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John Doss UNDERWOOD

John Doss UNDERWOOD

Male 1848 - 1922  (73 years)


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  • Name John Doss UNDERWOOD
    Birth 18 Dec 1848  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [3] 
    Death 29 Aug 1922 
    Burial Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I84205  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 4 Sep 2024

    Father Joseph UNDERWOOD,   b. 8 Apr 1825   d. 18 Aug 1903 (Age 78 years)
    Mother Cassie Emaline LYONS,   b. 23 Feb 1826   d. 14 Nov 1908, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Family ID F22998  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Malinda Jane MORGAN,   b. 29 Oct 1854, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Nov 1936, Wyatt, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Marriage 5 Dec 1872  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
    +1. Martha Jane UNDERWOOD,   b. Oct 1874, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Apr 1955, New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 80 years)
    +2. Laura Victoria UNDERWOOD,   b. 6 Jun 1876, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Feb 1955, Tecumseh, Pottawatomie Co, OK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     3. Minda M. UNDERWOOD,   b. CA 1879, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    >4. Ida Blaine UNDERWOOD,   b. 31 Oct 1883, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Feb 1962, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    >5. A. B. "Ott" UNDERWOOD,   b. CA 1889, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    >6. John Bee UNDERWOOD,   b. CA 1892, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F38786  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

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

    3. [S2011] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    4. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    5. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 192 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791332&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as John D. Underwood, 23, b. Tyler Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Joseph & Cassa E. Underwood; and Melinda Morgan, 19, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of Levi & Elizabeth Morgan. Married Dec 5 1872 in Doddridge County. (Note: Wife's name is spelled Melinda in her marriage record and Malinda on her headstone and in her daughter's death record. But she was identified as Belinda Morgan in the 1860 and 1870 Census.)