Hood
County Texas Genealogical Society
BIOGRAPHICAL
NOTES CONCERNING
HOOD
COUNTY FAMILIES & CITIZENS
Including Lipan Area - Portions of
Erath, Palo Pinto, and Parker Counties
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NAME |
COMMENT |
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Confederate
Veteran |
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Rancher &
Businesswoman |
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Farmer |
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A Freighter
Headquartered in Granbury |
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County
Commissioner |
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Acton Farmer
& Stockman |
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From Camden
County, Missouri |
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Farmer &
Stockraiser |
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Brazos Valley
Farmer |
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By Twyla Gill
Wright |
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Pastor of
Southside Baptist Church in Granbury in 1960's |
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Teacher &
Justice of the Peace |
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Farmer &
Stockraiser |
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Saloon Owner |
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1906 Letter to
Arkansas Newspaper Educator from
Lipan |
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Oil Developer |
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Realtor Educated
in Granbury in 1880's |
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Confederate
Veteran |
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Merchant,
Sheriff, Banker & State Legislator |
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Moved to Hood
County in 1893 |
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Sheriff Who
Befriended Jesse James |
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Pastor of
Granbury First Baptist Church in 1950's |
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Paluxy Farmer |
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By Vircenoy B.
Macatee |
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By Lena Ratliff |
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BARNARD |
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Began Farming in
Hood County in 1877 |
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Teacher and
Public Servant |
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Early Settler |
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1873 - 1947 |
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A Comanche Woman |
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Grew up in Lipan |
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Baptist Pastor at
Paluxy in 1882 |
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Organized Cresson
U.C.V. |
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Paluxy Farmer |
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Came to Texas in
Early 1850's |
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Cresson Cattleman World War II Hero
from Cresson |
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1860 Letter -
"Mother I don't frollick now" |
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By Harvey H.
Bowers |
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The Life of a Remarkable
Woman |
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1878 - 1963 |
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NFL Player &
Baylor Coach |
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Civil War
Soldier's Letter to His Father |
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Civil War Veteran
Comes to Tolar in 1880 |
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Lipan Baptist
Pastor in 1950's |
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Began Farming in
Hood County in 1874 |
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Hood County
Farmer |
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Shot Down Over
Laos in 1970 |
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Paluxy Settler in
1860 |
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Cresson Farmer A Prairie
Blueblood Survived 1946 Airplane
Crash in Cresson |
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Candy Kitchen
Owner on the Granbury Square |
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President of City
National Bank |
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County
Commissioner for 16 Years |
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1868 Letter to
Her Brother |
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Founder of Lipan |
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Circuit Riding
Preacher From Mambrino |
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Lived in
Kristenstad & Granbury |
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Baptist Minister
in Tolar |
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Paluxy Valley
Farmer & Stockraiser County Judge
& Confederate
Veteran |
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Lived in Tolar in
1890's |
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Drove Freight
Wagons in 1800's |
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"Oldest
Texas-Made Mason" |
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Moved to Hood
County in 1875 Grandson of Rev.
B.J. Carter |
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Granbury Teacher
& Principal 1954-1976 |
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At Mt. Pleasant
Baptist Church ~1888 |
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Spur Maker in
Paluxy |
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Deputy Sheriff in
1881 |
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State Legislator
& Baptist Minister |
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Professor of
Music |
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Teacher at Rocky
Point & Granbury |
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Founder of
Kristenstad |
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CLARK Brothers, Addison & Randolph |
Minister &
Founder of
Add-Ran College Book Review of
"Reminiscences" by Randolph Clark Teacher,
Administrator & Author Minister &
Educator Teacher &
School Administrator Educator &
College Administrator |
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Granbury
Restaurant Owner |
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"Mister
Granbury" |
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A Prosperous
Farmer Community Leader
in Acton County Attorney |
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COGDELL,
Daniel Calhoun |
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Aided Texas
Indians in 1920's |
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From Scotland to
Texas Confederate
Veteran |
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Tolar Educators |
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Stopped at
Pulltight in 1875 and Stayed |
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County
Commissioner from Canada |
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Pastor of
Granbury First Baptist Church in 1930's |
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Originally from
Erath County |
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Early Pioneer |
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In 1859 called
Hood County "the land of fritter trees and honey ponds" |
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Vinegar Hill
Pioneer |
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1833 - 1866 |
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Founder of
Cresson |
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CROCKETT
Families |
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CROCKETT,
Elizabeth Patton Second
Wife of Davy Crockett |
Photo of Elizabeth
Crockett’s Monument Texas State Historic Site, Acton, Texas |
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First Store Owner
in Cresson |
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Hill City
Teacher, Farmer & Merchant |
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"At The
Breakfast Table" |
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Of Tolar |
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Tolar Family College Dean of
Agriculture |
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Eleven
Generations Pioneer Doctor Performed at the
Granbury Opera House Grandson of Dr.
