Anselm Tupper (October 11, 1763 – December 25, 1808) was an officer of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War , a pioneer to the Ohio Country , and one of the founders of Marietta, Ohio , the first permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory . The eldest son of Benjamin Tupper , Anselm enlisted in the fight for independence during 1775, while only eleven years old, achieving the rank of lieutenant before his seventeenth birthday. After the war, he was a pioneer and surveyor in the Northwest Territory, and became major of the militia at Marietta during the Northwest Indian War . Tupper was the first school teacher at Marietta, and was a classical scholar and poet. He was unmarried, and was known as a favorite in society.
19-557: Tupper may refer to: People [ edit ] Anselm Tupper (1763–1808), Continental Army officer, pioneer to the Ohio Country, son of Benjamin Tupper Archelaus Tupper (died 1781), Vermont militia sergeant, whose death in a skirmish with a British military unit caused a scandal when it became known that Vermont was engaged in separate peace negotiations with
38-582: A title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Sir Charles Tupper Secondary School , Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada See also [ edit ] Tup (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Tupper . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
57-552: Is buried with his father and many other American Revolutionary War soldiers and pioneers at Mound Cemetery in Marietta. Sir Charles Tupper Secondary School Sir Charles Tupper Secondary School is a public secondary school located in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada . Opened in 1959, the school is named in honour of Sir Charles Tupper , Canada's 6th prime minister. Originally serving only grades 7, 8 and 9,
76-591: Is known for its outstanding athletic achievements. In 2009-2010, the school's Wrestling, Bantam Boys Basketball, Bantam Boys Volleyball team, and most notably the Senior Boys Basketball (who ended Kitsilano Secondary school's 8 year streak) were Vancouver City Champions for the VSSAA (Vancouver Secondary Schools' Athletic Association) League. There have been many notable accomplishments at the provincial level, as well as various past successes in sports over
95-869: The Northwest Territory . During the Northwest Indian War in 1789, he was appointed major in the militia with command of the Campus Martius fortification during the war. He was a founding member of the Society of the Cincinnati , and an original member of the American Union Lodge No. 1 of Freemasons at Marietta along with others including Rufus Putnam, Benjamin Tupper, and William Stacy . Anselm Tupper
114-509: The Ohio and Muskingum rivers to establish Marietta, Ohio as the first permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory . Anselm's parents, Benjamin and Huldah, arrived several months later. Anselm Tupper was a notable member of the pioneer settlement of Marietta, and a favorite in society. In September 1788, he served as a juror on the Grand Jury of the first civil court in
133-719: The Ohio Company of Associates . During that year, Anselm joined his father in a survey of the Seven Ranges in the Ohio Country . Anslem became a shareholder of the Ohio Company of Associates, and was engaged as a surveyor with the company. Subsequently, on April 7, 1788, Anselm Tupper and a group of American pioneers to the Northwest Territory , led by Rufus Putnam, arrived at the confluence of
152-579: The American television series Dream On Tommy Tupper, from the British television series The Benny Hill Show Tupper the Bulldog , mascot of Bryant University Tupper, a meth dealer from the 2011 film The Green Hornet Geography [ edit ] Tupper Lake (New York) Tupper Creek , West Virginia Other uses [ edit ] CCGS Tupper Tupper baronets ,
171-1144: The British Benjamin Tupper (1738–1792), Continental Army officer, and pioneer to the Ohio Country Charles Tupper (1821–1915), Prime Minister of Canada Charles Hibbert Tupper (1855–1927), Solicitor General and Minister of Justice of Canada, son of the Canadian prime minister Charles F. Tupper (1852–1929), American lawyer and politician Charles H. P. Tupper (1887–1950), Canadian politician, MLA for British Columbia Charles Tupper Jr. (born 1942), American politician Clarrie Tupper (1908-1985), Australian rugby league footballer Earl Tupper (1907–1983), American businessman, inventor of Tupperware Edward Tupper (1871 or 1872–1942), British Trade unionist Ferdinand Brock Tupper (1795–1874), British historian Frances Tupper (1826–1912), wife of Charles Tupper Henry Martin Tupper (1831–1893), American Baptist minister and founder of Shaw University Jeff Tupper,
