- EDWARD UNDERWOOD. Three days after his marriage in England,
his native land, Edward
- UNDERWOOD migrated with his young bride to America, and became
a resident of Wisconsin, in which State he has ever since resided,
now ranking as one of the old settlers of Green county. He was
born in Leicestershire, England, Aug. 13, 1831, son of Josiah
and Elizabeth (MORRIS) UNDERWOOD, and grandson of John UNDERWOOD
and Thomas MORRIS, farmer and mason respectively, both living
to good old age and rearing large families.
- Josiah UNDERWOOD, the father, was a butcher by occupation,
and died in England in 1870,
- aged seventy years, and six months. His wife died in 1855.
They were close communion Baptists. Seven children were born
to them, four sons and three daughters, of whom four are now
living, namely: Edward; Mary, of Leicestershire; Emma and Elizabeth.
- Edward UNDERWOOD was reared on a farm in England, and in
his native land received a fair
- education in the free schools. As a young man he was for
six years a member of the Leicestshre Yeoman Cavalry, a thousand
strong, and known as "Prince Albert's Own," the insignia
stamped on every uniform button. He married, Feb. 25, 1857, Miss
Mary UNDERWOOD, who, though possessing the same surname, was
no known relative. She was the daughter of Adam and Maria (DEMSCHER)
UNDERWOOD, and granddaughter of Thomas UNDERWOOD, who died in
England in middle life, leaving a large family. Adam and Maria
UNDERWOOD, her parents, had a family of nine children, six sons
and three daughters, of whom five are living, viz.: Mary (Mrs.
UNDERWOOD); William of Leicestershire, England; Sarah, widow
of Thomas HOBEL, of Leicestershire; John of Asfordby, England;
and Charles, of Monroe township, Green county, Wis. Adam UNDERWOOD
was a farm laborer, and died April 11, 1893, aged seventy years,
surviving about a year his wife, who died aged sixty-nine years.
- The marriage of Edward and Mary UNDERWOOD was solemnized
on Wednesday, and the
- following Saturday they set sail for America, reaching Monroe,
Wis., in the latter part of April, 1857. For about eighteen months
they lived in the north part of that town, then in the west portion.
In 1862 they moved to the PINNEY farm, and after making one or
two other residential changes, came, in 1870, to the farm of
sixty acres in Monroe township, which in that year Mr. UNDERWOOD
purchased, and where he has ever since resided, engaged in general
farming and stock raising. Politically Mr. UNDERWOOD is a Republican.
Himself and wife are adherents to the close communion Baptist
faith, but are not identified with any society, as there is none
of that denomination in the vicinity of their home. Mr. UNDERWOOD
is an industrious and capable farmer, who has witnessed the rapid
growth of Wisconsin during the past forty-five years, contributing
to the same by his faithful and well-directed efforts. He is
highly respected by his many friends and acquaintances.
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- Taken from "Commemorative Biographical Record of
the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin,"
(c)1901 Union Publishing; p. 793.
-
- Courtesy of Carol.
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