GLIMPSES OF AN EARLIER MILWAUKEE
"The old Menomonee river provided a lot of water power fore mills of various kinds. For many years a flour mill and a saw mill at Wauwatosa both were water driven. One of the older things at Menomonee Falls is a water driver flour mill still in use. There were also mills at Hawley road and at the point where the Wisconsin av.... now crosses the river.

Those were the days when farmers took their grists to mill. Corn meal was a regular diet. There was no so called "patent" flour at th grocery all sacked and labeled. Sometimes the farmer's grain was ground on shares, the miller retaining a certain portion of the flour for his work.

It was to this Wauwatosa mill that ENOCH UNDERWOOD took the grain from his farm while he was preaching the gospel as a sideline. Enoch was the son of the real pioneer, William Underwood who came to Milwaukee county in 1836. Enoch was then a lad of 18 and began preaching early in life his religious field extending as far west as Waukesha.

Both William and Enoch Underwood were born in Virginia and were abolitionists. On one occasion Enoch returned to Virginia and rode a blooded mare back to Wauwatosa.

Willliam and Frederick Underwood, sons of Enoch, became prominent in railway circles, growing up on the Milwaukee road. Fred, now retired, became president of the Erie. William started with the Milwaukee as brakeman and was general manager at the time of his death a number of years ago.

The pioneer Underwood farm now is part of the residence section of Wauwatosa, streets having been cut through it and many fine homes built. The old Underwood dwelling, built by Enoch Underwood's father partly from timbers cut in the immediate neighborhood, now is one of the show places of Milwaukee's western suburb, F. D. Underwood having thoroughly modernized it. It is a the corner of North and Wauwatosa avs and is surrounded by a high wall."
(Milwaukee Journal, 20 January 1832, page 16)

DEATH OF THE REV. UNDERWOOD,
His Long Service as a Clergyman,
Children who Survive Him

The Rev. E. D. Underwood, of Wauwatosa whose death occurred last evening, was one of the oldest settlers of Milwaukee county, and as a minister of the gospel he is said to have had the longest continuous service of any clergyman in Wisconsin. He was born in Virginia in 1817, came west and settled in Wauwatosa in 1835, and has ever since been a resident of the town. He engaged in farming until 1849, when he was ordained as pastor of the Baptist church, in which capacity he served until one or two years ago, when the infirmities of advanced age compelled him to relinquish the work. He has on occasions during the past year supplied the pulpit whenever his health would permit. His long pastorate, covering a period of thirty-eight years, is evidence of the esteem of his people and of his faithful service. Five children besides the widow survive him. One son, Fred, is general manager of the Minneapolis Sault Ste. Marie & Atlantic railroad. The other, William J., is superintendent of the river division of the St. Paul road. One daughter is the wife of Thomas S. Gray, of this city, another is Mrs. Sarah Curtis, a teacher in Wauwatosa high school, and the third, Hattie G. Underwood, is living at the old home. The arrangements for the funeral have not yet been completed. There will be a large attendance of clergyman, relatives and friends from all parts of the state. (Milwaukee Journal, Friday, 27 April 1888, page 1)