Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John D. Underwood    
                Born: Dec-18-1848          in Tyler Co, (W)VA  1,2
                Died: Aug-29-1922           
              Buried:                      in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV  3
              Census: 1870                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Joseph Underwood   (1824 - 1903) 
              Mother: Cassie Emaline Lyons   (1825 - 1908) 
                Wife: Malinda Jane Morgan     
       Also known as: Melinda Morgan 2
             Married: Dec- 5-1872          in Doddridge Co, WV  4
                Born: Oct-29-1854          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  1,2
                Died: Nov-25-1936          in Wyatt, Harrison Co, WV  3
              Buried:                      in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV  3
              Census: 1870                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Levi Morgan   (1828 - 1910) 
              Mother: Elizabeth Jane "Betty" Morgan   (1828 - 1900) 
           F Child 1: Martha Jane Underwood      
                Born: Oct-  -1874          in Doddridge Co, WV  5,2 (see note 1)
                Died: Apr-17-1955          in New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV  6
              Buried:                      in Lowe Cemetery, Co Rd 20/12, Carbide, Wetzel Co, WV  6
             Resided:                      in Hastings, Wetzel Co, WV  6
              Census: 1910                 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV   (see note 2)
             Husband: Henry M. Phillips  b. May-  -1875  
             Married: Aug- 7-1893          in Doddridge Co, WV  2
           M Child 2: John Bee Underwood      
                Born: ca 1892              in Doddridge Co, WV  7
             Resided: 1913                 in Dale, Tyler Co, WV  7
                Wife: Phoebe A. Ashcraft  b. ca 1895  
             Married: Apr-23-1913          in Harrison Co, WV  7

Sources:
(1) Headstone. 
(2) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(3) Findagrave.com. 
(4) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as John D. Underwood, 23, b. Tyler Co, res. Doddridge Co, 
son of Joseph & Cassa E. Underwood; and Melinda Morgan, 19, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of Levi & Elizabeth Morgan.  
Married Dec 5 1872 in Doddridge County.  (Note:  Wife's name is spelled Melinda in her marriage record and Malinda on 
her headstone and in her daughter's death record.  But she was identified as Belinda Morgan in the 1860 and 1870 
Census.), MR p. 192 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791332&Type=Marriage. 
(5) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) 
(6) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(7) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in Apr 1955 death record as Oct 18 1870, age 84.  But she
was age 6 in the 1880 Census, age 18 in her Aug 1893 marriage record, and the
1900 Census gives her birth date as Oct 1874, age 25.  Informant on her death
record was Ora Phillips.
Note (2) Listed as granddaughter Martha Underwood, 6, in household of Levi & Elizabeth
Morgan.  Neither of her parents was present.







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