Marar Elizabeth Underwood

Brief Life History of Marar Elizabeth

When Marar Elizabeth Underwood was born on 16 September 1870, in Aguilar, Las Animas, Colorado, United States, her father, Newton Jasper Underwood, was 32 and her mother, Narcissa Shipley, was 30. She married James Barnes on 13 December 1885, in Powell, Logan, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Neosho Township, Cherokee, Kansas, United States in 1880. She died on 15 January 1902, in Aguilar, Las Animas, Colorado, United States, at the age of 31, and was buried in Colorado, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Barnes
1860–1913
Marar Elizabeth Underwood
1870–1902
Marriage: 13 December 1885
William Talton Barnes
1886–1887
Ida Mae Barnes
1888–1953
Silas Oliver Barnes
1890–1970
Benjamin Fred Barnes
1893–1894
Thomas Edward Barnes
1894–1974
Edward T Barnes
1895–
Ruby Mae Barnes
1897–1913
Baby Barnes
1899–1899
Charles Nooten " Chick" Barnes
1900–1975
Baby Barnes
1902–1902
Barnes
1902–1902
Barnes
1902–1902

Sources (10)

  • Betty Barnes in household of James Barnes, "United States Census, 1900"
  • M E Underwood, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1968"
  • Betty Underwood, "Idaho, Nez Perce County, Brower Wann Funeral Home Records, 1925-1986"

World Events (8)

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1876 · Colorado becomes a State

On Aug 1, 1876, The United States Congress passed an act making the Territory of Colorado the 38th state.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name for someone who lived below a wood on a hillside, from Middle English under + wude, wode ‘wood’, or a habitational name for someone from any place so named.

History: Joseph Underwood emigrated from England to Watertown, MA, in 1637. William Underwood came from England to Concord, MA, before 1640, later settling in Chelmsford, MA. In VA, the name was established by Thomas William Underwood, who came from Norfolk, England, in 1675.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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