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ARTHUR UNDERHILL, a resident of Norwalk, is a railway mail clerk in the employ of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad.  HE was born in Ridgefield township, Huron county, Ohio, on the 6th of March, 1867, a son of Isaac and Lydia (Gregory) Underhill.  The father, a native of Herkimer county, New York, accompanied his parents, David and Mary (Osborne) Underhill, on their removal to this county in the year 1817.  David Underhill, the grandfather of our subject, became the owner of considerable land in this vicinity and operated the first sawmill in the county.  He is first visited in this section of the state of the 1810 in order to locate land and subsequent made several more trips to Huron county, doing quite a little trading with the Indians.  In the construction of his sawmill, which was built in 1815, he employed the services of nearly all the ten men in the county at that time.  He also assisted in laying out the town of Norwalk and was a charter member of the Masonic lodge at that place, which held some of its first meetings in his home.  One of his daughters, Harriett, who was the first white woman to be married in Ridgefield township, became the wife of Major Strong, in whose honor Strong's Ridge was named.  When David Underhill was called to his final rest in 1844, the community mourned the loss of one of its most worthy and respected pioneer settlers, whose labors proved an important factor in the work of early development and upbuilding.      Subsequent to the demise of his father, Isaac Underhill continued to operate the sawmill until 1879 and remained a resident of Ridgefield township from the time of his arrival in this county until he passed away on the 15th of March, 1885, in the faith of the Baptist church.  His wife, who was a devoted and faithful member of the Presbyterian church, was called to the home beyond on the 1st of October, 1907.  Unto this worthy couple were born five children, as follows:  Isaac M., who is deceased; Isabelle F., likewise deceased, who was the wife of Arthur Sprague, by whom she had one child, Kathryn B.; Edwin, who wedded Miss Myrtle Husted and has a son, Roy; Arthur, of this review; and a daughter who died in infancy.      Arthur Underhill obtained his education in the schools of Norwalk and after putting aside his text-books took up his abode on the home farm, where he continued to reside until 1893.  In that year he entered the railway mail service as a clerk on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad but at the end of six months was transferred to the Big Four Railroad, his run being from Cleveland to Cincinnati.  Subsequently he was transferred to the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, in which position he has remained to the present time, his run being between Cleveland and Utica, New York.  He is the owner of a well improved and productive farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Ridgefield township, also owns some property in Norwalk and is altogether a most prosperous, enterprising and progressive citizen of his native county.      In December, 1884, Mr. Underhill was joined in wedlock to Miss Mary Mahler, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Mahler, of Ridgefield township.  The three children born of this union are as follows:  Clarence, who married Miss Gertrude LaReau, of Monroe, Michigan, lives on his father's farm.  He has one son, James A., Clara, twin sister of Clarence, is a graduate of St. Luke's Hospital and is now a trained nurse of Cleveland, Ohio.  Jennie is still under the parental roof.  MR. Underhill is well and favorably known throughout the county in which his entire life has been spent and in the development and progress of which both his father and grandfather bore an important part. Source: History of Huron County, Ohio - Vol. II - By A. J. Baughman - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co. - 1909 - Page 229

O. O. UNDERWOOD Source: History of Huron County, Ohio - Vol. II - By A. J. Baughman - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co. - 1909 - Page 279

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