(P. 619) S.G. UNDERWOOD, b. Dumfrieshire, Scotland, January 13, 1829, son of William and Mary (Grierson) Underwood. William was the son of James Underwood a native of Scotland, and Mary was the daughter of William and Margaret (Richardson) Grierson. S.G. spent several years at sea on a sailing vessel, as cabin boy, going first to Gibralter, then Capt of Good Hope, St Helena, and other points on the African Coast. He visited almost all parts of the globe. In 1846 he came from Motreal to Chicago, then Indiana, then Illinois, then Missouri, then by ox team to Sacramento California. In 1854 he came to Pottawattamie County. He now sells machine for the McCormick Co. Mr Underwood married in March 1856 to Helen McPherson, a native of Scotland, and daughter of Captain John McPherson and Belle (Nichol) McPherson. Mr and Mrs Underwood have eight children: William, in the stock business in Omaha, Nebraska; Nelly wife of Ed H. Benton of Council Bluffs; Anna at home; John M., Samuel G., Ninie, Herbert, and Fay L. (P. 637) M.P. ELLIS, druggist at Council Bluffs, b. Elkhart, Indiana, March 1856, son of Joel and Emeline (Bailey) Ellis. M.P. Ellis, at age 17, entered the employ of Hill & Kelly, druggists at Elkhart, and became proficient. In 1882, he went to Fairbury, Nebraska, and worked for Hinkle, Carr & Co., where he managed to save means enough to buy a piece of land in Jefferson Co, Nebraska, which he later sold. He later came to Council Bluffs, and on September 10 1889 married Mrs. Alice Wilson of Council Bluffs, she the daughter of W.H. and Matilda (Thompson) Murlin. (P. 641) JOHN H. GOULD, b. Vermont, January 1811, son of Joseph and Susan (Haskin) Gould, natives of the Mohawk Valley, NY. Both the Haskins and Goulds were Dutch. During his youth, John spent time in New York State working on the building of the Erie Canal and was there during the great cholera epidemic in 1833. In 1835 he removed to Illinois, where he married January 29, 1846, to Martha Prunk (b. Virginia, daughter of Daniel and Catherine Prunk). In 1866, they came to Pottawattamie County Iowa. Mr and Mrs Gould have five children: Mary Magdeline Johnson, a widow, residing with her father; George W. of Willow Lake, South Dakota; Daniel W. a resident of Oregon; Addison who lives in Omaha, Nebraska; and Emma Catherine wife of S. Solomon of this County. The great loss of Mr Gould's life was in the death of his beloved wife, January 14, 1889. (P. 654) HENRY F. PLUMER, native of Hanover, Germany, b. October 1828, son of John H. and Mary Plumer, who came to America in 1830. John H. Plumer spent six years in the English Army and was in the battle of Waterloo and served in the French Revolution under the Duke of Wellington. Henry F. Plumer was married August 20, 1849 to Sophia Kinning, b. Mercer Co, Ohio, 1835, daughter of John H. and Mary (Meyer) Kinning, natives of Hanover, Germany who came to America in 1829. Mr and Mrs Plumer have 12 children living, namely: Mary J. wife of Fred Spetman of Omaha, Nebraska; John residing inCouncil Bluffs; William of Iowa; Emeline wife of Fred Ludick of Woodbury Co; Josephine at home; Ferdinand of Woodbury Co; Edward at home; Cornelius; Oscar; Augusta (deceased); Thomas at home; Laura; Henry, and an infant daughter (deceased). (P. 666) WILLIAM BEEZLEY, b. Clarke Co, Ohio, January 1818, son of John Beezley, grandson of William Beezley. William Beezley came to Brown County, Ohio, with Daniel Boone and built the first grist mill on the Little Miami River there. William Beezley, our subject, son of John and Elizabeth (Ellsworth) Beezley, was reared in Ohio, then in Illinois, and served in the Civil War, along with his sons John T. (38th Illinois Infantry); Cassius C. (106th Illinois Regiment and killed at Island 62); and William James (145th Illinois Regiment). Mr Beezley also took two boys to raise, namely James Ferguson (7th Regiment) and Charles Russum (38th Regiment, deceased). William Beezley, our subject, first married in Miami Co, Ohio, to Polly Ann Castle, and having six children, five now living: John at Gerard Kansas; Emeline wife of Newton Boyles of Graham Co Kansas; Cassius C. killed on Island 62; William James, residing in southwestern Nebraska; and Jenny wife of Cornelius Stockton of Hanson Co, Dakota. Mrs Beezley died 1880 and Mr Beezley was again married December 1884 to Anna Fawcett and had three children: Benjamin Roscoe; George Fawcett; and Elmer Smith.