Individual Details

Henry Stephen Underwood

(15 Sep 1878 - 16 Oct 1962)

On the 1910 U. S. Census of Graham, Carter Co., Oklahoma, Henry appears with his wife Emma and their son Almon H., his daughters Rubie and Ruel and Emma's sons Solon L. Brown and Paul R. Brown. This is a second marriage for both Henry and Emma. She is the mother of 4, 3 of whom are still living. Henry is a farmer. He and Emma have been married 4 years.

On the 1920 U. S. Census of Mountain, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma, Henry appears with his wife Emma and children Ruel, Almon and Mabel. Henry is a farmer.

Ada Evening News, Ada, Oklahoma, Tuesday, October 16, 1962, Page 2, Col. 8: Stratford---Services for Henry Stephens Underwood, 84, will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in the First Baptist Church, Stratford, Rev. Mugg Wynnewood, officiating, with burial in McGee Cemetery under direction of Stratford Funeral Home. Mr. Underwood died Tuesday in an Ada convalescent home. He was born Sept. 15, 1878, in Alabama, and had lived in the around Stratford for 36 years. He was a deacon of the First Baptist Church of Stratford. Survivors are his wife, Ada; two daughters, Mrs. Ruby Harper, Camden, Ark., and Mrs. Ruel Dawson, Wenatchee, Wash.; two sons, A. H. Underwood, Stratford, and Solon Brown, Muleshoe, Tex.; two sisters, Mrs. Bessie Woodard, Clarksville, Ark., and Mrs. Olive Brazil, National City, Calif.; two brothers, Oscar, Clarksville, Ark., and Atha, National City, Calif.; 21 grandchildren.

Events

Birth15 Sep 1878Alabama
Marriage19 Jan 1902Johnson Co., Arkansas - Fannie C. Porter
MarriageAbt 1906Mary "Emma" Lemley
MarriageAft 1941Ada Alma Lemley
Death16 Oct 1962Ada, Pontotoc Co., Oklahoma
BurialMcGee Cemetery, Stratford, Garvin Co., Oklahoma

Families

SpouseFannie C. Porter (1882 - 1906)
ChildRuby K. Underwood (1902 - 1985)
ChildRuel L. Underwood (1904 - 1984)
SpouseMary "Emma" Lemley (1871 - 1941)
ChildAlmon Hope Underwood (1907 - 1986)
ChildMable Underwood (1913 - 1946)
SpouseAda Alma Lemley (1873 - 1964)

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