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 2 Notes 3
Wife: Matha Morgan 6 Married: Nov- 4-1927 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 7,8
Born: Feb-12-1908 in Doddridge Co, WV 2,9 Died: Nov- 4-1984 10,9 Buried: in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 10 Resided: 1957 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 11 Census: 1930 in Clay Co, WV Father: Charles Russell Morgan (1880 - 1958) Mother: Shirley Blanche Swiger (1890 - 1969) Other spouse 2
F Child 1: Imogene Underwood Born: ca 1928 5 Resided: 2005 in California 12 Census: 1930 in Clay Co, WV Husband: ___ Bickwith
M Child 2: Drexel Underwood Born: 1930 5 Census: 1930 in Clay Co, WV
M Child 3: Arloff V. Underwood 12 Born: May-12-1932 13 Died: Jun- -1988 13 Resided: in San Francisco, CA 13 (see note 2) Military: enlisted July 1949 Chief Sonarman, U.S. Navy, U.S.S. Albacore (career) 11 Education: Doddridge Co H.S. (1949) 11
M Child 4: Living
F Child 5: Living Husband: Living
F Child 6: Living Husband: Living
F Child 7: Erma Joann Underwood Also known as: Joann 3 Born: Apr-22-1941 in Doddridge Co, WV 13,2 Died: Sep- 7-2005 in Sistersville, Tyler Co, WV 3,13 Buried: at Shirley, Tyler Co, WV 3 Resided: in Reader, Wetzel Co, WV 3 Resided: in Sistersville, Tyler Co, WV 13 Resided: 1956 in Doddridge Co, WV 2 Husband: Larry Dale Swiger b. Feb-20-1939 d. Apr-25-2014 Married: Sep-21-1956 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 2
M Child 8: Gary Lee Underwood 14 Born: Jun-16-1944 in Doddridge Co, WV 15 Died: Aug-24-1944 in Doddridge Co, WV 15 Buried: in Shirley Cemetery, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV 15
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 husband. (7) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Artsel Underwood, 21, b. Doddridge Co; and Matha Morgan, 21, b. Doddridge Co. Married Nov 4 1927 at West Union. MR B. 12, p. 111. (8) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (9) Headstone (year only) (10) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. III, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (11) West Union Herald, 10/24/1957. (12) Obituary of sister. (13) Social Security Death Index. (14) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (15) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 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) Social Security card issued in Ohio before 1951.




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