HOOD, Robert - Putnam

ROBERT HOOD, deceased, a pioneer of Putnam County, was born in Knox County, Tennessee, in 1805. He was reared to agricultural life in his native county, and was married in that State to Christina Rule, who was born in Virginia in 1804. Mr. Hood came from Tennessee to this county in the fall of 1828, and rented land on section 25, Warren Township, one year, then removed to Cloverdale Township,where he leased land on section 6 several years. In 1838 he entered land on section 32, and lived upon that farm until his death in April, 1862. Mr. and Mrs. Hood had nine children, five sons and four daughters. The were members of the Christian church, of which Mr. Hood was an elder. He owned 144 acres of land, although he was in limited circumstances when he came to the county. John R. Hood, a son of the preceding, resides on section 33, Cloverdale Township, and was born in that township March 2, 1834. He was reared in his native township and educated in the common schools of his neighborhood. He remained at home until twenty-five years of age, and November 29, 1859, he was married to Mary C. Morgan, who was born in Cloverdale Township September 23, 1839, daughter of James I. Morgan, who was a native of Kentucky and came to Putnam County in an early day. He lived in Cloverdale Township until his death. Her mother, Melinda [Dorrell] Morgan, also a native of Kentucky, was a mother of eight children, seven of whom are sons. After his marriage our subject purchased and settled upon forty acres of his present farm where his still resided. He now has seventy acres, in a good state of cultivation. Politically Mr. Hood is a Democrat, and has held positions of trust in the township. He served as assessor four years. Mr. and Mrs. Hood are the parents of seven children--William J., Melinda A, Nancy E., Mary M., Sarah E.,Hester M. and Inda A. They are members of the Christian church, of which Mr. Hood has served as deacon thirteen years. William J. Hood, only son of John R. Hood, was born at the family homestead, August 7, 1860, where he grew to manhood. He attended the common schools of his county, and also the Central Normal School, at Danville, three terms. He taught two terms of school, commencing in the fall of 1883. March 4, 1885, he purchased the office of the Cloverdale Herald of E. F. Tennant, in company with A. P. Sinclair, and changed the name of the paper to the Cloverdale Gazette. His partnership with Mr. Sinclair continued until September, 1855, when Mr. Hood purchased the interest of his partner and conducted the paper alone until December, 1886. He then sold to W. E. Naugle, the present editor, since which time he has been engaged in farming.