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Benjamin Upton
May 26, 1833 - November 19, 1895

DEATH OF BENJAMIN UPTON

One of Duval County's Oldest Citizens Dies of Congestion
       Benjamin Upton, aged 64 years, one of the oldest settlers and best known citizens of Duval county, died at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon at his residence, 520 West Monroe Street, of congestion of the liver. The deceased had been ill only a few days.
       Mr. Upton was a native of Jefferson County, Georgia, and came to Florida shortly after the civil war. He has resided in this county during that entire time, principally at Baldwin. He leaves a wife and infant child, besides several grown sons and daughters by his first wife.
       The funeral will take place this morning at 7:45 a.m. from the Church of the Immaculate Conception, at which the Requiem mass will be celebrated. The body will then be sent to Baldwin for interment in the family cemetery.


Florida Times Union, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, Wednesday, November 20, 1895

Elizabeth Jane Miranda Upton Ivey Travers
April 15, 1857 - March 16, 1912

Obituary of Elizabeth Jane Miranda Upton Ivey Travers

Mrs. Elizabeth Travers.

   Mrs. Elizabeth Travers, the wife of Owen Travers died at the residence at No. 510 East Bryan street last night at 9:30 o'clock after an illness of one week. The funeral will take place from the residence some time Monday. The exact hour has not been decided. Services will be conducted from the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. The interment will be in the Cathedral Cemetery.
   Mrs. Travers was 56 years old and a native of Georgia. She is survived by her husband, Owen Travers: two sons by a previous marriage, T. W. Ivey of Norfolk and Asa Ivey of Savannah; three daughters, Mrs. Neil Gildea, Miss Annie M. Travers, and Miss Elizabeth J. Travers and nine grandchildren, all of Savannah.


Savannah Morning News - Sunday, 17 March 1912

Obituary Elizabeth Jane Upton Ivey Travers

Mrs. Owen Travers' Funeral

     The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Travers, the wife of Owen Travers, will take place from the residence at No. 510 East Bryan street this morning at 9 o'clock. Services will be held at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist at 9:30 o'clock, with requiem high mass. The interment will be in the Cathedral Cemetery.

Savannah Morning News - Monday, 18 March 1912

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