Jul-28-2018
Husband: Samuel A. Underwood
Born: Jul-31-1823 1 Died: Mar-26-1880 1 (see note 1) Buried: in Underwood Cemetery #2, Whitetail Lane, near Alma, Tyler Co, WV 2,3 Census: 1870, 1880 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Father: William S. Underwood (1780 - 1866) Mother: Mary Hannah Willis (1780 - 1869)
Wife: Mary Weekley 4 Married: Jul-27-1844 2
Born: ca 1825 5 Census: 1870, 1880 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Father: Mother:
M Child 1: Ellis Underwood Born: ca 1845 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 6 Census: 1870 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Resided: 1865 in Tyler Co, WV 6 Wife: Sarah Jane Ash b. ca 1847 Married: Dec-21-1865 in Doddridge Co, WV 7
M Child 2: Oliver Underwood Born: Apr-25-1848 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 1,8 (see note 2) Died: Aug- 8-1910 in Tyler Co, WV 9,1 Buried: in Wilbur Cemetery, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 3 Census: 1910 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Census: 1900 in Lincoln District, Tyler Co, WV Census: 1870, 1880 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Resided: 1866 in Tyler Co, WV 8 Wife: Sarah Dye b. Dec-15-1846 d. Apr-29-1938 Married: Jun-21-1866 in Tyler Co, WV 10
M Child 3: Silas Underwood Born: Oct-11-1851 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 11,12,13 Died: Jan-23-1931 near Alma, Tyler Co, WV 12,13 Buried: in Beechwood Cemetery (Mt Moriah Church), Centerville, Tyler Co, WV 3 Census: 1910, 1920, 1930 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Census: 1900 in Ellsworth District, Tyler Co, WV Census: 1880 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Occupation: farmer 12,14,11 Occupation: 1870, 1871 shoemaker 15 Wife: Katharine Ankrom b. ca 1849 d. Jan-11-1871 Married: Oct-27-1870 in Tyler Co, WV 15 Wife: Eleanor "Ella" Smith b. Nov- -1851 d. 1942 Also known as: Ellie Smith 15 Married: Oct-19-1871 in Tyler Co, WV 15
M Child 4: Washington Underwood Born: ca 1851 14 Census: 1880 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV
F Child 5: Mary "Polly" Underwood Born: Oct- -1856 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 15,16 Died: Jun- 6-1929 in Tyler Co, WV 3 Buried: in Shirley Cemetery, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV 3 Census: 1900, 1910, 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1877, 1889 in Tyler Co, WV 15 Husband: Eli Cunningham b. ca 1857 Married: Oct-11-1877 in Tyler Co, WV 15 (see note 3) Husband: Perry C. "Pete" Smith b. May- 4-1856 d. Apr-20-1921 Married: May- 2-1889 Husband: Jesse Underwood b. Jul-31-1854 d. Dec-31-1930
Sources: (1) Headstone. (2) Gary Patterson, Tyler County West Virginia Cemeteries (website), http://myplace.frontier.com/~garyepatterson/cemidx.htm. (3) Findagrave.com. (4) Marriage record of son. (5) 1870 Census, Tyler County, WV. (6) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (7) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Ellis Underwood, 20, of Tyler Co, son of Samuel A. & Mary; and Sarah Jane Ash, 18, of Doddridge Co, dau of Adam & Hannah. Married Dec 21 1865. (8) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, MR p. 17, Line 41 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12038169&Type=Marriage. (9) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (10) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, Identified as Oliver Underwood, 20, b. & res. in Tyler Co, son of Samuel A. & Mary Underwood; and Sarah Dye, 19, b. Greene Co Pa., res. Tyler Co, dau of Samuel & Elizabeth Dye. Married Jun 21 1866 in Tyler County, officiated by F. J. Ashburn. NOTE: Wife's obituary states marriage date as Jun 22 1866. MR p. 17, Line 41 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12038169&Type=Marriage. (11) 1900 Census, Tyler County, WV. (12) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (13) Headstone (year only) (14) 1880 Census, Tyler County, WV. (15) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. (16) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) Event Notes Note (1) He appeared with his wife and son Washington in the 1880 Census of Tyler County, enumerated on Jun 24/25 1880. Note (2) Birth date given in 1900 Census as March 1848. But the date on his headstone is April 25 1848. Age 62y 3m 13d in his death record calculates to a birth date of Apr 26 1848. Note (3) Informant for marriage license: Washington Underwood of Tyler County.Name Index