The parents of Jane Sewell, John N. Sewell and Mary (Richmond) Hood, were married on 05 Nov 1802 in Rowan Co., North Carolina.
The 1830 US Census of Franklin Co., GA enumerated the household of John Sewell (age range 40-49). Also living in the household were his wife, Mary (Richmond) Sewell (age range 30-39); one male (under 5); one male (age range 5-9): one male (age range 10-14; one male (age range 15-19); one female (under 5); one female (age range 5-9) This child was probably 8 Y/O Jane Sewell (born on 02 Apr 1822); 2 females (age range 15-19).
The 1840 US census of District 206, Franklin Co., GA enumerated the household of John Sewell (age range 50-59) and his wife, Mary (Richmond) Sewell (age range 40-49). Also living in the household were: one male (under 5); 2 males (age range 5-9); one male (age range 10-14); one male (age range 15-19); one female (age range 10-14); one female (age range 15-19) This child was probably 18 Y/O Jane Sewell (born on 02 Apr 1822); one female (age range 20-29).
Jane Sewell married Stephen Reed Hood on 23 May 1841 in Franklin Co., GA (their marriage certificate is extant). At the time, Steven Reed Hood was a Justice of the Peace in Franklin Co., GA.
Tax records show the Stephen Reed Hood family moved to Jackson, Co., GA before 1849. The Nov 1850 US Census of Subdivision 45, Jackson Co., GA enumerated the household of 33 Y/O Stephen Reed Hood, born in GA, and his 29 Y/O wife, Jane (Sewell) Hood, born in GA. Living in the household were their children: 8 Y/O Angeline Hood; 6 Y/O John S. Hood; 3 Y/O William H. Hood and 8 months old James M. Hood. Stephen was a farmer with 170 acres of land valued at $500.00 cash.
The birth records of their children indicate that Stephen and his family migrated from Jackson Co., GA to the Coats Bend area of Cherokee Co., AL between 25 Nov 1855, the birth date of their last Georgia born child, Huldah Hood, and 14 Feb 1857, the Cherokee County, Alabama birth date of George Washington Hood, their first child born in Alabama. Jane Hood's daughter, Angeline (Hood) Turner, aged 13 at the time of the migration, related the difficulties encountered during that adventure-filled covered wagon journey many years later.
The 1860 US Census of Kings Hill, Cherokee Co., AL enumerated the household of 42 Y/O Stephen Reed Hood, a Baptist minister and farmer, and his 39 Y/O wife, Jane (Sewell) Hood. His estate was valued at $3000.00. Also living in the household were their children: 17 Y/O Angeline Hood, born in GA; 15 Y/O John S. Hood, born in GA; 13 Y/O William H. Hood, born in GA; 11 Y/O James H. Hood, born in GA; 9 Y/O Mary Hood, born in GA, 7 Y/O Simeon Hood, born in GA; 5 Y/O daughter, Huldah Hood, born in GA; 3 Y/O George Hood, born in Alabama, and 6 months old Susan Hood, born in Alabama.
The 1870 US Census of Attalla, Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 51 Y/O Stephen Reed Hood, a gospel minister and farmer, and his 48 Y/O wife, Jane (Sewell) Hood. His post-war estate was valued at $2000.00 (quite a recovery). Also living in the household were their children: 28 Y/O Angeline Hood; 20 old James H. Hood; 18 Y/O Mary Hood, 17 Y/O Simeon Hood; 14 Y/O Huldah Hood; 13 Y/O George Hood; 10 Y/O Susan Hood; 7 Y/O Laura Hood and 5 Y/O Joseph Hood.
The 1880 US Census of Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 62 Y/O Stephen Reed Hood, minister of the gospel. Also living in the household was Stephen's 58 Y/O wife, Jane (Sewell) Hood, and their 15 Y/O son, Joseph B. Hood, born in AL.
Jane experienced the rigors of the typical farmer's wife and mother of the era, the terrors of the Civil War and also the demanding duties of a minster's wife.
