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The following is a family tree constructed from records and websites associated with the Underwood family. This construction is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate. I invite others to attempt to document each relationship! Josiah Underwood, b. 1772, Kershaw Co., SC; d.1832, Pike Co., AL M. : Talitha Jelks Children: Talitha Jane, b. 1805 in GA; Laban Beckham, b. 1803 in GA; Vincent A.T., b. 1811 in GA; Thomas, b. 1790 in GA; John Wicker, b. 1798 in GA; Josiah, Jr., unknown; Sarah, unknown; Cinthia, unknown; Jane, b. 1804 in GA Thomas Underwood, b. 1790, Georgia M.: Mary Williams (American Indian decent) Children: Bennett; Arrena ; Wyley, b. 1812 in GA; Fatama, b. 1818 in AL; Talitha Cumi, b. 1820 in AL Laban Beckham Underwood, 1803-1865 M.: Nancy A. Giles, 1828 in Alabama Children: Benjamin Franklin, b. 1829, Joseph, b. 1831, Robert Robinson, b. 1832, Mahala Ann, b. 1834 Mathew, b. 1836, Francis Marion, b. 1838, Andrew Jackson, b. 1841, Martha Jane, b. 1844, Sarah Elizabeth, b. 1846, Mary Eliza, b. 1849, John Wicker, b. 1852, William W., b. 1853, Laban Edward, b. 1856 Robert Robinson Underwood M.: 1. 1856: Dorcus Wilson, 1837-1857—no children M.: 2. 1859: Mary Ann Francis Amason, 1839-1867, Children: Ann E., 1859-1885; Dorcus, 1861-1884; Joseph, b. 1864; Lucy, 1865-1898 M.: 3. Martha Caroline Smith (Mattie), 1844-1896, first married Andrew Jackson Underwood in 1865, Child: Eugenia 1866-1947; married second, 1871: Robert Robinson Underwood brother to AJU, Children: William[Henry], b. 1872; Laban, b. 1876; Nancy E., b.1874 and George B., b.1877 M.: 4. 1897: Piety Jane Moseley (1840-1911)—no children William Henry Underwood M.: Cydia/Ciddie Lucinda Emerline Sellers Children: Regina Underwood Sneed, 1894-1955 1912, M.: John B. Sneed Children: William Constantine, John Boswell, Jr., Beckham Underwood, Muriel Robert Rex Underwood, 1896-1971 1918, M.: Anna Belle Parker Children: Myriam and Gloria Mattie Lou Underwood Bedsole, b. 1897 1916, M.: Leonadis Bedsole, 1892-1971 Children: William Andrew George Beckham Underwood, 1901-1950 Unknown year, M.: Elizabeth Persia Guy Children: unknown Infant Underwood, October 27, 1903-October 27, 1903 Infant of W.H. and C.S. Underwood (Ramer Cemetery) Joseph Samuel Underwood, 1906-1965 1924, M.: Claudie Bell Carr, 1909-1987 Children: (twins) Geraldine (Jerry) and Jo Ellen, Ciddie There were four Underwoods who are buried in the Underwood Cemetery who were Confederate War Veterans: Francis Marion Underwood, enlisted April 4,1861, 22nd Alabama, Co. K Robert Robinson Underwood, enlisted September 14, 1862, 6th Alabama Regiment, Co.K Mathew Underwood, enlisted August 8, 1862, 25th Alabama Regiment, Co.K Andrew Jackson Underwood, no enlistment date or Unit found, wounded in 1864

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Sources Montgomery County, Alabama: 1855 State Census. Transcribed by Ron Head. Montgomery Genealogical Society, Montgomery, AL. Montgomery County, Alabama Marriage Records, Book A-B, 1817-1823. Copied by Dorothy Stanaland Samuel, 1982. Montgomery Advertiser, October 1913 through Muscat, Beth Taylor and Mary Ann Neeley. The Way It Was: Photographs of Montgomery and Her Central Alabama Neighbors. Montgomery, AL, Landmarks Foundation of Montgomery, 1985. Neeley, Mary Ann, editor and annotator. The Works of Matthew Blue: Montgomery’s First Historian. Montgomery, Al, New South Books, 2010. Neeley, Mary Ann. Old Alabama Town: An Illustrated Guide. Tuscaloosa, AL. University of Alabama Press in cooperation with Landmarks Foundation of Montgomery, 2001. Pioneers Past & Present 1855-2001; including Recollections of Early Settlers of Montgomery County and Their Families by W. G. Robertson, 1892. Montgomery, Al, The Society of Pioneers of Montgomery, 2001. Priest, Leroy R., D.D. History of the Sampey Memorial Baptist Church. Ramer, AL, Sampey Memorial Baptist Church, 1993. Register of Prisoners Committed to the Inferior Court, Montgomery County State of Alabama. Montgomery County: Marriages. Volume 2, Books 2A and 2 (1850-1860). Transcribed by Billie Riley Capell, Montgomery Genealogical Society, Montgomery, AL. State of Alabama. Montgomery County: Marriages. Volume 3, Books 3,4 and 5 (1860-1877. Transcribed by Billie Riley Capell, Montgomery Genealogical Society, Montgomery, AL. Watters, Clark Heaslett and Elizabeth Stone Watters, compilers. Some Descendents of William Sellers Who Was in Tarboro, North Carloina in 1750. 1974. Selected Minutes of the First Session of the Ebenezer Baptist Association, 1838. Printed by E. W. Thompson, 1839. Minutes of Ramer Lodge #243 Telephone and email interviews: Mary Grotta, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. August and September, 2011. Lowell Thomas Hataway, Lapine, Alabama, September 20, 2011. Dr. Robert Rex Payne, Birmingham, Alabama. August and September, 2011. David and Anne Latham, Sprague, Alabama, Personal interview by Gary Burton, September, 2011 Ancestry.com.

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