THE UNDERWOOD FAMILY
Rev Jesse Underwood and his large family moved to Union County, Illinois around 1849-1850. His wife was Mary Elizabeth Ledbetter and his children were:
Francis Marion, Elijah Lidge, Margaret, William Riley, Gabrilla Augustine, Daniel, Sarah Elizabeth, John Asbury, Mary Catherine, Nancy Ann, Martha K. Jane, Walter K, James Newton and Ruth Emaline.
Of all of theses children, fourteen total, it is known that eleven of them had children.
My ancestor was their daughter Gabrilla Augustine Underwood. She married in 1847 to William Kenley Smith. They were married in Roane County, Tennessee.
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