As the wife of Steven Reed Hood, the minister of the Lebanon Advent Church of Coats Bend, Etowah Co., AL, she was very involved in the activities of this church during her life there. The church is now disbanded and the original log church, later covered with clapboard siding, was torn down in the 1970s. The pews were distributed among the parishioners. The Lebanon Cemetery was established adjoining the church with the first burial in 1858. I spent many "Decoration Days" (later named Memorial Day) at this church and adjacent cemetery as a child in the 1930s and 1940s. See photo of the Lebanon Advent Church attached.
The children of Stephen Reed and Jane (Sewell) Hood were:
1) Angeline Hood b. 22 Oct 1842 Franklin Co., GA, d. 05 Mar 1939 Wharton Bend, Etowah Co., AL, m. Phillip Matthew Turner, Jr. 23 Dec 1873 Etowah Co., AL, bur. Lebanon Advent Cemetery, Coats Bend, Etowah Co., AL.
2) John S. Hood b. October 1845 GA, d. 01 Jun 1862 of disease during the Civil War near Corinth, MS.
3) Rev. William Hamilton Hood b. 11 Jan 1848 GA, d. 10 Feb 1923 Etowah Co., AL, m. 1) Charlsie A. Croft 23 Sep 1868 Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL, 2) Lougenia Manley Hudson on 31 Jan 1895 in Etowah Co., AL, 3) Myra Weaver on 15 Dec 1904 in Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL, bur. Lebanon Advent Cemetery, Coats Bend, Etowah Co., AL.
4) James Milton Hood b. 28 Feb 1850 Jackson Co., GA, d. 30 Dec 1914 AL, m. Mary Ellen Hale in Jan 1874 in Cherokee Co., AL, bur. Cedar Hill Methodist Cemetery, Leesburg, Cherokee Co., AL.
5) Mary Elizabeth Hood b. 26 Oct 1851 GA, d. 18 May 1882 Etowah Co., AL, m. 03 Feb 1874 James Madison Hooper, bur. Lebanon Advent Cemetery, Coats Bend, Etowah Co., AL.
6) Simon Martin Hood b. 10 Mar 1853 Franklin Co., GA, d. 02 Jan 1932 Etowah Co., AL, m. 1) Margaret "Maggie" Ethel Hale on 15 Jan 1874, 2) Laura Lee Cunningham on 10 Dec 1902, 3) Mary Frances Bond Kilgore on 29 May 1909, bur. Shady Grove Cemetery, Cherokee Co., AL.
7) Huldah J. Hood b. 25 Nov 1855 GA, d. 03 Nov 1891 Etowah Co., AL, m. James Alexander McCluskey on 22 Oct 1876 in Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL, bur. Lebanon Advent Cemetery, Coates Bend, Etowah Co., AL.
8) Rev. George Washington Hood b. 14 Feb 1857 Cherokee Co., AL, d. 09 Jun 1931 Athens, Howard Co., AK, Occupation: preacher and farmer, m. 1) Celia Catherine Hale on 31 Aug 1876 in Cherokee Co., AL, 2) Mary Elizabeth (Boothe) Keys on 25 Jul 1917 in Van Buren, Crawford Co., AR, 3) Alice Rowes on 03 Dec 1924 in Nashville, Howard Co., AR, 4) Clara Collins on 08 Mar 1929 in Sallisaw, Sequoyah Co., OK, bur. in White and Shelby Cemetery, Central City, Sebastian Co., AR.
9) Susan (Susie) A. Hood (Susan A. Hood Hale) b. 02 Jan 1860 Cherokee Co., AL, d. 26 Aug 1903 Cherokee Co., AL, m. David Crockett Hale on 13 Oct 1879 in Etowah Co., AL, bur. in Lebanon Advent Cemetery, Coats Bend, Etowah Co., AL.
10) Laura Celia Hood b. 01 Dec 1861 Cherokee Co., AL, d. 02 Jun 1941 Etowah Co., AL, m. Augustus "Guss" Beauregard McCluskey on 28 Dec 1879 in Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL, bur. in Lebanon Advent Cemetery, Coats Bend, Etowah Co., AL.
