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Artsel Merriwell "Abe" UNDERWOOD

Artsel Merriwell "Abe" UNDERWOOD

Male 1907 - 1986  (79 years)


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  • Name Artsel Merriwell "Abe" UNDERWOOD  [1]
    Birth 22 Feb 1907  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • While his obituary and SSDI entry state that he was born Feb 23 1907 in West Union (Doddridge County), the record of his marriage to Goldie Ross in 1956 states his birth as Feb 22 1908 in Tyler County, WV.
    Gender Male
    Census 1920  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Clay Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1930  [3] 
    teamster in oil fields 
    Census 1940  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation driller  [4] 
    Occupation 1940  [5] 
    jack hammer operator for WPA road crew 
    Residence West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 1956  Ripley, Jackson Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Death 8 May 1986  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Burial Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • Survived by his wife, the former Goldie Ross; his stepmother, Garnet Gray Underwood DeLauder, Philippi; three daughters, Mrs. Imogene Beckwith, Sunnyville, CA, Mrs. Garner (Delores) Kelley, and Mrs. James (Betty) Carroll, both of Weirton; two sons, Charles D. Underwood, Clinton, OH, and Arloff Underwood, San Francisco, CA; two brothers, Forest F. Underwood, Huntington, and Col. Ora V. "Ted" Underwood, Bristol; three half-sisters, Barbara Anderson, Follansbee, Connie Blake, Burnsville, and Charlotte Sue Markley, Belington; one half-brother, Lee Underwood, Burnsville; one foster sister, Mrs. Darrell (Patty) Yater, Oklahoma; two stepdaughters, Sherry Dickson, Madison, TN, and Darlene Smarr, West Union; 7 grand, 12 great-grand, 6 step-grand, and 2 step-great-great-granddaughters. He was predeceased by his first wife, Matha Morgan, one sister, two brothers, and one half-brother.
    Person ID I16938  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 27 Jun 2024

    Father Ora Delbert UNDERWOOD,   b. Dec 1885   d. 19 Oct 1959, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 73 years)
    Mother Bessie BAKER,   b. 1888, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1940 (Age 52 years)
    Family ID F6444  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Matha MORGAN,   b. 12 Feb 1908, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Nov 1984 (Age 76 years)  [7]
    Marriage 4 Nov 1927  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    Children 
    >1. Imogene UNDERWOOD,   b. 9 Feb 1928, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Feb 2016, San Jose, Santa Clara Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    >2. Charles Drexel "Deck" UNDERWOOD,   b. 24 Feb 1930, Wallback, Clay Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 2022 (Age 92 years)
    >3. Arloff Vance UNDERWOOD,   b. 12 May 1932, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1988, San Francisco, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
    >4. Deloris Jean UNDERWOOD,   b. 14 Oct 1936, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Aug 2024, Weirton, Hancock Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    >5. Betty Lou UNDERWOOD,   b. CA 1939, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +6. Erma Joann UNDERWOOD,   b. 22 Apr 1941, Elk Lick, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Sep 2005, Sistersville, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     7. Gary Lee UNDERWOOD,   b. 16 Jun 1944, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Aug 1944, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F6445  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Goldie Jane ROSS,   b. 17 May 1921   d. 22 Aug 2004 (Age 83 years)  [7, 10]
    Marriage 29 Sep 1956  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Family ID F6128  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S692] Obituary of wife.

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    3. [S2241] 1930 Census, Clay County, WV.

    4. [S14] Obituary.

    5. [S2646] 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    6. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).

    7. [S110] Obituary of husband.

    8. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR B. 12, p. 111.
      Identified as Artsel Underwood, 21, b. Doddridge Co; and Matha Morgan, 21, b. Doddridge Co. Married Nov 4 1927 at West Union.

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

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

    11. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 17, p. 227.
      Identified as Artsel Underwood, b. Feb 22 1908 in Tyler Co, resident of Ripley WV, son of O. D. & Bessie Underwood; and Goldie Ross, b. May 17 1921 at Blandville, res. West Union, dau of Frank & Hazel Ross. Married Sep 29 1956 at West Union Baptist Parsonage by Joseph L. Mollohan, a Minister of the Gospel. A handwritten notation in pencil at the top of the marriage record reads: "Do not Publish."