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Descendants of Jacob Jennings Underwood

Generation No. 1

1. JACOB JENNINGS⁸ UNDERWOOD (ALEXANDER JOHN "ALEX"⁷, HENRY⁶, SAMUEL⁵, ALEXANDER⁴, SAMUEL 1³, THOMAS², JOHN¹)^1,² was born March 06, 1827 in Marion Co., AL, and died August 06, 1904 in Paluxy, Hood Co., TX. He married MARY EMALINE BULL² 1848 in Bear Creek, Marion Co., or Walker Co., AL, daughter of JOHN BULL and FETNAH BEAN. She was born December 09, 1827 in Bear Creek, Marion Co., AL, and died August 31, 1902 in Paluxy, Hood Co., Texas.

Notes for JACOB JENNINGS UNDERWOOD:
Jacob Jenning and Mary Emaline (Bull) Underwood have a double stone in Brooks Cemetery. There are inscriptions across the top, and beneath each name as follows:

TOP: The sweet remembrance of the just shall flourish when they sleep in dust.

LEFT (over J. J.): Then Peter opened his mouth and said, of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons. But in every nation he that feareth him and worketh righteousness is accepted with him.

RIGHT (over Mary): Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrecction and the life, he that believeth in me though he were dead yet shll (sic) he live.

More About JACOB JENNINGS UNDERWOOD:
Burial: Brooks Cemetery, Paluxy, Hood Co., TX
Census 1: 1860, Age 31 - Bowling P.O., Leon Co., TX, Page 14 ³
Census 2: 1860, Living with J.J. and Mary is "A. Burleson" Female, Age 9, Born in TX.
Census 3: 1870, Age 47 - 1870, Boling P.O., Beat 5, Sheet 36, Leon County, TX ⁴
Census 4: 1880, Age 53 - Precinct 3, Hood Co., TX
Census 5: 1900, Age 74 - lists birth year as 1826, Hood Co., TX
Emigration 1: Bet. 1851 - 1852, AL to Leon Co., TX
Emigration 2: 1870, Leon Co., TX to Hood Co., TX
Military 1: Civil War, Teamster ⁵
Occupation 1: 1860, Farmer ⁶
Occupation 2: 1900, Farmer

More About MARY EMALINE BULL:
Burial: Brooks Cemetery, Paluxy, Hood Co., Texas
Census 1: 1860, Age 31 - Bowling P.O., Leon Co., Texas, Page 14⁶
Census 2: 1870, Age 46 - 1870, Boling P.O., Beat 5, Sheet 36, Leon County, TX ⁷
Census 3: 1880, Hood Co., Texas - Age 52 - Precinct 3, Hood, Texas
Census 4: 1900, Hood Co., Texas - Age 72
Emigration 1: Bet. 1851 - 1852, To Leon Co., Texas
Emigration 2: 1870, To Hood Co., Texas

More About JACOB UNDERWOOD and MARY BULL:
Marriage: 1848, Bear Creek, Marion Co., or Walker Co., AL

Children of JACOB UNDERWOOD and MARY BULL are:

2.	i.		JOHN ALEXANDER⁹ UNDERWOOD, b. November 07, 1849, Marion Co., AL; d. December 05, 1938, Paluxy, Hood Co., Texas.
	ii.		JOSEPH MARSHALL UNDERWOOD⁸, b. December 21, 1851, Marion Co., AL; d. 1934, Missouri; m. SARAH KIMMELL⁸; b. Abt. 1862, Texas.

More About JOSEPH MARSHALL UNDERWOOD:
Burial: Willow Cemetery, Greer Co., Oklahoma
Census 1: 1860, Age 8 - Bowling P.O., Leon Co., Texas, Page 14 ⁹
Census 2: 1870, Age 18 - 1870, Boling P.O., Beat 5, Sheet 36, Leon County, TX ¹⁰
Census 3: 1880, Hood Co., Texas - Age 28 - Precinct 3, Hood, Texas

More About SARAH KIMMELL:
Census: 1880, Hood Co., Texas - Age 18 - Precinct 3, Hood, Texas

3.	iii.		JAMES HENRY UNDERWOOD, b. April 15, 1854, Leon Co., Texas; d. 1941.
	iv.		JACOB ELISHA UNDERWOOD¹¹, b. September 03, 1856, Leon Co., Texas; d. December 19, 1936; m. SUSAN LAURA EARP¹², May 01, 1884; b. April 08, 1863, Texas.

