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Mary Catherine UNDERWOOD

Mary Catherine UNDERWOOD

Female 1866 - 1931  (64 years)

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  • Name Mary Catherine UNDERWOOD 
    Born 10 Jun 1866  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birth date given in death record as Jun 16 1868, and date on headstone is 1867. But she was age 4 in the 1870 Census, and her birth record indicates Jun 10 1866.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1870, 1880  McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 26 Mar 1931  Industrial, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Buried Smith Chapel Cemetery, Buffalo Calf Rd, Salem, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5] 
    Person ID I41988  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 2 Oct 2022 

    Father James C. UNDERWOOD,   b. 2 May 1821,   d. 14 Feb 1895  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Rachel Samantha ASH,   b. 6 Nov 1824,   d. 18 Feb 1890  (Age 65 years) 
    Family ID F16897  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Benjamin F. SWIGER,   b. 15 Jan 1855, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Mar 1932, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 25 May 1884  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Divorced Y  [7] 
    Children 
     1. Dessie E. SWIGER,   b. 28 Apr 1885, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jan 1913, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years)
    Documents
    66735_BFSwiger_MaryCUnderwood_MarriageLicense_24May1884.jpg    		66735_BFSwiger_MaryCUnderwood_MarriageLicense_24May1884.jpg
    Family ID F28028  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Lewis Townsend HUFFORD,   b. 12 Apr 1869, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 May 1939, McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 6 Dec 1898  Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Greenbrier District), enumerated on Apr 15 1930:
      Lew T. Hufford, 60, farmer, age 30 at time of first marriage; wife Mary C. Hufford, 63, age 32 at first marriage; dau Snowy B. Seckman, 24, age 17 at first marriage; son-in-law Glenn Seckman, 28, machinist at steel mill, age 21 first marriage; grandson Arthur R. Seckman, 5; grand-dau Glenda Seckman, 3y 7m; grand-dau Edna, 1y 4m.
    Children 
     1. Icie L. HUFFORD,   b. 1900,   d. 1914, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 14 years)
     2. James S. HUFFORD,   b. 27 Jul 1901,   d. 3 Aug 1901  (Age 0 years)
     3. Clara O. HUFFORD,   b. 19 Jan 1903,   d. 13 Jul 1903  (Age 0 years)
    +4. Snowie Beatrice HUFFORD,   b. 13 Sep 1905, Industrial, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Mar 1992, Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    Documents
    41991_LewisTHufford_MaryCUnderwoodSwiger_MarriageRecord_6Dec1898.jpg    		41991_LewisTHufford_MaryCUnderwoodSwiger_MarriageRecord_6Dec1898.jpg
    Family ID F16898  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    41988_HUFFORD_MaryCatherineUnderwood_1868-1931_DeathCertificate.jpg    		41988_HUFFORD_MaryCatherineUnderwood_1868-1931_DeathCertificate.jpg
    66735_BFSwiger_MaryCUnderwood_MarriageLicense_24May1884.jpg    		66735_BFSwiger_MaryCUnderwood_MarriageLicense_24May1884.jpg
    41991_LewisTHufford_MaryCUnderwoodSwiger_MarriageRecord_6Dec1898.jpg    		41991_LewisTHufford_MaryCUnderwoodSwiger_MarriageRecord_6Dec1898.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S2286] 1870 Census, Tyler County, WV.

    3. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    4. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    5. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    6. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV.
      Identified as B. F. Swiger, 28, b. & res. in Harrison Co; and Mary C. Underwood, 18, b. & res. in Tyler Co. Marriage license issued May 24 1884, married on May 25 1884. Informants for marriage license: "B. F. Swiger & J. C. Underwood by J. M. Underwood of Harrison & Tyler Counties."

    7. [S1620] Death record of husband.

    8. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, MR p. 326.
      Identified as Lewis T. Hufford, 27, b. & res. in Doddride Co; and Mary C. Swiger, 30, b. & res. in Tyler Co. Married Dec 6 1898 "at her home on Jefferson near Wilbur W. Va."