John UPDEGRAFF
Mary Hendren BOOKER
Husband:  John UPDEGRAFF
Birth:  1798/9, VA
Death:  aft. 1850

John is almost certainly a descendant of Isaac UPDEGRAFF, the 17th-century immigrant to Pennsylvania, because the given name "Ambrose" appears repeatedly through the generations of that family.

Marriage:
Wife: Mary Hendren BOOKER
Birth:  1801/2, VA
Death:  aft. 1850
Father probably:  John Philip BOOKER
Mother probably:  Nancy HENDREN
Children:
1.  Julia UPDEGRAFF, b. 1823/4, OH 
2.  William UPDEGRAFF, b. 1825/6, OH
3.  Emily UPDEGRAFF, b. 1829/30, OH
4.  Reuben UPDEGRAFF, b. 1829/30, OH 
5.  John Philip Booker UPDEGRAFF, b. 1831/2, OH
6.  Ambrose UPDEGRAFF, b. 1833/4, IN
7.  Mary UPDEGRAFF, b. 1835/6, IN
8.  Rebecca UPDEGRAFF, b. 21 Apr 1839, OH
9.  Sarah UPDEGRAFF, b. 1842/3, Madison Twp., Franklin Co., OH


Sources:

1a.  Jordan R. Dodd, ed.  1993.  KY, NC, TN, VA, WV Marriages:  Early to 1850.  Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229):  not found.

1b.  Jordan R. Dodd, ed.  1993.  Illinois/Indiana Marriages:  Early to 1850.  Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-228):  not found.

1c.  Anon.  1966.  Marriage Index:  Ohio, 1789-1850.  Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-400):  not found.

1d.  D.L. Murray & N.R. Murray, compilers.  1995. Marriage Index: IL, IN, KY, OH, TN, 1720-1926 (Broderbund CD-2):  not found.

1e.  D.L. Murray & N.R. Murray, compilers.  1995. Marriage Index: MD, NC, VA, 1624-1915 (Broderbund CD-4):  not found.

2.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:  IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).
John UPDEGRAFF
Spouse: Mary Hendren BOOKER
Marriage: Abt. 1825, Cass, Indiana
Source: [patron submission]
This marriage date is obviously a guess — and wrong because it appears to be based on the false assumptions that William was the first child and that all the children were born in Indiana.
 
William UPDEGRAFF
Birth: Abt. 1826, Cass, Indiana
Father: John UPDEGRAFF; Mother: Mary Hendren BOOKER
Source: [patron submission]
Emily UPDEGRAFF
Birth: Abt. 1830, Cass, Indiana
Father: John UPDEGRAFF; Mother: Mary Hendren BOOKER
Source: [patron submission]
John Philip Booker UPDEGRAFF
Birth: Abt. 1832, Cass, Indiana
Father: John UPDEGRAFF; Mother: Mary Hendren BOOKER
Source: [patron submission]
Ambrose UPDEGRAFF
Birth: Abt. 1834, Cass, Indiana
Father: John UPDEGRAFF; Mother: Mary Hendren BOOKER
Source: [patron submission]
Mary UPDEGRAFF
Birth: Abt. 1836, Cass, Indiana
Father: John UPDEGRAFF; Mother: Mary Hendren BOOKER
Source: [patron submission]
Annie Rebecca UPDEGRAFF
Birth: 21 Apr 1837, Cass, Indiana
Father: John UPDEGRAFF; Mother: Mary Hendren BOOKER
Source: [patron submission]
Sarah UPDEGRAFF
Birth: Abt. 1843, Cass, Indiana
Father: John UPDEGRAFF; Mother: Mary Hendren BOOKER
Source: [patron submission]
These are the children of the 1850 census, so they've missed Julia and Reuben, who were living independently.  Based on the 1850 census, and unless the 1850 census is wrong, only two of the children were born in Indiana.

3.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1830 (Broderbund CD-315):  can't find.  A check of the numbers shows the John UPDEGRAF in Wayne Co., OH, (00010001-002001) is not remotely our subject.

4.  1840 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #17-18 of 26; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
1840 OH Franklin Co. Madison Twp. pp. 17-18/98B-99A J Uptegraft 021 100 100 - 201 101 000 0200000
These data indicate:
No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred
2 males 5-9 1830-1835 = Ambrose (b. 1833/4)
= John (b. 1831/2)
1 male 10-14 1825-1830 = Reuben (b. 1829/30)
1 male 15-19 1820-1825 = William (b. 1825/6)
1 male 40-49 1790-1800 = John (b. 1798/9)
2 females 4 or under 1835-1840 = Rebecca (b. 1838/9)
= Mary (b. 1835/6)
1 female 10-14 1825-1830 = Emily (b. 1829/30)
1 female 15-19 1820-1825 = Julia (b. 1823/4)
1 female 30-39 1800-1810 = Mary (b. 1801/2)
2 persons engaged in agriculture
Listed one line below W. HENDRON (image 15-16; pp. 15-16/97B-98A; 000 010 - 100 010 | 0000000).

5a.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1850 (Broderbund CD-317):
1850 Updegraff, Emily OH Franklin Co. Hamilton Twp. p. 161
1850 Updegraff, John OH Franklin Co. Madison Twp. p. 209
1850 Updegraff, Charles OH Franklin Co. Columbus 4th Ward p. 260
1850 Updegraff, Ruben OH Franklin Co. Franklin Twp. p. 263
These are all the UPDEGRAFFs (or var.) living in Franklin Co. in 1850.  Checking the page images at Ancestry.com… The Charles UPDEGRAFF in Columbus is age 20, born in Germany, so he is probably not related to our subjects (living with him is Mary UPDEGRAFF, age 24, b. Germany, who may be his wife or his sister).  Emily UPDEGRAFF is a single woman, age 20, b. OH, living in the RUSE household, probably as a domestic.  I suspect she may be the daughter of John & Mary who accidentally got enumerated twice (it happens), once at home and once with her employer; otherwise, it's quite a coincidence as neither name, Emily or UPDEGRAFF, is common.  Reuben (age 20, b. OH) is living in the household of his married sister, Julia (UPDEGRAFF) SHERMAN (age 26, b. OH).

5b.  1850 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #16 of 63):  Dist. 38, Madison Twp., Franklin Co., OH, p. 208B, 123/127, enumerated 5 Nov 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
John Updegraff 51 M Farmer 2000 Va
Mary 48 F     "
William 24 M Farmer   O
Emily 20 F     "
John 18 M Farmer   "
Ambrose 16 M "   Ind
Mary 14 F     "
Rebecca 11 F     O
Sarah  7 F     "
It's very hard to explain the hop from OH to IN and back to OH, but that is what the record says.  Is there census-taker error here?  The big clue here is son, Ambrose, which almost certainly identifies them as descendants of Isaac UPDEGRAFF, in which family "Ambrose" was a common given name.

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