History of Hendricks County, Indiana, her people, industries and institutions . etion, thorough agricultural knowledge and business ab litv^f order, he has managed his affairs with splLdid success! ha so Lpressed h,s individuality u,x>n the community as to gain recognition amrgthe leading citizens and public-spirited men of affairs ^ Obed Underwood, the son of William and Harriett (West) Underwoodwas born at Winchester, this county, on September 31, 854 Un parents came to Hendricks county, Indiana, where they entered a lar^^eamount of government land in Marion township, and here
History of Hendricks County, Indiana, her people, industries and institutions . etion, thorough agricultural knowledge and business ab litv^f order, he has managed his affairs with splLdid success! ha so Lpressed h,s individuality u,x>n the community as to gain recognition amrgthe leading citizens and public-spirited men of affairs ^ Obed Underwood, the son of William and Harriett (West) Underwoodwas born at Winchester, this county, on September 31, 854 Un parents came to Hendricks county, Indiana, where they entered a lar^^eamount of government land in Marion township, and here they spent the remamder of their lives, rearing a family of seven children, Wmfamthe fatherof Obed. being the eldest child: Franklin, Charlotte Elizaber rl rrtdtarH:??t 7 ™° - -- -sIL^tTdand Pom Zw I J ? ° =*y *^ ^^ghter of IsaacHer fath r T w ™ ° ~- ^ ^ *<^ ^^ her parents dr ek o m^^^f r ::r * °^ °^ ^-^ ^^^ P™- °f and Sarah West. He had no educational in his vouthand w-as early compelled to earn his own living. He marri:d in K^nCy. OBED UNDERWOOD HENDRICKS COUNTY, INDIANA. 649 and his wife, Polly, the daughter of George Turner, came to Indiana in 1827with her parents and settled in the woods one mile south of New Winchester,where they entered one hundred and sixty acres of land from the govern-ment. Here they lived until the death of Mr. Turner, who lived to the ad-vanced age of ninety-four years, and died on August 29, 1898, having lived inthis county seventy years. He began life with nothing whatever, and by hardwork, honesty and indomitable courage, succeeded in clearing up a farm aftwo hundred and sixty-five acres. He was a member of the Missionary Bap-tist church, a man noted for his honesty and integrity and was held in thehighest esteem by every one. His wife died December 15, 1887. After his marriage William Underwood, the father of Obed, began lifeon his own account as a farmer and so successful was he that at the time ofhis d
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