Brief Life History of John Marion
When John Marion Hood was born on 26 October 1877, in South Carolina, United States, his father, Starling Jones Hood, was 33 and his mother, Arvilla or Avie Watson, was 28. He lived in Wagener, Aiken, South Carolina, United States in 1920 and Center Township, Oconee, South Carolina, United States in 1940. He died on 9 May 1963, in Pickens, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Pickens, South Carolina, United States.
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- John Hood, "United States Census, 1940"
- John Marion Hood, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"
- John M Hood in entry for Marion Compton Hood, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"
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1878 · Liberian Exodus
April 21, 1878, around 206 African Americans boarde the ship Azor for Liberia.The cause for this is with the rise of political power, it makes life even harder for the African Americans.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English hod, hood, hodde ‘hood’, either for someone who wore a hood (like the medieval folk hero Robin Hood) or who made and sold hoods. In Kent and Sussex the name may sometimes have been confused with Hoad .
English: from the Middle English personal name Hod(e), a variant of Ode or Odd with prosthetic H-; see Ott and Oates and compare Hodson 2.
English and Scottish: variant of Hudd, from the Middle English personal name Hudde, Hutte, which could represent Old English Hud(d)a or its ancient Germanic equivalent Hud(d)o, but is more likely from Anglo-Norman French Hud(de), a pet form of Hugh.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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