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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Underwood , John Cox 1840 - (search)
Underwood, John Cox 1840-
Engineer; born in Georgetown, D. C., Sept. 12, 1840; graduated at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1862; served in the Confederate army as military engineer in Virginia, but was taken prisoner in 1863 and confined in Fort Warren till the close of the war. He was mayor of Bowling Green, Ky., in 1870-72; city, county, and (consulting) State engineer in 1866-75; lieutenant-governor of Kentucky in 1875-79; major-general of the United Confederate Veterans in 1891-95; and superintendent and secretary of the Confederate Memorial Association in 1896.
He published various documents; established the Kentucky Intelligencer; organized a publishing company in Cincinnati, O., in 1881; and issued the Daily Yews, of which he was managing editor.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)