11) Joseph B. Hood b. 29 Jan 1865 Cherokee Co., AL, d. 11 Oct 1933 Jenny Lind, Sebastian Co., AR (Reportedly via suicide), m. Unmarried, Occupation: coal miner, Great Western Coal Co., AR, bur. in Old Jenny Lind Cemetery, Jenny Lind, Sebastian Co, AR.
Sources:
1) "History of Some Sewell Families in America" by Worley Levi Sewell, 1955, pp67-75.
2) "The John and Richard Hood Clan of Halifax County, Virginia; Burke County, North Carolina; and Pendleton and Greenville Districts, South Carolina" by Clyde B. Hood, 2013, pp197-200.
3) "Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5" Vol. III, 4th Ed., 2007, pp649-650. (This reference doesn't pertain to this FAG memorial. It is aimed at hopefully bringing attention to and correcting a much propagated error in our early Sewell family history that claims the wife of Henry Sewell (1600-1644) was Alice Willoughby.)
Bio by Gresham Farrar.
The 1830 US Census of Franklin Co., GA enumerated the household of John Sewell (age range 40-49). Also living in the household were his wife, Mary (Richmond) Sewell (age range 30-39); one male (under 5); one male (age range 5-9): one male (age range 10-14; one male (age range 15-19); one female (under 5); one female (age range 5-9) This child was probably 8 Y/O Jane Sewell (born on 02 Apr 1822); 2 females (age range 15-19).
The 1840 US census of District 206, Franklin Co., GA enumerated the household of John Sewell (age range 50-59) and his wife, Mary (Richmond) Sewell (age range 40-49). Also living in the household were: one male (under 5); 2 males (age range 5-9); one male (age range 10-14); one male (age range 15-19); one female (age range 10-14); one female (age range 15-19) This child was probably 18 Y/O Jane Sewell (born on 02 Apr 1822); one female (age range 20-29).
Jane Sewell married Stephen Reed Hood on 23 May 1841 in Franklin Co., GA (their marriage certificate is extant). At the time, Steven Reed Hood was a Justice of the Peace in Franklin Co., GA.
Tax records show the Stephen Reed Hood family moved to Jackson, Co., GA before 1849. The Nov 1850 US Census of Subdivision 45, Jackson Co., GA enumerated the household of 33 Y/O Stephen Reed Hood, born in GA, and his 29 Y/O wife, Jane (Sewell) Hood, born in GA. Living in the household were their children: 8 Y/O Angeline Hood; 6 Y/O John S. Hood; 3 Y/O William H. Hood and 8 months old James M. Hood. Stephen was a farmer with 170 acres of land valued at $500.00 cash.
The birth records of their children indicate that Stephen and his family migrated from Jackson Co., GA to the Coats Bend area of Cherokee Co., AL between 25 Nov 1855, the birth date of their last Georgia born child, Huldah Hood, and 14 Feb 1857, the Cherokee County, Alabama birth date of George Washington Hood, their first child born in Alabama. Jane Hood's daughter, Angeline (Hood) Turner, aged 13 at the time of the migration, related the difficulties encountered during that adventure-filled covered wagon journey many years later.
The 1860 US Census of Kings Hill, Cherokee Co., AL enumerated the household of 42 Y/O Stephen Reed Hood, a Baptist minister and farmer, and his 39 Y/O wife, Jane (Sewell) Hood. His estate was valued at $3000.00. Also living in the household were their children: 17 Y/O Angeline Hood, born in GA; 15 Y/O John S. Hood, born in GA; 13 Y/O William H. Hood, born in GA; 11 Y/O James H. Hood, born in GA; 9 Y/O Mary Hood, born in GA, 7 Y/O Simeon Hood, born in GA; 5 Y/O daughter, Huldah Hood, born in GA; 3 Y/O George Hood, born in Alabama, and 6 months old Susan Hood, born in Alabama.
