Edna, I have Underwoods in my family, and thought this link to a Rootsweb family tree might give you a new cousin to compare info with:

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:129746&id=I8276793

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ID: I8276793
Name: James Henry UNDERWOOD
Given Name: James Henry
Surname: Underwood
Sex: M
Birth: c. 1820 in Alabama
Death: 07 June, 1862 in Richmond, VA.
Note: James Henry died in Chimborazo Hospital with rubeola (measles)

Father: Alexander UNDERWOOD b: c. 1795 in North Carolina
Mother: Lavinia PREWITT b: c.1795 in Knox County, Tennessee

Marriage 1 Elizabeth Ann NEWBERRY b: c. 1825 in Alabama
Married: c.1841 in Alabama
Children
Alexander W UNDERWOOD b: 27 April 1846 in Alabama
Anne UNDERWOOD b: c. 1842 in Alabama
Martha UNDERWOOD b: c. 1844 in Alabama
Jacob V. UNDERWOOD b: 05 February 1848 in Alabama
Joseph Marion UNDERWOOD b: 19 April 1850 in Alabama
Mary Elizabeth UNDERWOOD b: 1852 in Alabama
John W. UNDERWOOD b: 1855 in Marquet, Leon, Texas
Andrew W. UNDERWOOD b: 22 February, 1857 in Texas
Nannie UNDERWOOD b: 1859 in Texas

Marriage 2 Elizabeth A. UNKNOWN
Married: Abt. 1841

Sincerely,
Fran Bolton