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| + | * MM 1855, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Montgomery Montgomery] | ||
| + | * Charter Member, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Dalhousie Dalhousie] | ||
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| + | Adin Ballou Underwood was a brevet major general of volunteers in the Union Army. A Massachusetts lawyer, educated at Harvard, he was commissioned a captain in May, 1861. At Wauhatchie his leg was shattered; doctors did not perform the usual amputation and when the bones rejoined, one leg was four inches shorter than the other. As a result, Underwood was removed from active service and made brigadier general in November, 1863. He was brevetted major general at the war's close. | ||
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| + | * [http://www.geni.com/people/Brevet-Maj-General-Adin-B-Underwood-USA/6000000001727224123 Geni Entry] | ||
| + | * [http://archive.org/details/threeyearsservic01unde 33rd Infantry History], by General Underwood | ||
== UNDERWOOD, ALFRED B. 1865-1932 == | == UNDERWOOD, ALFRED B. 1865-1932 == | ||
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UNDERWOOD, ADIN BALLOU, 1828-1888
- MM 1855, Montgomery
- Charter Member, Dalhousie
Adin Ballou Underwood was a brevet major general of volunteers in the Union Army. A Massachusetts lawyer, educated at Harvard, he was commissioned a captain in May, 1861. At Wauhatchie his leg was shattered; doctors did not perform the usual amputation and when the bones rejoined, one leg was four inches shorter than the other. As a result, Underwood was removed from active service and made brigadier general in November, 1863. He was brevetted major general at the war's close.
- Geni Entry
- 33rd Infantry History, by General Underwood
UNDERWOOD, ALFRED B. 1865-1932
From Proceedings, Page 1932-111:
Brother Underwood was born in Natick, June 9, 1865, and died there as the result of an accident April 25, 1932.
Brother Underwood was educated in the Natick public schools and spent his life in the furniture business. For many years he was the head of a large and prosperous furniture company. He was long one of the most prominent business men of the town, showing his active public spirit by being one of the leaders in the organization of the Natick Commercial Club.
He was initiated in Meridian Lodge June 7, 1899, passed July 19, 1899, and raised September 20, 1899. He was Master of Meridian Lodge in 1906 and 1907. He served as District Deputy Grand Master for the Twenty-third Masonic District in 1924 and 1925, by appointment of Most Worshiptul Dudley H. Ferrell. He was a member of Parker Royal Arch Chapter and Natick Commandery, Knights Templar.
Upright in business and faithful in his Masonic service, he is mourned by a wide circle of friends and associates.
