Alexander Wilson Upshaw (c1826 – 11 Feb 1883) was the son of Richard Upshaw (c1780 – 1834/1850) and Rebecca Elder (1800/1805 – after 1862). He married on 10 June 1847 in Alabama to Zilleann Frances Barron (7 Nov 1824 – 1890s), the daughter of Henry Barron (4 Aug 1803 – 7 Apr 1870) and Sarah Callaway (12 Jan 1802 – 28 June 1863). Wilson Upshaw moved with the Barrons from Tallapoosa County Alabama to the Camp Creek Community south of Spearsville in February 1852. Wilson and Frances raised their family near Corney Bayou. He joined Company I, 31st Regiment Louisiana Infantry in the spring of 1863, serving with Frances' brothers at Vicksburg. He was a Primitive Baptist, and joined the New Hope Primitive Baptist Church at Spearsville in 1856. By the 1870s, he served the church as a deacon.