Senator Myron Underwood View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information

Date of Death: 8/12/1894

Party Affiliation: Republican

Assemblies Served:
Senate: 21 (1886)

Home County: Hardin

Family Members Who Served in the Iowa Legislature: Brother: James Underwood; GA 16

Myron Underwood

Hardin County

DR. MYRON UNDERWOOD, of Hardin County, died suddenly of heart disease, at his home in Eldora, on the 12th of August. He was born at Montville, Ohio, August 7, 1833, and was a graduate of Rush Medical College. He came to Iowa in 1854, settling at Steamboat Rock. The next year he removed to Eldora, where he practiced his profession up to the time of his death. He was Assistant Surgeon of the 12th Iowa Infantry during the War of the Rebellion. In 1886 he was elected to the State Senate, ably representing the district which comprised the counties of Hardin and Grundy. He was a public-spirited citizen, whose life had been eminently useful, and his name will long be borne in kindly remembrance.

Senate District 32