Harvey Nelson Underwood

1862 - 1935  (73 years)

• Name	Harvey Nelson Underwood  [1]
  Born	30 May 1862	Sevier County, Tennessee   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Jul 1935	Sevier County, Tennessee   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I27421	Evans
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2003

  
  

  Father	Enoch Pleasant Underwood,   b. 09 Dec 1838, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 04 Apr 1928, Tennessee  (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Susan M. Pollard,   b. 23 Oct 1843, Tennessee ,   d. 28 Feb 1907, Tennessee  (Age 63 years)
  Married	07 Feb 1860  [1, 2]
  	Susan applied for a marriage license to wed Pleasant J. Underwood in Sevier Co., TN, 6 Feb 1860.
  Family ID	F2666	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rachael Johnson,   b. 07 May 1867, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 23 Apr 1949, Kodak, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 81 years)
  Married	Y  [2]
  Children	1. Elbert Underwood   2. Harvey Nelson Underwood, Jr.   3. Nina Underwood   4. Walker W. Underwood   5. Fred T. Underwood,   b. 1889, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 26 Jan 1940, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 51 years)   6. Cecil P. Underwood,   b. 12 Feb 1900, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 11 Mar 1965, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 65 years)   7. Otilla Underwood,   b. 1902, Tennessee ,   d. 1921, Tennessee  (Age 19 years)
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2018
  Family ID	F2363	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Harvey N. Underwood owned considerable acreage west of the site of Kodak, Tennessee, post office. He started the post office and named it. He also owned a store building with the French Broad masonic Lodge #588 on the second floor. He owned a grain mill also. - Burl Underwood, The Underwoods From Roaring Gap (NC) to Dumplin Valley (TN) and Onward and Related Families, (Revised Edition, 1986), 173. ---- Harvey N. Underwood - Kodak Postmaster - May 5, 1892 The Post Office in Kodak began in 1892. At that time, Harvey N. Underwood was granted a charter for a new post office to be located in a store that he was building. Since he was to be the first postmaster, Harvey Underwood was to decide what name to give this new post office. As the deadline to inform postal officials neared, a name still had not been selected. One Sunday Harvey and his wife sat around the house most of the day trying to decide what name to give the new post office. About dark that same day, Harvey left the house and walked toward the new store. As he walked, he saw a small box lying on the ground. He kicked it over and saw the word "KODAK." He decided right there that this would be the name. It ws short, easy to pronouce and easy to spell. -- Kodak, TN 1892-1992 - Historical Cookbook; pg. 3, sponsored by: Jake L. Gilreath. [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S93] Book - The Underwoods, Burl Hodges Underwood, (Burl Underwood, Knoxville, TN, 1986). [S278] email - Deanna Hancock Cooley, (25 JAN 2003).