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Married
Attorney at law
Mt. Airy Road near R. Road, 22nd Ward
1879-09-06; Paper: Philadelphia Inquirer
"At his residence, at Mount Airy, on Thursday last, Samuel Hood, a well-known member of the bar, died in the seventy-first year of his age. Mr. Hood was born in Ireland, of Scotch-Irish parents. In his native land he was prominent as a worker in behalf of repeal. In this city he proved an able and successful lawyer. He was admitted to the bar November 1, 1832. He was prominent in the coumcils of the Democratic party in this city, and was at one time nimonated by them for a District Court judgeship. Of late years he had received many important appointments from the higher courts, and during his life he wrote and annotated several text books in the law. He stood in the first rank of the profession and was rated among his colleagues as being a strict adherent to the old school rules. For the past few years he was an invalid. Mr. HOod's death will be deeply regretted, as he was well and favorably known in this city, and throughout the State. He is survived by his wife, who is a daughter of the late James Gowen and sister of the president of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad."
Married
Attorney at law
Mt. Airy Road near R. Road, 22nd Ward
1879-09-06; Paper: Philadelphia Inquirer
"At his residence, at Mount Airy, on Thursday last, Samuel Hood, a well-known member of the bar, died in the seventy-first year of his age. Mr. Hood was born in Ireland, of Scotch-Irish parents. In his native land he was prominent as a worker in behalf of repeal. In this city he proved an able and successful lawyer. He was admitted to the bar November 1, 1832. He was prominent in the coumcils of the Democratic party in this city, and was at one time nimonated by them for a District Court judgeship. Of late years he had received many important appointments from the higher courts, and during his life he wrote and annotated several text books in the law. He stood in the first rank of the profession and was rated among his colleagues as being a strict adherent to the old school rules. For the past few years he was an invalid. Mr. HOod's death will be deeply regretted, as he was well and favorably known in this city, and throughout the State. He is survived by his wife, who is a daughter of the late James Gowen and sister of the president of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad."
71y
Married
Attorney at law
Mt. Airy Road near R. Road, 22nd Ward
1879-09-06; Paper: Philadelphia Inquirer
"At his residence, at Mount Airy, on Thursday last, Samuel Hood, a well-known member of the bar, died in the seventy-first year of his age. Mr. Hood was born in Ireland, of Scotch-Irish parents. In his native land he was prominent as a worker in behalf of repeal. In this city he proved an able and successful lawyer. He was admitted to the bar November 1, 1832. He was prominent in the coumcils of the Democratic party in this city, and was at one time nimonated by them for a District Court judgeship. Of late years he had received many important appointments from the higher courts, and during his life he wrote and annotated several text books in the law. He stood in the first rank of the profession and was rated among his colleagues as being a strict adherent to the old school rules. For the past few years he was an invalid. Mr. HOod's death will be deeply regretted, as he was well and favorably known in this city, and throughout the State. He is survived by his wife, who is a daughter of the late James Gowen and sister of the president of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad."
Married
Attorney at law
Mt. Airy Road near R. Road, 22nd Ward
1879-09-06; Paper: Philadelphia Inquirer
"At his residence, at Mount Airy, on Thursday last, Samuel Hood, a well-known member of the bar, died in the seventy-first year of his age. Mr. Hood was born in Ireland, of Scotch-Irish parents. In his native land he was prominent as a worker in behalf of repeal. In this city he proved an able and successful lawyer. He was admitted to the bar November 1, 1832. He was prominent in the coumcils of the Democratic party in this city, and was at one time nimonated by them for a District Court judgeship. Of late years he had received many important appointments from the higher courts, and during his life he wrote and annotated several text books in the law. He stood in the first rank of the profession and was rated among his colleagues as being a strict adherent to the old school rules. For the past few years he was an invalid. Mr. HOod's death will be deeply regretted, as he was well and favorably known in this city, and throughout the State. He is survived by his wife, who is a daughter of the late James Gowen and sister of the president of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad."
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