David Updegroff portrait   Save
Ohio History Connection
Description: David Updegroff (1789-1864) kept a station on the Underground Railroad with his wife Rebecca at Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson County, Ohio. The child pictured is not identified. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03146
Subjects: Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Underground Railroad--Ohio; Antislavery movements--Ohio--History--19th century; Abolitionists;
Places: Mount Pleasant (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)