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Asa UNDERWOOD

Asa UNDERWOOD

Male 1861 - 1932  (70 years)

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  • Name Asa UNDERWOOD 
    Born 7 May 1861  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1900  [3] 
    teamster 
    Occupation 1910  [4] 
    farmer 
    Census 1900, 1910, 1920  McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1920  [5] 
    head sawyer at sawmill 
    Census 1930  Shirley, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1930  [6] 
    farmer 
    Died 19 Apr 1932  Shirley, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Buried Shirley Cemetery, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Person ID I113414  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 20 Apr 2017 

    Father John Grant UNDERWOOD,   b. 18 Feb 1829, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Dec 1902, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Mary Ellen HARRIS,   b. 3 Oct 1830,   d. 28 Mar 1888, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Family ID F47932  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ellen NOWERY,   b. 15 May 1859, Mason Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jan 1942, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married CA 1888  [3] 
    Count of Children 0   [4] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Tyler Co, WV (McElroy District), enumerated in June 1900:
      Asa Underwood, 38, b. May 1862, teamster, married 12 yrs; wife Ellen Underwood, 41, b. Apr 1859, married 12 yrs, no children; adopted daughter Ethel Straight, 11, b. Feb 1889. (Note: Asa Underwood was an informant for Ethel's marriage license in 1908.)

      1910 Census, Tyler Co, WV (McElroy District), enumerated on Apr 21 1910:
      Asa Underwood, 48, farmer, married 21 yrs; wife Ellen, 48, married 21 yrs, no children.

      1920 Census, Tyler Co, WV (McElroy District), enumerated on Feb 9 1920:
      Asa Underwood, 58, head sawyer at sawmill; wife Ellen, 60.

      1930 Census, Tyler Co, WV (McElroy District), enumerated on Apr 10 1930 at Shirley Schoolhouse Hill:
      Asa Underwood, 68, b. WVa (both parents b. WVa), farmer; wife Ellen, 70, b. WVa (both parents b. Pa.)

      1940 Census, Tyler Co, WV (McElroy District, Town of Shirley), enumerated on Apr 24 1940 at St Hwy 55 - Schoolhouse Hill:
      Ellen Underwood, 80, widowed, 1935 residence in same house; foster son Sheral Seckman, 30, married, occupation house painter, 1935 residence in same house; foster dau-in-law Lola Seckman, 26, 1935 residence in rural Doddridge County; foster step-grandson David Doak, 2.
    Children 
    +1. Ethel O. STRAIGHT,   b. Feb 1889, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 May 1913, Meade District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 24 years)  [Adopted]
    Family ID F48002  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

    2. [S2126] 1880 Census, Tyler County, WV.

    3. [S2136] 1900 Census, Tyler County, WV.

    4. [S2234] 1910 Census, Tyler County, WV.

    5. [S2090] 1920 Census, Tyler County, WV.

    6. [S2097] 1930 Census, Tyler County, WV.

    7. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    8. [S934] Findagrave.com.