The 1870 US Census of Attalla, Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 51 Y/O Stephen Reed Hood, a gospel minister and farmer, and his 48 Y/O wife, Jane (Sewell) Hood. His post-war estate was valued at $2000.00 (quite a recovery). Also living in the household were their children: 28 Y/O Angeline Hood; 20 old James H. Hood; 18 Y/O Mary Hood, 17 Y/O Simeon Hood; 14 Y/O Huldah Hood; 13 Y/O George Hood; 10 Y/O Susan Hood; 7 Y/O Laura Hood and 5 Y/O Joseph Hood.
The 1880 US Census of Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 62 Y/O Stephen Reed Hood, minister of the gospel. Also living in the household was Stephen's 58 Y/O wife, Jane (Sewell) Hood, and their 15 Y/O son, Joseph B. Hood, born in AL.
Jane experienced the rigors of the typical farmer's wife and mother of the era, the terrors of the Civil War and also the demanding duties of a minster's wife.
As the wife of Steven Reed Hood, the minister of the Lebanon Advent Church of Coats Bend, Etowah Co., AL, she was very involved in the activities of this church during her life there. The church is now disbanded and the original log church, later covered with clapboard siding, was torn down in the 1970s. The pews were distributed among the parishioners. The Lebanon Cemetery was established adjoining the church with the first burial in 1858. I spent many "Decoration Days" (later named Memorial Day) at this church and adjacent cemetery as a child in the 1930s and 1940s. See photo of the Lebanon Advent Church attached.
The children of Stephen Reed and Jane (Sewell) Hood were:
1) Angeline Hood b. 22 Oct 1842 Franklin Co., GA, d. 05 Mar 1939 Wharton Bend, Etowah Co., AL, m. Phillip Matthew Turner, Jr. 23 Dec 1873 Etowah Co., AL, bur. Lebanon Advent Cemetery, Coats Bend, Etowah Co., AL.
2) John S. Hood b. October 1845 GA, d. 01 Jun 1862 of disease during the Civil War near Corinth, MS.
3) Rev. William Hamilton Hood b. 11 Jan 1848 GA, d. 10 Feb 1923 Etowah Co., AL, m. 1) Charlsie A. Croft 23 Sep 1868 Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL, 2) Lougenia Manley Hudson on 31 Jan 1895 in Etowah Co., AL, 3) Myra Weaver on 15 Dec 1904 in Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL, bur. Lebanon Advent Cemetery, Coats Bend, Etowah Co., AL.
4) James Milton Hood b. 28 Feb 1850 Jackson Co., GA, d. 30 Dec 1914 AL, m. Mary Ellen Hale in Jan 1874 in Cherokee Co., AL, bur. Cedar Hill Methodist Cemetery, Leesburg, Cherokee Co., AL.
5) Mary Elizabeth Hood b. 26 Oct 1851 GA, d. 18 May 1882 Etowah Co., AL, m. 03 Feb 1874 James Madison Hooper, bur. Lebanon Advent Cemetery, Coats Bend, Etowah Co., AL.
6) Simon Martin Hood b. 10 Mar 1853 Franklin Co., GA, d. 02 Jan 1932 Etowah Co., AL, m. 1) Margaret "Maggie" Ethel Hale on 15 Jan 1874, 2) Laura Lee Cunningham on 10 Dec 1902, 3) Mary Frances Bond Kilgore on 29 May 1909, bur. Shady Grove Cemetery, Cherokee Co., AL.
7) Huldah J. Hood b. 25 Nov 1855 GA, d. 03 Nov 1891 Etowah Co., AL, m. James Alexander McCluskey on 22 Oct 1876 in Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL, bur. Lebanon Advent Cemetery, Coates Bend, Etowah Co., AL.
