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Mary Ann UNDERWOOD

Mary Ann UNDERWOOD

Female 1857 - 1909  (52 years)

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  • Name Mary Ann UNDERWOOD 
    Born 1857  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Although birth records show a birth date of Oct 18 1856, it is shown as Feb 1857 in the 1900 Census, while age 51y 10m 14d in her death record calculates to a birth date of Dec 25 1857. She was age 2 in the 1860 Census, and age 17 in her 1875 marriage record, both of which would put her birth in about 1858. Her headstone has only the year 1857.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1875  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1880, 1900  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 8 Nov 1909  Smithfield, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Buried Mt. Zion (aka Morgan) Cemetery, head of Franks Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Person ID I94940  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 Nov 2015 

    Father Daniel UNDERWOOD,   b. 2 Feb 1830, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Aug 1858, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years) 
    Mother Harriet GAPEN,   b. 30 Jul 1835,   d. 14 May 1921  (Age 85 years) 
    Family ID F41036  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Jesse ALLEN,   b. CA 1849, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Feb 1879  (Age ~ 30 years) 
    Married 11 Nov 1875  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Children 
     1. Armatha ALLEN,   b. CA 1877
    Family ID F41033  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Charles Wesley EDGELL,   b. 13 Aug 1856,   d. 7 Nov 1939, New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 27 Feb 1879  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 8] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated in June 1880:
      Charles W. Edgell, 23, farmer; wife Mary Edgell, 21; son John W. Edgell, 4; stepdau Armatha Allen, 3; dau Birtha Edgell, 5 months.
    Children 
     1. Bertha EDGELL,   b. CA 1880
     2. Mercer EDGELL,   b. CA 1882, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Homer Maxwell EDGELL,   b. Jun 1886,   d. 27 Mar 1956, New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 69 years)
     4. Lora EDGELL,   b. 3 Sep 1891,   d. 1 Mar 1892  (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F41032  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    2. [S2010] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

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

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

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

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    7. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 208, line 51 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792239&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Jesse Allen, 26, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co, son of Pindel & Mariah Allen, occupation merchant; and Mary Underwood, 17, b. Tyler Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Daniel & Harriet Underwood. Marrid Nov 11 1875 in Doddridge County.

    8. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 127 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=255235&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Charles W. Edgell, widowed, 22, b. Wetzel Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Jas. & Mary Edgell, farmer; and Mary Allen, widowed, 21, b. Tyler Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of Saml (sic) & Harriett Underwood. Married Feb 27 1879 in Harrison County, officiated by William N. Edgell.
      (NOTE: Basis for wife's father being identified as Samuel Underwood is assumed to be a clerical error. Mary's mother is known to be Harriet Gapen, whose husband was Daniel Underwood, son of Samuel Underwood.)