HOOD Family Genealogy
HOOD Family Genealogy
**Family history and lineage provided by William J. BARTON
The following account of the John Hood family is taken from the book "Family Genealogies of Sparta, Illinois" by Mrs. Frank S. Torrens, a member of a pioneer family of Randolph County.
The actual source for this copy is: LDS Microfilm No. 1033992, page 836.
"John HOOD b. Larne, Co. Antrim Ireland, 5-22-1801 the son of Alexander HOOD and wife, d. near Sparta, Illinois, 10-01-1879. bur. on 10-3-1879 beside his wife in Jordans Grove Cem. near Sparta, Ill. m 3-24-1825 in South Carolina Sarah Stuart BURNS b. 10-7-1806 d. 6-10-1869 bur. Jordans Grove Cem. a daughter of Samuel BURNS and wife Mary LINTON."
"These people were stern and hardy pioneers and worthy of commendation. A biography found of John Hood is herewith given which may tell of his early life."
"John Hood was born in Larne, Co Antrim, Ireland, in May 1801. When yet a small boy, with his father and three other men, he went on a fishing trip off the coast of Ireland, on the ocean.
"A sudden gale capsized the boat and all were thrown into the waters. All were drowned, but John the boy, who after much labor and hear ache, reached a rock he saw projecting a little out of the waters. (Later a lighthouse was built on this rock)
"Here, like a waif, for 2 days and a night, he remained suffering of course, but with great grief at the loss of his father.
"Vainly he tried to make signals to passing boats that passed him by. He was, however, rescued by friends off shore who had been alarmed at the prolonged absence of the fishing party, and who with aid of telescopes, were scanning the waters, when they noticed a boy on a rock.
"Rescue boats and crew soon had the whole story, from John himself.
"He being the eldest of the family, later became head and protector of it. When 17 years of age, he came to South Carolina and in his 20's he married Sarah Stuart BURNS and settled in South Carolina near Chester, where they remained until the autumn of 1845, when with their family, they moved to Illinois.
"They lived the 1st 2 years on a rented farm in Hill Prairie community and then he entered land on the ridge, about 5 miles west of Sparta, Illinois.
"Here, continuously, they resided until Oct. 1 1879, when in his 79th year he died of heart disease, induced by phneumonia, from which he suffered several weeks.
"He was a Democrat in politics, tho not a politician. He was terperance worker, and was of the Presbyterian (Old School) faith.
"He was a founder and later and elder in the church near his home. He died trusting confidently in Jesus and a happy immortality. Hes wife died after 40 years of happy companionship, and family was grown. He was an Ensign, and went as color bearer in a military company which marched all the way from Chester to Camden, South Carolina, to welcome the return of Laffayette. He was the father of 10 children: 3 sons and 7 daughters."
1. John HOOD - b. 22 May 1801 in Larne, County Antrim, Ireland d. 1 Oct 1879 in IL
Married on 24 Mar 1825 to Sarah Stuart BURNS (b. 7 Oct 1806 in SC d. 10 Jun 1869)
2. Mary Eliza HOOD - b. 1827 d. 1849
Married to Robert Temple they had two children
2. Alexander HOOD - b. 1829 d. 1849
Married to Eliza Jane HUNTER - they had 7 children
2. Nancy Ann HOOD - b. 17 Nov 1831 in Chester, South Carolina d. 24 Jul 1903, Burried in Mt View Cem. in Goldendale, Klickitat Co, WA Married on 20 Feb 1851 in Randolph Co, IL to William Spencer WILSON (b. 18 Jul 1829 in Chester, SC d. 26 Jan 1892 , Burried in Mt. View Cemetery in Goldendale, Klickitat Co, WA)
3. Sara Jane WILSON - b. 1852 d. 1853
3. Mary Belle WILSON - b. 1854
Married in 1874 to William MITCHELL
3. Emily "Emma" Elizabeth WILSON - b. 1858
Married in 1882 to John BULLINGER
3. Catherine Janet "Nettie" WILSON - b. 1860 d. 1908
Married in 1882 to C. W. Bell
3. Nancy "Nannie" Rebecca WILSON - b. 1863 d. 1942
Married in 1885 to Alba BARTON (b. 1861 d. 1940)
3. James A. WILSON - b. 1867
Married in 1891 to Mable BURBANK
3. Ada Martha WILSON - b. 7 May 1870 in IL d. 26 Aug 1901
Burried in Mt. Adams Cemetery in Glenwood, Klickitat Co, WA
Married to John Campbell Burnsides COCHRAN on 24 Oct 1888 in Camas Prairie, Klickitat Co, WA
2. Samuel Burns HOOD - b. 1834 d. 1914
2. Rosa Jane HOOD - b. 1837
2. Sarah HOOD - b. 1840
2. Isabella HOOD - b. 1842 d. 1911
2. Catherine "Kate" HOOD - b. 1845 d. 1919
2. John HOOD - b. 1845 died in infancy
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