llKHKlNiiSIIAW'S and
MHKAUY UK AMKUICAN UIOURArHV.
he wa» honorably In inu»itfn*d out with thi- rank of ciiptain: ami 1SI5(5 ill bit-Hine captain in the forty-tir>l n'<;iinoiit I'nitod States infantry, wan litB«'rgt*ant.
18fir»
llKfi, wlien he was the rank of brigadier-general. Hood, Charles Ira, nianufaoturer. wan iMirn l)i-c. II, IH4."). in Lowell, .Mat*H. He opened a retail drug store in Ixiwell, Mass.; and in iHT.'i began the preparation of Hood's sarsaparilla and other readynuule niedicines. HiKtd's sarsaparilla laboratory, built in 1SS."{, is one of the largest in the worhl. Hood, George, musician, author, was born alK)ut lSir>. He was a inaiiagi-r of the Academy uf music of Philadelphia. He was the author of a History of Music in New Kngland (lS4«i. He 'died May 18. 1H«0, in
promoted until
ri';;uUirly
retired
with
I'liiladclphia.
I'a.
Hood, James Walker, clergyman, author, was born .May 30, 1831, in Kennett Township. I'a. He was consecratecl bishop ol the African methodist episcopal church in 1872. <levoted his attention to chuch work. live hundred churches in twenty years. He is the author of The Negro in the Christian i*ul|>it; One Hundre<l Years of Ihe .M«-tiio<list Kpiscopal Zion C'liurch; and The Plan of the Apocalypse.
He has
Iiiiilding
Hood, John IS31.
ill
in
liiiie
ill
I.
was
1S»>4
ffenrral
in
command
of |*ea<'h at Nash-
Tree Creek, .tlaiita. Franklin, and He was the author of Advance and and I'er-onal Kxperienee in the States and ( onfeileratc .Armies, a iiitnl rareful deieiisc of his military moveiiu-nts. II.- die<l Aiii;. 30. |h:!». in New Orhaiis. La. ville.
i;<-treat;
I
Hood, John was lM»rn April Ill
I8."i!»
h«'
Mitilin, ."i.
railroad |iresident. Sykesville, .Md.
1843, in
entered railway til
«*«'rvi(v;
ISIJI
tively gin»>er
an<l un-
was consecuassistant enthe exten-
in
sion of the
Delaware
and the Kastwas railroad: chief engineer of tlu* raih'oatl
shore I'ort
l>f|ntsit
IMiiladrlpliia
timore ro.id:
Liine<T t'-ndi-nt
iianx-d
and and
the
and
- iiid
aUo
i-n-
su|)erin-
of the last railroad in
he was general siiptTof the Florida railroad: in IS7I73 was chief engineer of the l'ea<'li Itottoiii railroad: and in IS73-74 was chief enuiiirer ••1 the Halt iiiior«'. I' liiladelphia and N«'w York railroad. In 1874 he was vice presilent and v""'"";'! snpcrintemleiit of (InWcsti-rn Maryland railroad: and from 1871 was presiilent ami general manatrer of that
inteiideiit
<tr|)oration.
<
tU
lie
was prominently
the biminess and
tiiiiure.
Md.: ami
identitieil
(tublic alTairr* of
tilled
Hal-
nuiiiernns po>itions
203
died Dec.
17.
1000.
.Md.
Hood, Samuel, lawyer, author, was imrn IsiNi, ill Ireland. He was thu Hutlior rractical Treatise on the Law t»f l)eeein Pennsylvania. He died about I87ri ill Philadelphia. Pa. Hook, Enos, con);ressinan, whs born in Pennsylvania. In 183M-41 he was a leprex iitative from Pennsylvania to the tweiity•<i.th congress as a denuK-rat. He died in Pennsx Ivania.
bout
A
of
<li-nts
Hook, John Hilliard, e«lueator. government was Imipii .pril 8. 1870, in St. .Mat-
otheial.
He was e<lurated at New York university.
thews. S.C. tollege and
Iscn inspector in
Cleinson
He
iias
Stales navy
I'niteil
the
department at Dry Tortugas. Fla.; and in-pector for the Pennsylvania railroad company on the siibaipn-ous tunnel under Hudson river. He is now professor of mechanics at CUinson coh'ge. S.C. Hook, William Gather, lawyer, jurist, was born S«'pt. 24. 18."i7. in Waynesburg. Pa. In IH78 !H» he practiced law. 'in 181»1»-11M»3 he was judge of the I'niti-d States district court; ami since PMt3 has been district judge of the I'nited .States courts of appeals lor the eighth district.
Hooke, William, clergyman, author, was born
in
Cromwell.
was
for
He was
Uioi, in F.iigland.
clergy man;
and
was
He came
s«»iiie
a puritan Olivci
cousin
a
of
America about liuW: seven years minister at Taunto
lon: ami for twtdve years following pastor New Haven. Heturiiing to Knglaiid in Hi.'it!, he lH*came chaplain to Cromwell. He was the author of New Kngland's Tearel^nglaLtl's Feares. li»r Old He died .March
at
21.
1
1(78.
in
London. Kngland.
Hooker, Ambrose born in New York.
Eugene,
was
siddier.
In 18(13 he was lieu tenant-colonel in the sixth regiment CaliItirnia infantry: and in I8r>.'> was brevetti-d colonel and brigadier-general. He die<l dan. ISS3.
20.
Hooker, Charles, physician, educator, was born March 12. "U. in Ilerlin. Conn. In |s;iS-»5.'l he was profe!%s<ir of anatomy and |diy-i<dogy in Yale,
Ital-
rail-
Haltinittiv.
II
ill
<-entral
In 1870-71
|sr»'.l-70.
•
Bell, s<ddier. author,
noted general
•
was l>orn (Kvenville. Ky. He was a the confeilerate army; and
He
of trust un<l honor.
New
ib* ilied
March
i!).
I8il3.
llnNeli. ('onii.
Hooker, Charles Edward, r-oldier, lawyer. coiigre«.Hiiian. was born in l82.'». in I'nion. S.( He attemled William and .Mary col.
lege.
and
'a.:
siib-
Harvard
se<|nently
Cambridge.
and was
elected
lb-
distriel
attorney in I8."»0. In IS.V.l he was elected a
repr<'seiitative
the lie
ter
army to colonel.
rttsv
was
in
state legislature, resigiwd to enthe confederate iHtil.
in
the In
ele<-ted
rank
and of
he attorneyI8<i.T
