Jul-28-2018                   

Husband: Artsel M. "Abe" Underwood 1
Born: Feb-22-1907 in Tyler Co, WV 2 (see note 1) Died: May- 8-1986 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 3,1 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 4 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 3 Resided: 1956 in Ripley, Jackson Co, WV 2 Census: 1930 in Clay Co, WV Census: 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: driller 3 Occupation: 1930 teamster in oil fields 5 Father: Ora Delbert Underwood (1885 - 1959) Mother: Bessie Baker (1888 - 1940) Other spouse 1 Notes 3
Wife: Goldie Jane Ross 6,7 Married: Sep-29-1956 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 8 Born: May-17-1921 3 Died: Aug-22-2004 3 Buried: in Freeman Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 3 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 9,7,10,11,3 Census: 1930, 1940 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 2) Father: Franklin Edwin Ross (1899 - 1979) Mother: Hazel Martha Cumpston (1899 - 1990) Other spouse 1 Notes 3
Sources: (1) Obituary of wife. (2) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (3) Obituary. (4) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (5) 1930 Census, Clay County, WV. (6) Obituary of wife's father. (7) Obituary of husband. (8) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Artsel Underwood, b. Feb 22 1908 in Tyler Co, resident of Ripley WV, son of O. D. & Bessie Underwood; and Goldie Ross, b. May 17 1921 at Blandville, res. West Union, dau of Frank & Hazel Ross. Married Sep 29 1956 at West Union Baptist Parsonage by Joseph L. Mollohan, a Minister of the Gospel. A handwritten notation in pencil at the top of the marriage record reads: "Do not Publish.", MR Bk 17, p. 227. (9) Obituary of father. (10) Obituary of sister. (11) Obituary of mother. Event Notes Note (1) While his obituary and SSDI entry state that he was born Feb 23 1907 in West Union (Doddridge County), the record of his marriage to Goldie Ross in 1956 states his birth as Feb 22 1908 in Tyler County, WV. Note (2) In 1940, she was also enumerated as a servant at 117 Court St, West Union, in the household of her cousin Jessie Ross Dotson, who was divorced and the mother of two children.




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