," the
USNS Upshur (T-AP-198), was a Barrett Class [1] transport named in honor of Major General William P. Upshur, USMC. [2] [3]The hull of the USNS Upshur was laid down on September 1, 1949 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation in Camden, New Jersey as the SS President Hayes.