JESSE UNDERWOOD
Jesse Underwood came to Cass county in 1867, and located then in Washington township, where he lived till the spring of 1869. He then moved to Bear Grove township, and remained until the spring of 1873, when he bought the southeast quarter of section 2, Pleasant township, which was, at that time, wild land. He now has a well improved farm, all under fence and in a good state of cultivation. He has a good, substantial dwelling, a grove, and an orchard containing apple and other fruit trees. He was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, April 10, 1823, and is a son of Jesse and Julia A. (Meyers) Underwood, natives of the same State. When he was thirteen years of age, his parents moved to Ohio and settled in Knox county, where his youth and early manhood was spent. He was united in marriage in Coshocton county, Ohio, February 12, 1846, with Mary McCullough, after which he resided in Knox county until 1867, coming then, as before stated, to Cass county, Iowa. They made the journey with two pairs of horses and two wagons, bringing their household goods with them. They left Knox county October 8th, and arrived in Lewis, October 12th. Mr. and Mrs. Underwood have seven children---Mary Ann, Henry, Catherine, Isaac, Laura Lorina, John W. and Sarah. Their second son, Isaac, was born in Knox county, Ohio, September 22, 1851, and was sixteen years of age when his parents moved to Cass county. He now carries on his father's farm. December 24, 1877, he was married to Elizabeth Ingraham, daughter of Clark and Electa Ingraham, and a native of Henderson county, Illinois. They have three children---Clark, William H. and Myrtle.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pp. 817-818.
