County of Christian, Kentucky. Historical and Biographical. Edited by William Henry Perrin. F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1884, pp. 423-424. CAPT. BENJAMIN T. UNDERWOOD, the youngest in a family of fourteen children born to John and Mary (Teague) Underwood, is a native of Shelby County, Ky., and was born November 2, 1823. His early life was spent at home assisting to till the soil of the home farm, and receiving such an education as could be obtained from the common schools of the period. In 1842 he left his home in Shelby County and settled in Hopkinsville, engaging in mercantile pursuits, a business he carried on for thirty years with varied success. In September, 1861, he enlisted in the Federal Army, and organized Company A of the Twenty-fifth Kentucky Infantry, and was chosen Captain of his company; he resigned after the battle of Pittsburg Landing in 1862, and returned home. In 1880, he was elected to the office of Circuit Clerk of Christian County, which office he is now filling with credit to himself and the satisfaction of the people. He has been twice married: in 1844 to Ethelinda C. Campbell, who died in 1867, leaving one son - George B., now a resident of Hopkinsville. In 1869 he married Martha J., widow of Dr. William Randolph and a daughter of Capt. C. W. Roach. This union has been blessed with one child - Thomas Underwood. Campbell Randolph Roach Teague Underwood = Pittsburg-PA Shelby http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/christian/underwood.bt.txt