Samuel UNDERWOOD

1791 - 1865  (73 years)

• Name	Samuel UNDERWOOD
  Born	27 Dec 1791	Delaware   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850, 1860	Tyler Co, (W)VA
  Died	18 Jun 1865	Tyler Co, WV   [1]
  Buried	Underwood Cemetery, Rt 23, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV
  Person ID	I78775	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2016

  
  

  Father	Samuel UNDERWOOD,   b. 26 Jul 1767, New Castle, New Castle Co, DE ,   d. 22 Jun 1836, Tyler Co, (W)VA  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth BACKHOUSE,   b. 1779, Delaware ,   d. 1855, Tyler Co, (W)VA  (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F47941	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret GEORGE,   b. 22 Sep 1803, Tyler Co, (W)VA ,   d. 1 Oct 1871, Tyler Co, WV  (Age 68 years)
  Married	30 Oct 1819	Tyler Co, (W)VA   [2]
  Notes	Samuel Underwood's property in Tyler County was among those surveyed for Oberlin College by abolitionist John Brown in the early 1840s. At that time, John Brown made his headquarters at the home of Squire William Underwood at Ripley Mills, now Alma in Tyler County, West Virginia. [Source: "John Brown and the Oberlin Lands" by Boyd Stutler, http://www.wvculture.org/history/journal_wvh/wvh12-3.html ] 1850 Census, Tyler Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 1 1850: Samuel Underwood, 57, b. Delaware, farmer, value of real estate $3000; Margaret, 47, b. Virginia, cannot read or write; Jonathan, 26; Daniel, 20; David, 18; Isaiah, 16; Hyram, 14; Ruth, 12; Mary, 8. 1860 Census, Tyler Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 7 1860: Samuel Underwood, 67, farmer, value of real estate $9100, value of personal estate $1264; Margaret, 56; David, 28; Mary, 18; Martin Carder, 17, farm hand; William L. Kinney, 10. [3]
  Children	+ 1. Solomon UNDERWOOD,   b. 24 Dec 1820, Tyler Co, (W)VA ,   d. 24 Jun 1893, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV  (Age 72 years) + 2. Jonathan "Jack" UNDERWOOD,   b. 21 Aug 1822, Tyler Co, (W)VA ,   d. 10 Jan 1863, Tyler Co, (W)VA  (Age 40 years) + 3. Isaac UNDERWOOD,   b. 24 Mar 1824, Tyler Co, (W)VA ,   d. 19 Jun 1888, Tyler Co, WV  (Age 64 years) + 4. John Grant UNDERWOOD,   b. 18 Feb 1829, Virginia ,   d. 12 Dec 1902, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV  (Age 73 years) + 5. Daniel UNDERWOOD,   b. 2 Feb 1830, Tyler Co, (W)VA ,   d. 18 Aug 1858, Tyler Co, (W)VA  (Age 28 years) + 6. David UNDERWOOD,   b. 4 Feb 1832,   d. 4 Nov 1906, Tyler Co, WV  (Age 74 years)   7. Isaiah UNDERWOOD,   b. 10 Apr 1834, Tyler Co, (W)VA ,   d. 22 May 1895  (Age 61 years) + 8. Hiram UNDERWOOD,   b. 29 Feb 1836,   d. 3 Jan 1926  (Age 89 years) + 9. Ruth Ann UNDERWOOD,   b. 15 Jan 1838, Tyler Co, (W)VA ,   d. 27 May 1916, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV  (Age 78 years)   10. Mary UNDERWOOD,   b. CA 1842, Tyler Co, (W)VA ,   d. 26 Aug 1873, Tyler Co, WV  (Age ~ 31 years)
  Family ID	F33705	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

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• Sources

  [S934] Findagrave.com. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. [S1567] Marriage record of son.