Clarence Lavern Underwood was born July 23, 1879 in Ridgeway Township, Lenawee County, Michigan. He was the son of Eliza (Getty) and William Underwood.

On March 4, 1905, he married Rose McCarbery in Ridgeway Township. They were divorced on February 23, 1907. Clarence and Rose had one child:

  1. Garth Underwood

He married Edna Pocklington on April 3, 1909 in Adrian, Michigan and they had two children:

  1. Marjorie Underwood

  2. Lavern Underwood

Clarence died in 1954 at the age of 75 in Ridgeway Township and is buried in Ridgeway Cemetery.