Upton Alexander was the youngest of five children born to General Andrew J. Alexander, a Civil War and frontier cavalryman, and the former Evelina Martin. Predeceased by all four of his elder siblings at the time of his birth, he held a special place in his parents' hopes and affections. He was also the namesake and heir of a distinguished uncle, Civil War hero General Emory Upton, a youthful widower who had been married to his mother's sister Emily.
Though Upton Alexander's birth brought joy to a family mourning the loss of many members who had died before their time, it did not mark the end of such tragedies. When he was five years old, the uncle he had been named for committed suicide, and six years later, when he was twelve, his father died at the relatively young age of 53. After his father's death, he and his widowed mother lived at "Willowbrook", the Throop-Martin estate on Auburn's Lake Owasco. There he enjoyed the company of family and friends, if not robust health. In 1910, with his devoted mother at his bedside, he died at a sanitarium in Clifton Springs, NY, where he had been convalescing from the after-effects of a severe, accidental fall. He was 35 years old at the time of his death. His epitaph reads:
"The golden evening brightens in the west,
Soon, soon, the faithful warrior's cometh rest,
Sweet is the balm of Paradise the blest."
The reverse side of his monument bears the inscription "O Man Much Loved".
BIO & GRAVE PHOTOS: Nikita Barlow
Though Upton Alexander's birth brought joy to a family mourning the loss of many members who had died before their time, it did not mark the end of such tragedies. When he was five years old, the uncle he had been named for committed suicide, and six years later, when he was twelve, his father died at the relatively young age of 53. After his father's death, he and his widowed mother lived at "Willowbrook", the Throop-Martin estate on Auburn's Lake Owasco. There he enjoyed the company of family and friends, if not robust health. In 1910, with his devoted mother at his bedside, he died at a sanitarium in Clifton Springs, NY, where he had been convalescing from the after-effects of a severe, accidental fall. He was 35 years old at the time of his death. His epitaph reads:
"The golden evening brightens in the west,
Soon, soon, the faithful warrior's cometh rest,
Sweet is the balm of Paradise the blest."
The reverse side of his monument bears the inscription "O Man Much Loved".
BIO & GRAVE PHOTOS: Nikita Barlow
Upton Alexander was the youngest of five children born to General Andrew J. Alexander, a Civil War and frontier cavalryman, and the former Evelina Martin. Predeceased by all four of his elder siblings at the time of his birth, he held a special place in his parents' hopes and affections. He was also the namesake and heir of a distinguished uncle, Civil War hero General Emory Upton, a youthful widower who had been married to his mother's sister Emily.
Though Upton Alexander's birth brought joy to a family mourning the loss of many members who had died before their time, it did not mark the end of such tragedies. When he was five years old, the uncle he had been named for committed suicide, and six years later, when he was twelve, his father died at the relatively young age of 53. After his father's death, he and his widowed mother lived at "Willowbrook", the Throop-Martin estate on Auburn's Lake Owasco. There he enjoyed the company of family and friends, if not robust health. In 1910, with his devoted mother at his bedside, he died at a sanitarium in Clifton Springs, NY, where he had been convalescing from the after-effects of a severe, accidental fall. He was 35 years old at the time of his death. His epitaph reads:
"The golden evening brightens in the west,
Soon, soon, the faithful warrior's cometh rest,
Sweet is the balm of Paradise the blest."
The reverse side of his monument bears the inscription "O Man Much Loved".
BIO & GRAVE PHOTOS: Nikita Barlow
Though Upton Alexander's birth brought joy to a family mourning the loss of many members who had died before their time, it did not mark the end of such tragedies. When he was five years old, the uncle he had been named for committed suicide, and six years later, when he was twelve, his father died at the relatively young age of 53. After his father's death, he and his widowed mother lived at "Willowbrook", the Throop-Martin estate on Auburn's Lake Owasco. There he enjoyed the company of family and friends, if not robust health. In 1910, with his devoted mother at his bedside, he died at a sanitarium in Clifton Springs, NY, where he had been convalescing from the after-effects of a severe, accidental fall. He was 35 years old at the time of his death. His epitaph reads:
"The golden evening brightens in the west,
Soon, soon, the faithful warrior's cometh rest,
Sweet is the balm of Paradise the blest."
The reverse side of his monument bears the inscription "O Man Much Loved".
BIO & GRAVE PHOTOS: Nikita Barlow
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