190-631: The Mississippi State Troops William Tupper (born 1933), Canadian politician William Johnston Tupper (1862–1947), Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba, son of the Canadian prime minister Fictional characters [ edit ] Alf Tupper , comic strip character Amos Tupper , sheriff on the American television series Murder, She Wrote George Tupper , in P.G. Wodehouse's stories Hannah Tupper, in The Witch of Blackbird Pond Martin Tupper, from
209-516: The creator of Tupper's self-referential formula Loretta Clemens Tupper (1906-1990), American singer, pianist, vaudevillian and radio actress Martin Farquhar Tupper (1810–1889), English poet and novelist Reginald Tupper (1859–1945), British Royal Navy admiral Stanley R. Tupper (1921–2006), American politician and lawyer Tullius Cicero Tupper (1809–1866), American lawyer, newspaper publisher and Civil War major general of
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247-409: The opportunity to gain experience in the trades, while working towards a full time apprenticeship. Working on a Day 1 / Day 2 rotation, students rotate each day between "hands on" education and academic classes. Many students are cross enrolled within other schools in the district, spending one day at Tupper, while returning to their home school for academic classes. Sir Charles Tupper Secondary School
266-430: The school celebrated its 50th anniversary, with hosts Friends of Tupper Fund. Established in 2000, Tupper's Mini School Program seeks academically motivated students looking for a challenge in the learning environment. Mini students attend enriched academic courses, however classes such as Physical Education and various electives are spent with the main school body. Tupper Tech provides career focused grade 12 students
285-568: The school grew to include grades 10, 11 and 12 by 1965. On November 28, 2003, a 17-year-old student named Mao Jomar Lanot was beaten to death on the school grounds. A former student was later convicted and sentenced to 7 years in prison for his role in the attack. In the years since the killing, the culture of the school has changed dramatically, with students and staff embracing a new school code of conduct ROARS which advocates Respect, Ownership, Attitude, Responsibility, and Safety. Today Tupper serves grades 8 through 12. On September 29, 2009,
304-512: Was already major. As described in Chaffin's History of the Town of Easton, Massachusetts , It is interesting to think of this Revolutionary soldier, not yet twelve years old , engaging in all the toil, hardship, and peril of war, and never flinching until his country's independence was achieved. In 1779, Tupper was appointed adjutant of Colonel Ebenezer Sproat 's (aka Sprout) regiment . He
323-475: Was appointed ensign during 1779 or 1780. He was subsequently promoted to the rank of lieutenant and adjutant in the 11th Massachusetts Regiment on September 1, 1780, before his seventeenth birthday. He then served in the 10th Massachusetts Regiment during 1781 and 1782, the 6th Massachusetts Regiment during the first half of 1783, and the 2nd Massachusetts Regiment from June until November 3, 1783. In 1786, Rufus Putnam and Benjamin Tupper founded
342-811: Was born in Easton, Massachusetts on October 11, 1763, and grew up to the age of eleven in Chesterfield in western Massachusetts. His childhood was brief, as he enlisted in May 1775 at the young age of eleven, shortly after the Battles of Lexington and Concord , likely being one of the younger soldiers in the fight for independence. Anselm joined Captain Robert West's Chesterfield company, assigned to Colonel John Fellows' regiment (17th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment ), in which Anselm's father, Benjamin Tupper,
361-626: Was the second officer of the vessel Orlando , built at Marietta in 1803; he sailed with the Orlando from Marietta down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, across the Atlantic, and through the Mediterranean and Adriatic seas to Trieste . He then returned home to Marietta. He was the first school teacher in Marietta and the Northwest Territory, was a classical scholar, and was also a poet. Anselm Tupper died on December 25, 1808. He
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