Decatur County Journal
January 28, 1892
The funeral of John Hood, whose death took place at Chicago under mysterious circumstances, took place at Last Chance on Sunday. The case will be fully investigated.
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The following is from Cook County, Illinois, Coroner's Inquest Record, Vol. 25, page 142.
Inquest No. 9840, upon the body of John W. Hood. County of Cook, State of Illinois, on the 20th & 21st days of January 1892.
VERDICT: The said John W. Hood, now lying dead at 186 Milwaukee Ave. in said City of Chicago, County of Cook, State of Illinois, came to his death on the 19th day of January 1892 at 137 South Canal St. from accidental asphyxiation by illuminating gas in Room 26 of the Dowling House, 137 South Canal St.
And we the jury censure Samuel Abrams, the manager, and Charles G. Crocker, the night clerk of said hotel, for negligence in not calling a physician immediately after finding deceased in an unconscious condition.
Description of Property Found: $22.43 cash; 1 watch & chain; 1 pocket knife; 1 railroad ticket; 1 bank book; 1 pocket book; 1 money purse; 1 certificate of deposit of $300.00 & one of $1277.41 issued Iowa State Bank; a lot of miscellaneous papers, notes, and receipts.
To Whom Delivered: Martha A. Hood, Woodburn, Iowa, Jan 27th 1892.
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Biography and portrait from "Clarke County Historical and Biographical Record" (Lewis Publishing, 1886) page 68.
JOHN W. HOOD is a native of North Carolina, and a son of John K. and Mahala (Hood) Hood. In 1833 his parents moved to Indiana and located in Rush County, where his father bought a tract of wild land, which he improved and made his home until his death, which occurred in the year 1881. The mother died in 1880. They had a family of nine children, six sons and three daughters -- Louisa, John W., James, Alfred B., Lizzie C., Richard M., Martin K., Amanda, and Lafayette.
When a young man in 1852, our subject came to Iowa on a prospecting tour, and being pleased with the outlook bought and entered claims in Clarke County to the amount of 280 acres, the land office being at Chariton. He then returned to Indiana and was married to Miss Martha Prine, daughter of Mathew and Elizabeth Prine, both of whom are deceased, the latter living to the advanced age of ninety-two years.
In 1856 Mr. Hood made a permanent location on his land in Clarke County, and at once set about to improve it and make a home for himself and family. About the time of the breaking out of the late civil war he engaged in buying and shipping stock, an enterprise he pursued extensively and successfully about ten years, and then gave his attention to the raising of thoroughbred sheep and cattle. He was the first man to introduce the short-horn cattle, and the first to exhibit them in Clarke County. For the past fourteen years he has given especial attention to raising Berkshire hogs, and has always kept a record of his stock. He was also the first man to make a shipment of stock from Clarke County. He is the largest landowner in the county, his estate numbering 1,200 acres.
He is a man of indomitable will and energy, one who is sure to make a success of any enterprise he undertakes, and is one of Clarke County's staunchest and most reliable citizens. He is public-spirited, and the success of many enterprises is due to his liberal and earnest support. In politics he is a firm adherent to the principles of the Democratic party. He has a family of four sons -- J. B., McHenry, Weldon J., and Van A. One son, Train, is deceased.
January 28, 1892
The funeral of John Hood, whose death took place at Chicago under mysterious circumstances, took place at Last Chance on Sunday. The case will be fully investigated.
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The following is from Cook County, Illinois, Coroner's Inquest Record, Vol. 25, page 142.
Inquest No. 9840, upon the body of John W. Hood. County of Cook, State of Illinois, on the 20th & 21st days of January 1892.
VERDICT: The said John W. Hood, now lying dead at 186 Milwaukee Ave. in said City of Chicago, County of Cook, State of Illinois, came to his death on the 19th day of January 1892 at 137 South Canal St. from accidental asphyxiation by illuminating gas in Room 26 of the Dowling House, 137 South Canal St.
And we the jury censure Samuel Abrams, the manager, and Charles G. Crocker, the night clerk of said hotel, for negligence in not calling a physician immediately after finding deceased in an unconscious condition.
Description of Property Found: $22.43 cash; 1 watch & chain; 1 pocket knife; 1 railroad ticket; 1 bank book; 1 pocket book; 1 money purse; 1 certificate of deposit of $300.00 & one of $1277.41 issued Iowa State Bank; a lot of miscellaneous papers, notes, and receipts.
