Kate Underwood
Sister of Louise Underwood.
Grandaunt of Laura Jane Munson.
- Family Background:
- Underwood and Allied Families
Some family members report having heard rumors that Kate committed suicide by hanging herself from the drapes in her room at St. Mary's Infirmary where she had been hospitalized for ten days prior to her death. However, in his journal, Joe Underwood wrote, "My dear and oldest daughter – Kate Underwood died June 8, 1912 of Paralysis at St. Mary's Infirmary Galveston, Texas…" Her death certificate also refutes the rumor, giving her cause of death as cerebral hemorrhage. Kate, who never married, lived all her life with her parents in the Underwood home on the west bank of the Brazos River where she was born.1
Additional Data
Kate Underwood appeared on the 1 June 1870 Federal Census of Columbia, Brazoria County, Texas, in the household of Ammon and Rachel Underwood, her father's parents, with her parents Joseph and Louise Underwood.5
Katie Underwood appeared on the 1 June 1880 Federal Census of Columbia, Brazoria County, Texas, in the household of her parents, J.P. and L.A.B. Underwood.6
Kate Underwood was named in Louisa B. Underwood's will dated 26 February 1891 in Brazoria County, Texas.2 If Louisa B. Underwood had been the surviving spouse, her children, Kate Underwood, Laura Underwood, John Hanks Underwood, and Louise Underwood would have inherited equally, and providing he was of legal age, John would have been executor.
Katie Underwood appeared on the 1 June 1900 Federal Census of Columbia, Brazoria County, Texas, in the household of her parents, J.P. and Louise Underwood.7
Kate Underwood appeared on the 15 April 1910 Federal Census of Columbia, Brazoria County, Texas, in the household of her parents, Joe P. and Lou A. Underwood.8
Citations
- [S1168] Kate Underwood, death certificate 15292 (no file date), Texas Department of Public Health, Austin.
- [S57] Louisa B. Underwood will (1891), Brazoria County Will Book U: 605, 606, County Clerk's Office, Angleton, Texas.
- [S8] Kate Underwood tombstone, block 18, lot 16, site 4, Old Columbia Cemetery, West Columbia, Brazoria County, Texas; photographed by the writer on 31 July 1997.
- [S1132] Texas Department of Health, Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000 (Austin: Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, unknown publish date), Kate Underwood entry citing Certificate 15292.
- [S53] Ammon Underwood household, 1870 U.S. Census, Brazoria County, Texas, population schedule, town of Columbia, post office Columbia, page 186, dwelling 1674, family 1674; National Archives micropublication M593, roll 1576.
- [S52] J.P. Underwood household, 1880 U.S. Census, Brazoria County, Texas, population schedule, Precinct No. 2, Columbia, enumeration district (ED) 18, sheet 5B, dwelling 41, family 41; National Archives micropublication T9, roll 1292.
- [S51] J.P. Underwood household, 1900 U.S. Census, Brazoria County, Texas, population schedule, Justice Precinct 2, village of Columbia, enumeration district (ED) 2, sheet 5A/23, dwelling 99, family 103; National Archives micropublication T623, roll 1614.
- [S50] Joe P. Underwood household, 1910 U.S. Census, Brazoria County, Texas, population schedule, Precinct 2, Columbia, enumeration district (ED) 5, sheet 1A/13, dwelling 6, family 6; National Archives micropublication T624, roll 1534.