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Harvey Tupper

Born: 13 Nov 1800, Pittsford, Rutland Co. Vermont

 

Parents: Simeon Tupper II and Phoebe Hilda White

 

Siblings: Malinda,  Lucretia, Thomas,  Union Heath,  Parthenia,  Ebenezer Capen,  Charles Perry,  Emeline,  Adeline

 

Married: Joanna Willis  , 9/12/1826 Parishville, NY

 

Children:  Oramel Ebenezer,  Nathan “Willis”,  Ansel,  Charles Perry,  Henry Newton,  Sara Dana,  Marcus De Lafayette

 

Died: 30 May 1883,  Sheboygan Co., WI; Died at 82 years, 198 days of age.  Cause unknown.

 

Harvey’s Obituary from May 30, 1883 Sheboygan Area Newspaper:

“The recent death of Harvey Tupper, (Uncle Harv, as he was familarly called) is deserving of more than a passing notice and, would have been mentioned last week, but for want of certain information since obtained.  Deceased was one of the few remaining genuine old settlers of Sheboygan county, and his departure is another warning to his remaining comrades of the early days in the wilderness.  He was born at Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont, Nov. 13, 1800, and lacked but a few months of 83 years of active effort, struggle and hope.  In 1812, a memorable year in American history he removed with his father’s family to St. Lawrence Co., New York, remaining there until 1834 when another removal was made to Summit county, Ohio.  He came into this county with his family in 1846 and located 240 acres of land, 40 in Sec. 6, town of Lima, and 200 acres in Sec. 1, town of Lyndon, and established a home in the latter town, where he resided for several years, doing pioneer work and teaching his children to labor.  As age and hard work began to tell upon him and the mother of his children, he made a verbal agreement with his son Oramal, (then married), to maintain the old people during their natural lives and thereupon conveyed to Oramal the 160 acre tract in Sec. 1. (Oramal went into the Union army during the rebellion, and died of sickness contracted in the line of duty.) For some reason the old couple moved with another son, Newton, (who had a home on the 40 acres) about 1858 or perhaps earlier, and did not return to Oramels to remain but removed with Newton, to Cascade in Glenboulah, and when Newton removed to Missouri (about 7 years ago) taking his mother with him, “Uncle Harvey” took up his abode with another son, Marcus, at the Glen.  Marcus died about three years ago, and since that time Marcus’ widow has cared for the aged pioneer with a devotion and heroism worthy of all praise.  The wife of “Uncle Harvey” had preceded him about seven years, having surrended to the grim reaper soon after reaching Missouri.  It may truly be said of deceased, that he lived an honorable life, and although he had chopped and logged and burned, with a view to laying up a competency, he died leaving nothing but a good name, and his funeral expenses were borne by his surviving brother, Ebenezer Tupper of Lima.

Cascade, in Glenboulah refers to a small area just outside of Sheboygan near Sheboygan Falls, in township of Greenbush.

On June 13, 1883, shortly after his death, Harvey’s remaining land was deeded to Worthy A. Tupper (lot 5&6 Block 13 in Glenboulah) for a fee of 75 cents.

 

The Tupper family was a very patriotic one and participated in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and the Civil War. Four of Harvey and Joanna’s six sons served in the Civil War, three of them died as a result of injury or disease.

1842 Ohio Atlas and Elyria Advertiser:
Lists of Lands and Town Lots Returned Delinquint by the Treasurer of Lorraine Co:
Harvey Tupper, 50 acres, tax,  interest, penaly: D=4, C=87, M=0  ($4.87 ?) not sure what DCM stands for

 

Census: 

1870 Census, Town of Lyndon:
Harvey, age 69, b VT
Joanna, age 63, b VT
Henry Newton, age 32, farmer, b Ohio
Anna?, age 26
Charles, 4
Ansel, age 2
Willis, age 9 mos.

 

1875 Town of Greenbush:
2 initials, looks like HA Tupper (could be Harvey or Henry N)
8 males, 3 females (This could be Marcus & family living with Harvey, by 1870 they had 3 sons. Harvey, Marcus, & 3 sons = 5 males, Wealthy and Johanna =2 females) Henry Newton is listed seperately

 

1880 census, Greenbush Twnshp:
Wealthy Tupper, age 28, born WI, widow
Frank, age 10
Oren, son, age 8
George, son, age 8
Harvey, grandfather, age 79, born Vermont

 

Misc:

Land patent #1 (11250)

Land patent #2 (9633)

Land patent #3 (9634)

Land patents: In the very early years of the United States, the Congress of the Confederation declared it would sell or grant the unclaimed lands in “the West” (given up by the States to the United States) for the common benefit of the United States. The States gave up their claims to what is now Alabama, Michigan, part of Minnesota, Mississippi, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The United States could then sell this unclaimed land to raise money for the Treasury. In turn, the United States gave up its claims to any land within the boundaries of the Colonies.
The land was disposed of by the authority of many acts of Congress - sale, homesteads, military warrants for military service, timber culture, mining, etc. One of the primary purposes of these public land laws was to encourage people from the East to move West. In the early 1800’s people could buy public land for $1.25 an acre. For a time, they could buy up to 640 acres under this law. The sale of public land under the “Cash Act” is no longer in effect. Several Military Warrant Acts granted public land to soldiers instead of pay. These acts have been repealed.
 The Homestead Act of 1862, allowed people to settle up to 160 acres of public land if they lived on it for five years and grew crops or made improvements. This land did not cost anything per acre, but the settler did pay a filing fee. This act is no longer in effect.

Excerpt from History of Sheboygan Co. WI, from biography of Oramel W. Tupper:

Simeon Tupper Jr. married Hulda White, and became the parents of five sons and four daughters, Thomas, Harvey, Ebenezer, Union, Charles, Malinda, Adeline, Emaline and Praxy. The second son, Harvey, was born near Rutland, Vermont in 1800. Simeon Tupper II with all the members of his family removed to St. Lawrence Co. NY, where Harvey Tupper married Joanna Willis, daughter of John Flavel and Sara Willis, the latter of a prominent English family of Boston Massachusetts. Unto them were born three sons. Harvey Tupper with his parents, brothers and sisters removed to Summit county, Ohio and settled on farms, where three more sons and one daughter were added to the family of Harvey Tupper. After some years Harvey Tupper with three of his brothers, Thomas, Ebenezer and Union, with their growing families, emigrated to Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, settling on farms, where they reared their children. The six sons of Harvey Tupper were Oramel Ebenezer, Nathan Willis and Ansel, who were born in the state of New York, and Charles Perry, henry Newton and Marcus Lafayette, who with his only daughter, Sarah Dana, were born in Ohio. The daughter was born near Akron in 1839, spent her girlhood in Sheboygan Co., Wisconsin, and in 1859 became the wife of Dr. Cornelius O’Brien of Cascade, Wisconsin. Several sons of Harvey Tupper participated in the Civil War.
 

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