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Harley UNDERWOOD

Harley UNDERWOOD

Male 1894 - 1919  (24 years)

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  • Name Harley UNDERWOOD 
    Born 25 Feb 1894  Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Military PVT, Co "I", 320th Inf Regt, 80th Div, US Army, World War I  [5, 6] 
    Census 1900  Lincoln District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1917  [1] 
    laborer for Hope Gas Co. 
    Residence 1917, 1918  Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6] 
    Died 18 Feb 1919  Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 7] 
    Cause: fever 
    • Although his civilian headstone, which is inscribed with his military information, indicates his place of death as France, his Tyler County death record states that he died in Wilbur, cause of death fever, occupation soldier. Military records do show that he departed for overseas duty on 24 May 1918 aboard the US Army transport ship Mercury, sailing from Newport News, Virginia..
    Buried Wilbur Cemetery, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Person ID I95321  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 17 Jan 2022 

    Father Robert Bruce UNDERWOOD,   b. 9 Sep 1859, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1936, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Amanda Jane "Jennie" WEEKLEY,   b. 17 Sep 1865, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1922, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Family ID F41195  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1875] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).

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

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

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

    5. [S5] Headstone.

    6. [S214] U.S. Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    7. [S2294] Tyler County Death Records, Middlebourne, WV, DR p. 203, Line 10 : https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5074860&Type=Death.

    8. [S934] Findagrave.com.