Tuscararas Twp.
JACOB UMBEHOWER, farmer; P. O. Massillon: was born Mar. 13, 1817, in Jefferson Co., Va.  His parents were Jacob Umbenhower and Abba Weyhult, both natives of Pennsylvania and of German descent.  He came West with his parents when 18 years of age, his father purchasing 137 acres of Thomas Dean, in this township, remaining on the same until 1849, when he moved to Wayne County, near Wooster, where he lived until 1864, then moved to Indiana, where he died in 1869, aged 78, his wife dying three years previous, aged 81.  Jacob was of a family of six children, viz., John, Peggy, Jacob, Fannie. Samuel and Adam.  Peggy married David Bughman; Fannie married James Miller; all of the above reside in Indiana with the exception of Jacob, who remained on the homestead.  March 31, he was married to Mary Ann Ritter, born in Perry Township Mar. 7, 1828; her parents were Daniel and Catharine (Slusser) Ritter; he was born in Chambersburg, Penn., about the year 1793; he was a son of John, who came West to this county at a very early day, bringing with him a wife and eight children, the country being then an almost unbroken wilderness; he died three days after his arrival, leaving eight sons for his widow to care for.  The nearest neighbor was Mr. Oswalt, being nearly two miles away, who came to see them, they not being aware of the presence of any settlers anywhere about.  Mrs. Ritter afterward married a Krider.  Daniel, the father of Mrs. Umbenhower, was a weaver by trade, yet afterward farmed; the year of the cholera he moved from Perry Township to Massillon, and for over two years and a half was engaged in running a hotel, called the Jake Miller Tavern; afterward moved down near Richville and purchased a farm, remaining on the same until his death, which occurred in 1850; his wife survived him eight years.  Of the eight sons above mentioned, who were born to John Ritter, were Jonas, Daniel, Henry, David, Joseph, Isaac, Jacob and John.  To Daniel Ritter and wife were born nine children - Elizabeth, Mrs. John Umbenhower, in Elkhart, Ind.; Philip, in Iowa; Sarah, married William Dipford, of Iowa; Jonathan, of Richland Co., Ill.; Katie Ann, the wife of Jacob Copper, who resides in Iowa; William, in Newton, Jasper Co., same State; Rebecca, Mrs. John Haines, of Mt. Union; and Mrs. Umbenhower, wife of Jacob.  After the marriage of the above, he lived in Perry Township four years, then came to this township, on the farm adjoining, where they remained three years, finally locating on their present farm in 1849.  Mr. Umbenhower is a successful farmer; has over 700 acres of land, much of which is underlaid with coal.  He has three children - Hiram, Franklin and Charles; are members of the U. B. Church.
Source: History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of Ohio - Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 - Page 814

City of Canton -
JUDGE J. W. UNDERHILL, lawyer, Canton; was born in Green Co., N. Y., Oct. 6, 1818, and is the second in a family of three children born to Nathaniel and Anna (Webber) Underhill, who were natives of Westchester and Greene Cos., N. Y.  He was a Quaker, and married "out of meeting - that is, she to whom he was wedded was not of the Quaker faith.  The family came to Ohio in 1827, and settled in Kendal, now a part of Massillon.  They lived in that vicinity until death; he dying in September, 1833, and she about the year 1873, at the advanced age of 82 years.  Our subject lived at home until the death of his father, after which he went east to New York State, where he lived with his uncle and attended school, and assisted on the farm.  After three years he returned to Massillon, where he attended school further, and also taught school, his circumstances not allowing him to continue his education.  In 1840, he began reading law with Samuel Pease, of Massillon, and was admitted to the bar in October, 1842; he began practice in Massillon, in company with H. B. Hurlbut, now of Cleveland, and after about one year the firm of Folger & Underhill was formed which continued several years, when he formed a partnership with F. M. Keith, and, after a few years it also was dissolved, and he remained alone until he came to Canton, in 1861, having been elected Probate Judge the previous year, to which office he was three times re-elected, holding the position twelve years in succession.  After this, he formed a partnership with John Long (Underhill & Long) which continued in Canton until 1877.  He then practiced alone until 1879, when he substantially left the law, and, as a Director and Member of the Executive Committee, gave his attention (receiving and disbursing the Canton Subscription Fund) to the Cleveland, Canton, Coshocton & Straightsville R. R. Company, but, in 1881, when a change of control of the road took place, he resigned.  Judge Underhill was elected in 1855 to represent Stark Co. in the State Legislature.  He has been a Republican in politics ever since the organization of the party, and was always of strong anti-slavery proclivities.  He was married Nov. 2, 1842, to Miss Henrietta Widgeon a native of Ohio.  They had three children, viz.:  Arthur J., who married Miss Henrietta Tonner; Eliza R., now Mrs. W. A. Lynch, and Clara, now Mrs. H. C. Fogle.  They all live in Canton.  During the war, Judge Underwood was Chairman of the Military Committee of the county, and actively supported all war measures.
Source: History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of Ohio - Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 - Page 639