John McClellan Hood and Elizabeth Forepaugh

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Husband John McClellan Hood ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1778 - Newton Stewart, County Tyrone, Ireland 1
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           Died: 1848 1
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       Marriage: 1805 1

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Wife Elizabeth Forepaugh ²

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            AKA: Eliza Forebaugh 1
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Children

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1 F Sarah Hamilton Hood ³

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           Born: 17 Apr 1815 - Limerick Twp, Montgomery Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Charles Gilpin (1809-      ) 3
           Marr: 5 Apr 1843 3

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2 M Washington Hood ¹

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General Notes: Husband - John McClellan Hood

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He came to America in 1799, settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was engaged in the wholesale grocery business,\emdash the firm of Hood & Hamilton, and afterwards Hood & Wilson.
Leaving the city when the yellow fever prevailed, he was so pleased with the beauties of Limerick township, Montgomery County, that he purchased a farm, long held by his family. In 1834-35 he built the mansion to which, for a number of years, his family came out in the summer season, and was later occupied by his grandson, T. Richard Hood. He called this place "Bessie Bell," the name of a small eminence near his native home.
He and his wife had twelve children.
Mr. Hood's health was broken, in 1840, by the death of his son, Washington Hood, captain of topographical engineers, who, in the prime of life, contracted his last illness in the service of the government while laying out the boundaries of the far western states.
He was an ardent Presbyterian in his religious belief. He was always strongly attached to and proud of his native land.

1 Theodore W. Bean, History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1884), Pg 922.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 434.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 433.