T.H. Dabney |
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Prosperous Grocer
& Land Owner |
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Attorney |
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From South
Carolina to Hood County with Second Husband |
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Pastor of Tolar
Baptist Church 1945-1949 |
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County
Commissioner & Deputy Sheriff |
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Photographer
& Singer |
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County Attorney |
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Farmer &
Cattleman in Brazos Valley |
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Texas Colonizer,
Land Agent & State Representative |
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Grandson of Dr.
T.H. Dabney |
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Wounded by
Indians in 1865 |
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By Mary Kate
Durham |
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1899 Masonic
Burial & Honoring |
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Baptist Pastor in
Tolar 1960-1962 |
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Granbury Merchant Confederate Twins |
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DREW,
Thomas Stephenson |
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1878 - 1963 |
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Cotton Ginner
& Political Leader |
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Married into
Brazell & Neely Families |
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School Teacher in
Vinegar Hill area |
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Pioneer Methodist
Minister & Vice President of Granbury College |
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Built an Auto
Legacy |
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Hood County
Historian |
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Baptist Pastor in
Paluxy & Tolar ~1899 |
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Tolar's 19th
Century Doctor |
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David Eddleman,
Patriarch Asbury F.
Eddleman, CSA David Henry Eddleman, CSA Bun Turner Covey Eddleman, Teacher |
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Confederate
Veteran |
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Colony Cemetery
Caretaker |
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Became Mayor of
Lubbock |
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Cresson Farmer
& Stockraiser |
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Memories of Lipan
Residents |
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Texas Lawman |
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Paluxy Postmaster
& Store Owner Engineer and
County Surveyor |
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Prominent
Granbury Attorney & Author of Hood County History (1895) |
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Experiences of
Early Settlers |
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Justice of the
Peace |
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FORMWALT |
Biography of John Alexander Formwalt |
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Furniture Store
Proprietor |
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Founded
Foster/Compton Farm in 1872 |
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Baptist Minister
in Hood County |
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Pastor of
Granbury First Baptist Church 1959-1964 |
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A Global Nurse |
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Of Lipan |
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First White Baby
Also First County Agent |
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By Barbara Thorp
Wilkins |
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1918 Obituary |
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Bosque County
Stockman Married Into Oxer Family of Hood County |
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Family Reunion |
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At Rankin's
Restaurant for 20 Years |
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Traveled the
Covered Wagon Highways |
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GILKEY, John [Gilka] |
Paluxy Veteran of
War of 1812 |
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Teacher |
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Confederate
Veteran |
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Once Owned
Comanche Peak His Descendants |
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GLENN |
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Baptist Pastor in
Acton & Allison |
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Farmer &
Stockraiser |
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State
Representative 1899-1900 Began Teaching in
Granbury in 1893 |
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Performed at the
Granbury Opera House |
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Paluxy Physician |
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Successful
Merchant |
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GRANBURY,
Hiram Brinson, Brigadier General, CSA |
General Granbury's Statute on Town Square General
Granbury Monument Fundraising General Granbury Biographical Notes |
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Confederate
Veteran |
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Killed by Indians
in 1863 |
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Korean War
Veteran |
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Of Thorp Spring |
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Founder of
Farmers' Union |
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A Gentleman Among
Scoundrels |
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Pastor of
Granbury First Baptist Church |
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Lipan Pioneer Don't You Tell My Mother—WWI Letter
Cotton Buyer Lipan Farmer |
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Educator &
Administrator |
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Baptist Minister
& Son-in-Law of Davy Crockett |
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U.S. Air Force
Pilot |
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HANNAFORD |
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Early Settler |
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Renowned
Confederate Fiddler |
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State
Representative in 1874 |
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Farmer &
Stockman |
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Community Leader |
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Attorney at Law |
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Civil War Veteran |
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A Determined Man |
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Mathematics
Professor at Add-Ran |
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From South
Carolina to Hood County |
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An Erath County
Physician Who Married Into the Gordon Family of Hood County |
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Killed by Indians
in 1859 |
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Descendancy of
many Hood County families |
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Lieutenant
General, CSA |
HOOD, John Bell, Lt General, CSA |