8) Rev. George Washington Hood b. 14 Feb 1857 Cherokee Co., AL, d. 09 Jun 1931 Athens, Howard Co., AK, Occupation: preacher and farmer, m. 1) Celia Catherine Hale on 31 Aug 1876 in Cherokee Co., AL, 2) Mary Elizabeth (Boothe) Keys on 25 Jul 1917 in Van Buren, Crawford Co., AR, 3) Alice Rowes on 03 Dec 1924 in Nashville, Howard Co., AR, 4) Clara Collins on 08 Mar 1929 in Sallisaw, Sequoyah Co., OK, bur. in White and Shelby Cemetery, Central City, Sebastian Co., AR.
9) Susan (Susie) A. Hood (Susan A. Hood Hale) b. 02 Jan 1860 Cherokee Co., AL, d. 26 Aug 1903 Cherokee Co., AL, m. David Crockett Hale on 13 Oct 1879 in Etowah Co., AL, bur. in Lebanon Advent Cemetery, Coats Bend, Etowah Co., AL.
10) Laura Celia Hood b. 01 Dec 1861 Cherokee Co., AL, d. 02 Jun 1941 Etowah Co., AL, m. Augustus "Guss" Beauregard McCluskey on 28 Dec 1879 in Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL, bur. in Lebanon Advent Cemetery, Coats Bend, Etowah Co., AL.
11) Joseph B. Hood b. 29 Jan 1865 Cherokee Co., AL, d. 11 Oct 1933 Jenny Lind, Sebastian Co., AR (Reportedly via suicide), m. Unmarried, Occupation: coal miner, Great Western Coal Co., AR, bur. in Old Jenny Lind Cemetery, Jenny Lind, Sebastian Co, AR.
Sources:
1) "History of Some Sewell Families in America" by Worley Levi Sewell, 1955, pp67-75.
2) "The John and Richard Hood Clan of Halifax County, Virginia; Burke County, North Carolina; and Pendleton and Greenville Districts, South Carolina" by Clyde B. Hood, 2013, pp197-200.
3) "Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5" Vol. III, 4th Ed., 2007, pp649-650. (This reference doesn't pertain to this FAG memorial. It is aimed at hopefully bringing attention to and correcting a much propagated error in our early Sewell family history that claims the wife of Henry Sewell (1600-1644) was Alice Willoughby.)
Bio by Gresham Farrar.
The parents of Jane Sewell, John N. Sewell and Mary (Richmond) Hood, were married on 05 Nov 1802 in Rowan Co., North Carolina.
The 1830 US Census of Franklin Co., GA enumerated the household of John Sewell (age range 40-49). Also living in the household were his wife, Mary (Richmond) Sewell (age range 30-39); one male (under 5); one male (age range 5-9): one male (age range 10-14; one male (age range 15-19); one female (under 5); one female (age range 5-9) This child was probably 8 Y/O Jane Sewell (born on 02 Apr 1822); 2 females (age range 15-19).
The 1840 US census of District 206, Franklin Co., GA enumerated the household of John Sewell (age range 50-59) and his wife, Mary (Richmond) Sewell (age range 40-49). Also living in the household were: one male (under 5); 2 males (age range 5-9); one male (age range 10-14); one male (age range 15-19); one female (age range 10-14); one female (age range 15-19) This child was probably 18 Y/O Jane Sewell (born on 02 Apr 1822); one female (age range 20-29).
Jane Sewell married Stephen Reed Hood on 23 May 1841 in Franklin Co., GA (their marriage certificate is extant). At the time, Steven Reed Hood was a Justice of the Peace in Franklin Co., GA.
Tax records show the Stephen Reed Hood family moved to Jackson, Co., GA before 1849. The Nov 1850 US Census of Subdivision 45, Jackson Co., GA enumerated the household of 33 Y/O Stephen Reed Hood, born in GA, and his 29 Y/O wife, Jane (Sewell) Hood, born in GA. Living in the household were their children: 8 Y/O Angeline Hood; 6 Y/O John S. Hood; 3 Y/O William H. Hood and 8 months old James M. Hood. Stephen was a farmer with 170 acres of land valued at $500.00 cash.
