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Underwood, William

 Person

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

William Underwood Diary and Will

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0436
Overview

William Underwood (1780-1866) of Middlebourne, West Virginia, was a justice of the peace, coroner, and sheriff in Tyler County, West Virginia, in the nineteenth century. Collection contains two copies of Underwood's diary from 1812 to 1861 and two copies of his 1864 will. Diary consists of annual entries that chiefly note births, deaths, and significant weather for a particular year. William Underwood married Hannah Willis (1780-1869), and the couple had eleven children.

Dates: 1812-1864