Walter Underhill

Biography

Walter Underhill was born in 1795 and lived a life rooted in his community until his death in 1866. Though details of his occupation and achievements remain largely unknown to history, his presence in the records of Woodlawn Cemetery reflects a life lived in the early American period.

Underhill's legacy, like that of many of his contemporaries, is preserved primarily through genealogical records and cemetery documentation. He represents the countless individuals whose lives, though not widely documented, formed the fabric of American society during the nineteenth century.