Notes for JACOB ELISHA UNDERWOOD:
S. L. Earp found in:

Marriage Index: Texas, 1851-1900
Married: May 01, 1884 in: Hood, TX
Gender: F
Source info: Library of Congress reference number (book) File name: 976.4522x2p
Spouse's gender: M Spouse's name: Underwood, J. E.

More About JACOB ELISHA UNDERWOOD:
Census 1: 1860, Age 3 - Bowling P.O., Leon Co., Texas, Page 14 ¹³
Census 2: 1870, Age 14 - 1870, Boling P.O., Beat 5, Sheet 36, Leon County, TX ¹⁴
Census 3: 1880, Hood Co., Texas - Age 23 - Precinct 3, Hood, Texas
Census 4: 1910, Age 53, Erath Co., TX, Precinct 6, Morgan Mill Village, Roll 1550 Book 2, Page 239a
Occupation 1: Owned a blacksmith shop with brother George Russell Underwood in Morgan Mills until cars became more common when they turned the shop into an auto repair.
Occupation 2: 1910, Census lists - Blacksmith - Own Shop

Notes for SUSAN LAURA EARP:
m. in Hood Co., TX; Jacob`s middle name is either Elisha or Elija

S. L. Earp found in:

Marriage Index: Texas, 1851-1900
Married: May 01, 1884 in: Hood, TX
Gender: F
Source info: Library of Congress reference number (book) File name: 976.4522x2p
Spouse's gender: M Spouse's name: Underwood, J. E.

More About SUSAN LAURA EARP:
Census 1: 1910, Age 47, Erath Co., TX, Precinct 6, Morgan Mill Village, Roll 1550 Book 2, Page 239a
Census 2: 1880, Hood Co., Texas - Age 17 - Precinct 3, Hood, Texas

More About JACOB UNDERWOOD and SUSAN EARP:
Marriage: May 01, 1884

WILLIAM BEAN "BEAN" UNDERWOOD^15,^16,¹⁷, b. November 27, 1858, Leon Co., Texas; d. December 16, 1938, Erath Co., Texas.

Notes for WILLIAM BEAN "BEAN" UNDERWOOD:
Hood Co., Texas Death Records 1903-1940, cert. #56274. Never married.

More About WILLIAM BEAN "BEAN" UNDERWOOD:
Burial: Brooks Cemetery, Paluxy, Hood Co., Texas ¹⁸
Census 1: 1880, Hood Co., Texas - Age 21 - Precinct 3, Hood, Texas
Census 2: 1860, Age 1 - Listed as "William D.", Bowling P.O., Leon Co., Texas, Page 14 ¹⁹
Census 3: 1870, Age 12 - 1870, Boling P.O., Beat 5, Sheet 36B, Leon County, TX ²⁰
Census 4: 1920, Age 60 - Texas, HOOD, Precinct 3, Roll 1819 Book 1, Page 221a
Education: 1877, Hood Co., Texas
Fact: Never married.
Residence: 1920, Census indicates him living with brother John Alexander Underwood's family.

4.	vi.		NORMAN PREWITT UNDERWOOD, b. February 23, 1861, Leon Co., Texas; d. April 06, 1952, Chalk Mountain, Erath Co., Texas.
	vii.		ROBERT E. LEE UNDERWOOD, b. May 23, 1863, Leon Co., Texas; d. Bet. 1866 - 1867, Marquez , Leon Co., Texas.

Notes for ROBERT E. LEE UNDERWOOD:
Family emigrated from Leon Co., Texas to Hood Co., Texas in 1870. Robert E. Lee Underwood died before their emigration. Verbal family history says he was 3 years old when he died. He does not appear on any census records as he was born between enumerations. I need to look at Leon Co. cemetery and death records to try to ascertain correct birth and death dates.

5.	viii.	WESLEY JACKSON UNDERWOOD, b. May 01, 1866, Leon Co., Texas; d. March 01, 1943, Greer Co., Oklahoma.
6.	ix.	GEORGE RUSSELL UNDERWOOD, b. March 01, 1869, Leon Co., Texas; d. 1938, Powell, Park, WY.
7.	x.	JESSEY THOMAS "JESS" UNDERWOOD, b. August 01, 1873, Hood Co., Texas; d. October 17, 1956, Tucumcari, Quay Co., NM.

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