Jul-28-2018                   

Husband: Jonathan "Jack" Underwood
Born: Aug-21-1822 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 1,2 Died: Jan-10-1863 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 1 Buried: in Underwood Cemetery, Rt 23, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV 1 Census: 1850, 1860 in Tyler Co, (W)VA Father: Samuel Underwood (1791 - 1865) Mother: Margaret George (1803 - 1871)
Wife: Nancy Gapen Married: 1851 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 3
Born: Feb-10-1829 1 (see note 1) Died: Oct- 3-1910 in Tyler Co, WV 1 Buried: in Underwood Cemetery, Rt 23, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV 1 Census: 1880 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Tyler Co, (W)VA Father: John Gapen (1809 - 1865) Mother: Matilda Garlow (1810 - 1888) Other spouse 2
M Child 1: Elias Underwood Born: Nov-30-1853 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 4,5 Died: Feb-19-1911 Census: 1910 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1904, 1907 at Doak, Doddridge Co, WV 6 Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1880 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Tyler Co, (W)VA Wife: Sarah Nancy Yeater b. May- -1860 Also known as: Nancy Yeater 7 Married: ca 1876 5 Wife: Nancy J. Harris b. Sep- -1870 Married: Jul-11-1907 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 8
M Child 2: Silas Underwood Born: ca 1856 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 9 Census: 1880 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Census: 1860 in Tyler Co, (W)VA Wife: Anna Cella E. Smith b. 1859 d. Feb-11-1946 Also known as: Ella Smith 10 Married: Apr- 2-1877 in Tyler Co, WV 9
M Child 3: Elisha Underwood Born: ca 1857 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 11 Census: 1860 in Tyler Co, (W)VA Wife: Almira Freeman b. ca 1861 Married: Dec- 3-1881 in Doddridge Co, WV 11
M Child 4: Lemar Grant Underwood Also known as: Lamarr G. Underwood 9 Born: Dec-11-1865 in Shirley, Tyler Co, WV 1,12 Died: Jun- 6-1946 in Parsons, Tucker Co, WV 1,12 Buried: in Shirley Cemetery, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV 1 Wife: Mary Elizabeth Seckman b. Jan- -1866 d. Jun-21-1914 Census name: Mary E. Seckman Married: Sep-15-1889 in Tyler Co, WV 9
Sources: (1) Findagrave.com. (2) 1860 Census, Tyler County, (W)VA. (3) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (4) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (5) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) (6) Marriage record of daughter. (7) Obituary of husband. (8) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Elias Underwood, 53, b. Tyler Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Nancy Harris, 36, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Jul 11 1907 "at Grant Hotel, West Union, W.Va." by John M. Cochran, Minister of Church of Christ. MR p. 40 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11794437&Type=Marriage. (9) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. (10) Obituary of brother. (11) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (12) Headstone. Event Notes Note (1) Age in 1860 Census would put birth in about 1822. Age in death record: 80y 7m 23d.




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