OBITS: UNDERWOOD 1852 Jefferson County Ohio Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Donna M. Tivener dtivener@richnet.net **************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. COMPILED AND FORMATTED BY Kelly Courtney-Blizzard KELLYGIRL3398@MPINET.NET Copyright 2000 Donna M. Tivener dtivener@richnet.net **************************************************************************** MR. UNDERWOOD, died on Sabbath July 25, 1852 form wounds he received two weeks before. Happened that two weeks before his death that he and young David Long, son of widow Dolly Long, had gone into town with the wagon and two horses, and on their way home, when they approached the big stone bridge on the public road a half mile below David Englands' farm, David Long from some carelessness in driving caused the wagon to slide or tumble over the big bridge. Mr. Underwood was sitting in the wagon when it overturned and spelt out Mr Underwood and the two barrels of salt and it was said the barrels of salt tumbled over him, at all events he was so much injured by the fall tha the died of his injuries in about two weeks. (Note: hand written notice of Mr. Underwood's death, no name on the article.)