EPHRAIM E. UPP, Sandusky, was born in Richland county in 1834, and was a son of John W. and Catherine (Yeiser) Upp, who were born and married in York, Pa., and settled in Richland county in 1822, and came to Erie county in 1835, and died in Sandusky.  John W. was born in 1810, and died in 1878.  His wife died in 1842, leaving four children, three of whom are now living:  Ephriam E.; Isabella, now Mrs. S. P. Towne; and Mrs. Eliza Clark.  John W. was proprietor of the renowned Steamboat Hotel for several years.  Ephriam E., in early life became engaged in the manufacture of sash doors and blinds, after which he became engaged in the fish and commission business with his brother, H. Y. Upp, and shipping trade from 1855 to 1861; went into the ice business in 1855, erecting his storehouses as his increasing business required, and is now a member of the firm of L. J. Seek & Co., of Toledo.  Mr. Upp was married in 1861 to Eliza H. Horner, who was born in Vermont.  They have had a family of eight children, six of whom are now living:  Mary, Kittie, Lucy, Willis, Clark and Alice.  Mary graduated from Oberlin College in the class of 1885, and was married in 1886 to John B. Abell, Springfield, O., who was also a graduate of that class.  The remaining five children are now students at Oberlin.
Source:  History of Erie County, Ohio - Published, Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 645