Born near Mount Pleasant , Ohio , he descendant of the German Op den Graeff family . Jonathan was the son of David Updegraff , a Quaker minister , and grandson of Nathan Updegraff , a delegate to Ohio 's first constitutional convention . Updegraff attended private schools and Franklin College . He studied medicine . He was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1845 and later from medical schools in Edinburgh and Paris . Although he practiced his profession , he devoted a large share of his time to agricultural pursuits . He served as a surgeon in the Union Army during the Civil War . He served in the State senate in 1872 and 1873 . Presidential elector for Grant/Wilson in 1872 . He served as delegate to the Republican State convention in 1873 and to the 1876 Republican National Convention
1876 Republican National Convention
1876 Republican National Convention
Jonathan T. Updegraff