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“A Biographical History of Lancaster Co. Being a History of
Early Settlers and Eminent Men of the County” by Alex. Harris, 1827
Lancaster, Pa.: Elias Barr & Co., 1872
Pg. 315, ALEXANDER HOOD. In 1695 an Englishman, named JOHN HOOD, with his wife, settled within a few miles of where Norristown now stands. This man, it seems, when quite (pg. 316) young, had been concerned in some plot against the government and fled to Holland, afterwards going back to England as a soldier in the army of William III. A grandson of this man, REV. PHILIP HOOD, had a numerous family, among whom was a son named GERHART, born in 1756, who married MARY, the daughter of PHILIP WENTZ, of Skippach, at whose house General Washington had his headquarters before and after the battle of Germantown. About 1792 GERHART and his brother JOHN moved to Chester Co., not far from Andrew’s Bridge, the place being now known as Homeville. JOHN remained there till his death, in 1832, but GERHART moved to Lancaster in 1795, remaining there till 1802, when he moved to Philadelphia, and died there in 1814.
GERHART HOOD had three sons: FREDERICK, born near Norristown, June 14, 1779; GEORGE, born at the same place, about 1783; and SAMUEL, born at Lancaster in 1796. GEORGE moved from Philadelphia to Lancaster, Ohio, in 1816, and died there a few years afterwards. SAMUEL died in Philadelphia, unmarried, in 1822.
FREDERICK HOOD learned the trade of a hatter at Lancaster, and afterwards worked in various places, till he married MARGARET, the daughter of JOHN HIGGINS, of Chambersburg, Pa. After the War of 1812, in which he participated in several battles and was taken prisoner, he moved to Philadelphia, and in 1819 moved to Strasburg, where he followed his trade for several years. He died at Soudersburg, Oct. 14, 1865, in his 87th year. His two sons, ALEXANDER H. and JOHN GERHART HOOD, reside in Lancaster.
ALEXANDER H. HOOD was born at Chambersburg, Pa., and when a small boy came to Strasburg with his parents, as above stated. When about sixteen years old he was apprenticed to a shoemaker, and worked at that business till he was over twenty years old. He then became a teacher of a public school, and in 1837 was appointed a clerk in the office of the Secretary of State, at Harrisburg, where he remained till the close of Ritner’s administration. In April, 1839, he became the editor and proprietor of the Lancaster Union, which he conducted with marked ability till October, 1842, when he sold out to R. W. Middleton. In 1839 he (pg. 317) was elected Clerk of the Orphan’s Court of Lancaster Co., and before his term expired he was elected to the Legislature, in which, owing to a split in the party, he remained but one session. While serving in this capacity, John Mathiot, who for several had been Mayor of Lancaster, died. MR. HOOD, on the petition of many Whigs and a few Democrats, introduced and had passed into a law, a bill making the Mayor elective, though it was covertly opposed by all the leading Democrats. After the defeat of Clay, in 1844, he took but little part in politics for some years. In 1844, having read law under the direction of the late Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, he was admitted to the bar, and soon became one of its prominent members.
In August, 1862, he was appointed Collector of Internal Revenue of this district, by President Lincoln, a position which he held till September 1866 when he was removed by Andrew Johnson for refusing to contribute funds towards the formation of Johnson’s new party. Since that time MR. HOOD has been steadily engaged in the practice of his profession.
Pg. 318, JOSEPH HOOD, was a member of the Legislature in 1860.
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