Husband of Elizabeth (Forepaugh) Hood (1784-1872). John and Elizabeth were married on July 29, 1805 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They were the parents of at least thirteen children including: Mary Elizabeth, Washington, Margaretta, Rebecca Sproul, Sarah Hamilton, Wallace, John McClellan, Jr., Anna, Catherine Wallace, Elizabeth McClellan, Emma Wayne and Montgomery Hood. John was the eldest son of David Hood and Mary (McClellan) Hood of Newtonstewart, Tyrone, Ireland and the grandson of John McClellan and Rebecca (Sproul/Sproule) McClellan. John came to Philadelphia from Ireland in 1799 and started a wholesale grocery business "Hood and Hamilton" which later became "Hood and Wilson." In 1834, John built his house in Limerick, Montgomery, Pennsylvania which was based on a mansion of a house he knew from Ireland. he named the house "Bessy Bell" after a mountain range in Newtownstewart, Ireland. In Pre-Civil War days, his house served as a stopover in the Underground Railroad for slaves who were making their way to Canada.
Husband of Elizabeth (Forepaugh) Hood (1784-1872). John and Elizabeth were married on July 29, 1805 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They were the parents of at least thirteen children including: Mary Elizabeth, Washington, Margaretta, Rebecca Sproul, Sarah Hamilton, Wallace, John McClellan, Jr., Anna, Catherine Wallace, Elizabeth McClellan, Emma Wayne and Montgomery Hood. John was the eldest son of David Hood and Mary (McClellan) Hood of Newtonstewart, Tyrone, Ireland and the grandson of John McClellan and Rebecca (Sproul/Sproule) McClellan. John came to Philadelphia from Ireland in 1799 and started a wholesale grocery business "Hood and Hamilton" which later became "Hood and Wilson." In 1834, John built his house in Limerick, Montgomery, Pennsylvania which was based on a mansion of a house he knew from Ireland. he named the house "Bessy Bell" after a mountain range in Newtownstewart, Ireland. In Pre-Civil War days, his house served as a stopover in the Underground Railroad for slaves who were making their way to Canada.
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