Underwood became Secretary of the Emigrant Aid and Homestead Society (which he incorporated with Massachusetts congressman Eli Thayer) from 1856-1861, and worked to encourage emigration of Republicans and European emigrants to the Ohio Valley counties of Virginia (that would become West Virginia).
He worked to encourage emigration of Republicans and European emigrants to the Ohio Valley counties of Virginia (that would become West Virginia). Underwood became Secretary of the Emigrant Aid and Homestead Society (which he incorporated with Massachusetts congressman Eli Thayer) from 1856-1861.
Underwood became Secretary of the Emigrant Aid and Homestead Society (which he incorporated with Massachusetts congressman Eli Thayer) from 1856-1861. He worked to encourage emigration of Republicans and European emigrants to the Ohio Valley counties of Virginia (that would become West Virginia).
Underwood became Secretary of the Emigrant Aid and Homestead Society (which he incorporated with Massachusetts congressman Eli Thayer) from 1856-1861. He worked to encourage emigration of Republicans and European emigrants to the Ohio Valley counties of Virginia (that would become West Virginia).