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Orpha UNDERWOOD

Orpha UNDERWOOD

Female 1881 - 1972  (91 years)


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  • Name Orpha UNDERWOOD
    Birth 16 Apr 1881  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1900, 1920  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1943  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Death 14 Jul 1972  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    • Death record specifies no middle name or initial. Parents identified as Elias Underwood & Sarah Yeater.
    Burial Keys Cemetery, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    Person ID I15801  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 22 Dec 2012

    Father Elias UNDERWOOD,   b. 30 Nov 1853, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Feb 1911 (Age 57 years)
    Mother Sarah Nancy YEATER,   b. 20 Mar 1860   d. 29 Jun 1906 (Age 46 years)
    Family ID F34367  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Salathiel Reason GAIN,   b. 25 Feb 1866, Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Mar 1943, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [6]
    Marriage 12 Apr 1906  Doak (Big Flint), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7] 
    Notes 
    • Salathiel Gain and Orpha Underwood raised a foster child, Harold Paul "Sam" Williams (Mar 10 1920 - Jan 6 2008), son of Clarence and Ada (Hall) Williams, per Harold's obituary.
    Children 
    +1. Rex C. GAIN,   b. 21 Apr 1907, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jul 1989 (Age 82 years)
    +2. Mabel Vesta GAIN,   b. 30 Oct 1908, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jul 2002, Vienna, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)
    +3. Stanley Dale GAIN,   b. 5 Jun 1912, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jan 2013, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 100 years)
    +4. Gerald Eugene "Jerry" GAIN,   b. 23 Nov 1917   d. 1 Dec 1995 (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F5639  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 7, p. 388.

    2. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 6, p. 63.

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    4. [S1620] Death record of husband.

    5. [S2550] Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    6. [S1362] Obituary of wife's father.

    7. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).