To Whom Delivered: Martha A. Hood, Woodburn, Iowa, Jan 27th 1892.
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Biography and portrait from "Clarke County Historical and Biographical Record" (Lewis Publishing, 1886) page 68.
JOHN W. HOOD is a native of North Carolina, and a son of John K. and Mahala (Hood) Hood. In 1833 his parents moved to Indiana and located in Rush County, where his father bought a tract of wild land, which he improved and made his home until his death, which occurred in the year 1881. The mother died in 1880. They had a family of nine children, six sons and three daughters -- Louisa, John W., James, Alfred B., Lizzie C., Richard M., Martin K., Amanda, and Lafayette.
When a young man in 1852, our subject came to Iowa on a prospecting tour, and being pleased with the outlook bought and entered claims in Clarke County to the amount of 280 acres, the land office being at Chariton. He then returned to Indiana and was married to Miss Martha Prine, daughter of Mathew and Elizabeth Prine, both of whom are deceased, the latter living to the advanced age of ninety-two years.
In 1856 Mr. Hood made a permanent location on his land in Clarke County, and at once set about to improve it and make a home for himself and family. About the time of the breaking out of the late civil war he engaged in buying and shipping stock, an enterprise he pursued extensively and successfully about ten years, and then gave his attention to the raising of thoroughbred sheep and cattle. He was the first man to introduce the short-horn cattle, and the first to exhibit them in Clarke County. For the past fourteen years he has given especial attention to raising Berkshire hogs, and has always kept a record of his stock. He was also the first man to make a shipment of stock from Clarke County. He is the largest landowner in the county, his estate numbering 1,200 acres.
He is a man of indomitable will and energy, one who is sure to make a success of any enterprise he undertakes, and is one of Clarke County's staunchest and most reliable citizens. He is public-spirited, and the success of many enterprises is due to his liberal and earnest support. In politics he is a firm adherent to the principles of the Democratic party. He has a family of four sons -- J. B., McHenry, Weldon J., and Van A. One son, Train, is deceased.
Decatur County Journal
January 28, 1892
The funeral of John Hood, whose death took place at Chicago under mysterious circumstances, took place at Last Chance on Sunday. The case will be fully investigated.
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The following is from Cook County, Illinois, Coroner's Inquest Record, Vol. 25, page 142.
Inquest No. 9840, upon the body of John W. Hood. County of Cook, State of Illinois, on the 20th & 21st days of January 1892.
VERDICT: The said John W. Hood, now lying dead at 186 Milwaukee Ave. in said City of Chicago, County of Cook, State of Illinois, came to his death on the 19th day of January 1892 at 137 South Canal St. from accidental asphyxiation by illuminating gas in Room 26 of the Dowling House, 137 South Canal St.
And we the jury censure Samuel Abrams, the manager, and Charles G. Crocker, the night clerk of said hotel, for negligence in not calling a physician immediately after finding deceased in an unconscious condition.
Description of Property Found: $22.43 cash; 1 watch & chain; 1 pocket knife; 1 railroad ticket; 1 bank book; 1 pocket book; 1 money purse; 1 certificate of deposit of $300.00 & one of $1277.41 issued Iowa State Bank; a lot of miscellaneous papers, notes, and receipts.
To Whom Delivered: Martha A. Hood, Woodburn, Iowa, Jan 27th 1892.
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Biography and portrait from "Clarke County Historical and Biographical Record" (Lewis Publishing, 1886) page 68.
JOHN W. HOOD is a native of North Carolina, and a son of John K. and Mahala (Hood) Hood. In 1833 his parents moved to Indiana and located in Rush County, where his father bought a tract of wild land, which he improved and made his home until his death, which occurred in the year 1881. The mother died in 1880. They had a family of nine children, six sons and three daughters -- Louisa, John W., James, Alfred B., Lizzie C., Richard M., Martin K., Amanda, and Lafayette.
When a young man in 1852, our subject came to Iowa on a prospecting tour, and being pleased with the outlook bought and entered claims in Clarke County to the amount of 280 acres, the land office being at Chariton. He then returned to Indiana and was married to Miss Martha Prine, daughter of Mathew and Elizabeth Prine, both of whom are deceased, the latter living to the advanced age of ninety-two years.
