Life History
12th Dec 1818 |
Born in North Carolina.1,2,3 |
27th Sep 1837 |
Married Mary Jane CONWAY in Harris County, Georgia.12 |
5th Sep 1852 |
Birth of daughter Lucy Judson HOOD in Texas.5,6,7,8,9 |
27th Jan 1857 |
Birth of daughter Almeda HOOD in Texas.1,2,10,11 |
1872 |
Death of Mary Jane CONWAY in Brazos County, Texas.3 |
4th Jan 1902 |
Died in Stockdale, Wilson, Texas.3 |
Notes
- Georgia Marriages to 1850
James Hood
Spouse: Mary Conway
Marriage Date: 27 Sep 1837 Harris County, Georgia
1860 Federal Census, Brazos County, Texas, 9 August, page 108 (scan 80), Hse/Fam #800
James M Hood 43 M Farmer $1280 Real Estate $3214 Personal b North Carolina [abt 1817]
Mary Hood 42 F Housekeeper b Alabama [abt 1818]
James S Hood 20 M Laborer b Alabama [abt 1840]
Frances M Hood 14 F b Alabama [abt 1846]
William Hood 12 M b Alabama [abt 1848]
Lucy Hood 6 F b Texas [abt 1854]
Almeda Hood 4 F b Texas [abt 1856]
Ada Hood 3 F b Texas [abt 1857]
Emma Hood 1 F b Texas [abt 1859]
C W Loden 25 M Carpenter b Alabama [abt 1846]
1870 Federal Census, Brazos County, Texas, 19 September, PO Bryan, page 170, Hse/Fam #77
Hood, James 53 M W Farmer $2000 Real Estate $500 Personal b North Carolina [b abt 1817]
Hood, Mary 52 F W Keeping House b Alabama [b abt 1818]
Hood, Lucy 16 F W Attending School b North Carolina [b abt 1854]
Hood, Amanda 13 F W At Home b Texas [b abt 1857]
Hood, Ada 12 F W At Home b Texas [b abt 1858]
Hood, Emma 10 F W At Home b Texas [b abt 1860] Cannot write
Seale, Bill 19 M W Farmer b Texas [b abt 1851]
Several genealogies provide the exact birth and death dates for James Hood, and the death year for Mary. One is the Meredith lineage. The birth date for James given here makes him a year younger than the censuses report. In the censuses, he is always one year older than Mary, with an age that makes him born in 1817.
James Monroe Hood
Birth Dec 12 1818 in NC, Death Jan 4 1902 in Stockdale Wilson Texas
Marriage 27 Sep 1837 Harris, Georgia to
Mary Jane Conway
Birth about 1818 in Alabama, Death 1872 in Brazos County, Texas
-- Meredith, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/19402673/person/802445705?ssrc=&ftm=1
Sources
- 1. 1860 Federal Census, Brazos County, Texas
- 9 August, page 108 (scan 80), Hse/Fam #800
- 2. 1870 Federal Census, Brazos County, Texas
- 19 September, PO Bryan, page 170, Hse/Fam #77
- 3. Ancestry Trees
- Meredith, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/19402673/person/802445705?ssrc=&ftm=1
- 4. Email Sources
- 5. 1900 Federal Census, Brazos County, Texas
- 15 June, District 5, Kurten Precinct 3, page 9A, Hse #159, Fam #163
- 6. Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
- 7. 1880 Federal Census, Brazos County, Texas
- 8 June, District 2/16, page 14B, Hse/Fam #131
- 8. Cemetery Registries
- 9. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
- 10. Gravestone of Herbert and Almeda Hood Meredith, Garden of Memories, Elkhart, Anderson, Texas
- 11. Ancestry Trees
- Huffman, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/3696095/person/-59767483
- 12. Georgia Marriages to 1850