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Charles Perry Tupper (son of Harvey)

Born: 4/13/1835, Summit Co, Ohio

 

Parents: Harvey Tupper and Joanna Willis

 

Siblings: Oramel E.,  Nathan “Willis“,  Ansel,  Henry Newton,  Sarah Dana, Marcus/Marquis DeLayfatette

 

Marriage: Eliza Ferguson

 

Children: Arminda Josephine (1863),  Emma (circa 1864),   Joanna (circa 1866) [listed as Jonathon in 1870 census and Johanna in 1880 census], Marquis Spergiam “Charmen” (1870),  Layfayette (in Tupper’s in America book but never listed in census with parents,  Isaac (circa 1873),  Mason (circa 1875),  Dolly (1877),  Violet [listed in Tuppers in America, not in 1880 census, may have died young or been born after that], 

 

Death: 11/16/1894 Putnam, Oklahoma

 

Occupation: minister

 

Census:

1880 US Census, Arkansas, Madison Co, Prairie township:
Chas. P. Tupper, age 45, baptist minister, born Ohio, father born NH, mother born NY
Eliza, age 41, born Tenn, parents born Tenn
Arminda, daughter, age 17, born Tex
Emma, age 16, born Tex
Joanah, daugter, age 14, born Tex
Marcus S., son, age 9, born Ark
Isaac S., age 7, born Ark
Mason?? H., son, age 5, born AK
Dollie, daughter, age 2, born AK

 

1870 US Census, Arkansas, Sebastian Co, Sugarloaf:
C.P. Tepper, age 35, Gospel minister, born Ohio
Eliza, age 25
Arminda, age 7, born Texas
Emma, age 6,     “           ”
Jonathon, age 4,  “          ”

 

1850 US census, Sheboygan Co,  Lima township: (Harvey’s bothers Thomas and Union live next door)
Harvey Tupper, age 50, farmer, value of real estate $1200, born VT
Joan, wife, age 44, born VT
Ebenezer, age 22, farmer, born NY
Charles P., age 16, born Ohio
Henry N., age 14, born Ohio
Polly (common nickname for Sarah), age 11, Born Ohio
ML, age 6, born Ohio

 

1840 US Census, Ohio, Summit Co, Boston
Harvey Tupper:
2 males < 5 (Charles Perry and Henry Newton)
2 males 5 but  < 10 (Nathan Willis and Ansel)
1 male 10 but < 15 (Oramel)
1 male 30 but < 40 (Harvey)
1 female < 5 (Sarah)
1 female 30 but < 40 (Joanna)

Misc:

Residing in Hindsville, AR in 1888.

Charles was trained as a machinist and gunsmith as a young man. He entered law school as two of his brother’s had, but upon hearing of gold rush in in Colorado and California, quit law school and traveled to Co where he became a government scout, engaging in several Indian battles. A small village near the borders of Colorado and Utah was named Tupper after him. He went to California where he staked a gold claim, but he continued to work as a scout, and spent several years hunting and trapping with Jim Hughes and Kit Carson. Later he went to Texas where he married Eliza Ferguson. After the Civil War, he was ordained as a minister in the Baptist Church and spent the remainder of his life as a circuit rider for the church. Eliza (or Alisa) Fergusen in Putnam or Thomas, OK.

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