Mr. John H. Underwood, one of the oldest citizens of Rome, is dead.  He was an honest man and his death is greatly lamented.  He was one of the characters in Bill Arp’s sketches and known as “Big John.”

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June 8, 1877
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Letters of Administration.

T. J. Milam on the estate of John Underwood, late of Tennessee, deceased.