The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . u-tionary patriot of Leicester, and through the Livermore line he is a linealdescendant from John, the emigrant, who settled in Watertown in 1638;and whose son of the same name was a lieutenant in King Philips Livermore, the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was aRevolutionary soldier in Captain Ebenezer Masons company from vSpencer,who marched to Lexington on the 19th of April, 1775, ^^ joined ColonelJonathan Warners regiment. The father of Mr. Upham was a well-knowncarpenter and builder of this ci
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . u-tionary patriot of Leicester, and through the Livermore line he is a linealdescendant from John, the emigrant, who settled in Watertown in 1638;and whose son of the same name was a lieutenant in King Philips Livermore, the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was aRevolutionary soldier in Captain Ebenezer Masons company from vSpencer,who marched to Lexington on the 19th of April, 1775, ^^ joined ColonelJonathan Warners regiment. The father of Mr. Upham was a well-knowncarpenter and builder of this city fifty years ago. Roger was educated inthe public schools in Worcester, passing in course through the severalgrades, and graduating at the high school in 1866 as salutatorian in theEnglish department. Immediately after graduation, he entered the officeof the Peoples Fire Insurance Company of Worcester as entry clerk, andwas soon advanced to the position of bookkeeper, and within a few yearsbecame assistant secretary. In consequence of losses incurred in the Boston. ROGER F. UPHAM. The Worcester of 1898. 777 fire of 1872, the Peoples Company was compelled to suspend business, andsoon after Mr. Upham formed an engagement with the Worcester MutualFire Insurance Company, to which he has given faithful and devotedservice for twenty-six years. This company was formed in 1823, andantedates any other incorporated mutual insurance company now doingbusiness in the State of Massachusetts. Its first president was Levi Lincoln,who resigned within a year to become governor of the Commonwealth, andsucceeding presidents have been Rejoice Newton, Frederick William Paine,Anthony Chase, Ebenezer Torrey and John A. Fayerweather, and thesecretaries Henry K. Newcomb, William D. Wheeler, Isaac Goodwin,Anthony Chase and Charles M. Miles. Mr. Upham became assistantsecretary in 1873, and in 1880 was elected secretary, which office, conjointlywith that of treasurer, he still holds. An honor was conferr
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