In 1856 Mr. Hood made a permanent location on his land in Clarke County, and at once set about to improve it and make a home for himself and family. About the time of the breaking out of the late civil war he engaged in buying and shipping stock, an enterprise he pursued extensively and successfully about ten years, and then gave his attention to the raising of thoroughbred sheep and cattle. He was the first man to introduce the short-horn cattle, and the first to exhibit them in Clarke County. For the past fourteen years he has given especial attention to raising Berkshire hogs, and has always kept a record of his stock. He was also the first man to make a shipment of stock from Clarke County. He is the largest landowner in the county, his estate numbering 1,200 acres.
He is a man of indomitable will and energy, one who is sure to make a success of any enterprise he undertakes, and is one of Clarke County's staunchest and most reliable citizens. He is public-spirited, and the success of many enterprises is due to his liberal and earnest support. In politics he is a firm adherent to the principles of the Democratic party. He has a family of four sons -- J. B., McHenry, Weldon J., and Van A. One son, Train, is deceased.
January 28, 1892
The funeral of John Hood, whose death took place at Chicago under mysterious circumstances, took place at Last Chance on Sunday. The case will be fully investigated.
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The following is from Cook County, Illinois, Coroner's Inquest Record, Vol. 25, page 142.
Inquest No. 9840, upon the body of John W. Hood. County of Cook, State of Illinois, on the 20th & 21st days of January 1892.
VERDICT: The said John W. Hood, now lying dead at 186 Milwaukee Ave. in said City of Chicago, County of Cook, State of Illinois, came to his death on the 19th day of January 1892 at 137 South Canal St. from accidental asphyxiation by illuminating gas in Room 26 of the Dowling House, 137 South Canal St.
And we the jury censure Samuel Abrams, the manager, and Charles G. Crocker, the night clerk of said hotel, for negligence in not calling a physician immediately after finding deceased in an unconscious condition.
Description of Property Found: $22.43 cash; 1 watch & chain; 1 pocket knife; 1 railroad ticket; 1 bank book; 1 pocket book; 1 money purse; 1 certificate of deposit of $300.00 & one of $1277.41 issued Iowa State Bank; a lot of miscellaneous papers, notes, and receipts.
To Whom Delivered: Martha A. Hood, Woodburn, Iowa, Jan 27th 1892.
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Biography and portrait from "Clarke County Historical and Biographical Record" (Lewis Publishing, 1886) page 68.
JOHN W. HOOD is a native of North Carolina, and a son of John K. and Mahala (Hood) Hood. In 1833 his parents moved to Indiana and located in Rush County, where his father bought a tract of wild land, which he improved and made his home until his death, which occurred in the year 1881. The mother died in 1880. They had a family of nine children, six sons and three daughters -- Louisa, John W., James, Alfred B., Lizzie C., Richard M., Martin K., Amanda, and Lafayette.
When a young man in 1852, our subject came to Iowa on a prospecting tour, and being pleased with the outlook bought and entered claims in Clarke County to the amount of 280 acres, the land office being at Chariton. He then returned to Indiana and was married to Miss Martha Prine, daughter of Mathew and Elizabeth Prine, both of whom are deceased, the latter living to the advanced age of ninety-two years.
In 1856 Mr. Hood made a permanent location on his land in Clarke County, and at once set about to improve it and make a home for himself and family. About the time of the breaking out of the late civil war he engaged in buying and shipping stock, an enterprise he pursued extensively and successfully about ten years, and then gave his attention to the raising of thoroughbred sheep and cattle. He was the first man to introduce the short-horn cattle, and the first to exhibit them in Clarke County. For the past fourteen years he has given especial attention to raising Berkshire hogs, and has always kept a record of his stock. He was also the first man to make a shipment of stock from Clarke County. He is the largest landowner in the county, his estate numbering 1,200 acres.
He is a man of indomitable will and energy, one who is sure to make a success of any enterprise he undertakes, and is one of Clarke County's staunchest and most reliable citizens. He is public-spirited, and the success of many enterprises is due to his liberal and earnest support. In politics he is a firm adherent to the principles of the Democratic party. He has a family of four sons -- J. B., McHenry, Weldon J., and Van A. One son, Train, is deceased.
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