The colored American., 1900-10-13

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II no1 divine dIsoo1tenf, some hing
zkln 10 IL Essc Mr Underwood On
EH1 . eIhsr feds q usefulness In
March, 1s.l, This yolEg msn Ersdu'
stsd e phvEclaa and surgeon from
the HSigD R+Trve Ae5ieA College,
CsTez1c, Oht0. after whieh he iosst-
ID InDsdizsay EE Frankfort, Ken.
fUey- Up0 his Eiyal in thi. capital
city tie cItLals gsFe Tim q hearty pzb'
IL feeSPtloa * Ihs Corin.h;ku Ba lsist
tlufeh- Al the same time sud place
hs vross the first apNsIipaoo" q his,
since oonzin101sIy large and lucrzfiEe
p-setlcl Ia result Of which be las
built tbs handsome residence n Ehich
be LIVES and his eEes nxE door, and
hss mace otosf pr1dsn. fnaLGl H.
Fslmsnts- Highly respected here by
Eos Medical fraternity 81 well 3 the
eiuZsns, hs hsz ss-Fsd e. ss.sss1. civ
physician Of PrDktort foY one yssI,
and has recs1ti! been elsctsd secretary
q tss board Of Pension Examining
SURGEONS located here.
In Dso15er, 1891. he %ss eiecsed
oecrssary 81 the An1i.Separste Coach
kxeluye COMMITTEE Of ths State Of
hs1t1eky and hzs hsld this position
eFes since. He Is tie founder and Nas
Eas 1rst President OF the State League
of Coiored Republican clubs Ia this
once hs Ee-Fsd three yexrs- He l a
nsmoI Of the Republican City and
C1snty CoUziEtes Of Frsokfert snd
trs1ElIn county. Z. been q delegate
20 tie Republican Slste Convention six
or ssTep years He vas one of the
Kentucky eounHIoaers Of the Cotton
eSaiss and IntsraslionsI Exsosiuon at
AdaIts. sed "ss also appointed by
GcTe-uor BEsdlsy a. commissioner al
the Tennessee Centennial
He was Trustee Of the State Normal
schools for colored fe1 one tern, and
Eas the hrif eolorsd msa TO epioy this
distinction This vas durisR the sd-
sninisUation Of Governor Bradley. Dr..
Underwood is ss present editor OF the
Blue Grzss Buge, Frankfort, Ken.
sueky, msmssT Of the Beard Of CensoIs
OF the National Medical College, srus
ZEE Of the Central Law School, both of
which 1nsatutleGs are Iocsssd In the
ds! OF Louisville; ne 10 consulting sur
zsoa % the Cosmopolitan Ssuitarium
and IunrnsIy, member Of the State
Coiored Medical Association and of the
National Medical Association of Col
ored Physicians snd Surgeons AIss
ne ID prominent msm ssrs of the fol-
loving seeretsscietiss: United Brothers
OF E6eneship. GrsDd Uaitsd Order of !
ooo Fellows, Knights Of Pythi.s, and
Free M4sops.
On July 3. 1925, he was united In the |
noIy bonds OF matriUony TO 6 teacher
10 the Frankfort public schools, Miss
sarah J. Walker, avomsn of graee and |
culture, who has proven an excellent |
better half for the doctor, and vhe en-
oyl With him the respect of the eitizsns
u frsnkfsrt- As result Of this union |
Or. Underwood 10 the father of two
ongdt little bops, Ellsworth and Ron.
III. Hls Is q pleasant home,
Indeed the subject OF this sketch il
me versatile In genius, who has touch.
% lie to a successful degree at more
nan one point, and whose opinions
generally On al these points have beer
ruiy educational for the masses of onr
ace, advantageous, physically, intel
ec1uaily, morally and spiritaslly-s
nan, generous, jovial, and slovsl IN
ne great common peoples doctor of
medicine, lsABsd Ia his science and
klueo Ii hls srt-a politician convine
ng on the stump and conapicusasIv
'artlssn In the CAIN atmosphere Of the
,ampsiga, yet sgraeabIv