The birth records of their children indicate that Stephen and his family migrated from Jackson Co., GA to the Coats Bend area of Cherokee Co., AL between 25 Nov 1855, the birth date of their last Georgia born child, Huldah Hood, and 14 Feb 1857, the Cherokee County, Alabama birth date of George Washington Hood, their first child born in Alabama. Jane Hood's daughter, Angeline (Hood) Turner, aged 13 at the time of the migration, related the difficulties encountered during that adventure-filled covered wagon journey many years later.
The 1860 US Census of Kings Hill, Cherokee Co., AL enumerated the household of 42 Y/O Stephen Reed Hood, a Baptist minister and farmer, and his 39 Y/O wife, Jane (Sewell) Hood. His estate was valued at $3000.00. Also living in the household were their children: 17 Y/O Angeline Hood, born in GA; 15 Y/O John S. Hood, born in GA; 13 Y/O William H. Hood, born in GA; 11 Y/O James H. Hood, born in GA; 9 Y/O Mary Hood, born in GA, 7 Y/O Simeon Hood, born in GA; 5 Y/O daughter, Huldah Hood, born in GA; 3 Y/O George Hood, born in Alabama, and 6 months old Susan Hood, born in Alabama.
The 1870 US Census of Attalla, Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 51 Y/O Stephen Reed Hood, a gospel minister and farmer, and his 48 Y/O wife, Jane (Sewell) Hood. His post-war estate was valued at $2000.00 (quite a recovery). Also living in the household were their children: 28 Y/O Angeline Hood; 20 old James H. Hood; 18 Y/O Mary Hood, 17 Y/O Simeon Hood; 14 Y/O Huldah Hood; 13 Y/O George Hood; 10 Y/O Susan Hood; 7 Y/O Laura Hood and 5 Y/O Joseph Hood.
The 1880 US Census of Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 62 Y/O Stephen Reed Hood, minister of the gospel. Also living in the household was Stephen's 58 Y/O wife, Jane (Sewell) Hood, and their 15 Y/O son, Joseph B. Hood, born in AL.
Jane experienced the rigors of the typical farmer's wife and mother of the era, the terrors of the Civil War and also the demanding duties of a minster's wife.
As the wife of Steven Reed Hood, the minister of the Lebanon Advent Church of Coats Bend, Etowah Co., AL, she was very involved in the activities of this church during her life there. The church is now disbanded and the original log church, later covered with clapboard siding, was torn down in the 1970s. The pews were distributed among the parishioners. The Lebanon Cemetery was established adjoining the church with the first burial in 1858. I spent many "Decoration Days" (later named Memorial Day) at this church and adjacent cemetery as a child in the 1930s and 1940s. See photo of the Lebanon Advent Church attached.
The children of Stephen Reed and Jane (Sewell) Hood were:
1) Angeline Hood b. 22 Oct 1842 Franklin Co., GA, d. 05 Mar 1939 Wharton Bend, Etowah Co., AL, m. Phillip Matthew Turner, Jr. 23 Dec 1873 Etowah Co., AL, bur. Lebanon Advent Cemetery, Coats Bend, Etowah Co., AL.
2) John S. Hood b. October 1845 GA, d. 01 Jun 1862 of disease during the Civil War near Corinth, MS.
3) Rev. William Hamilton Hood b. 11 Jan 1848 GA, d. 10 Feb 1923 Etowah Co., AL, m. 1) Charlsie A. Croft 23 Sep 1868 Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL, 2) Lougenia Manley Hudson on 31 Jan 1895 in Etowah Co., AL, 3) Myra Weaver on 15 Dec 1904 in Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL, bur. Lebanon Advent Cemetery, Coats Bend, Etowah Co., AL.
4) James Milton Hood b. 28 Feb 1850 Jackson Co., GA, d. 30 Dec 1914 AL, m. Mary Ellen Hale in Jan 1874 in Cherokee Co., AL, bur. Cedar Hill Methodist Cemetery, Leesburg, Cherokee Co., AL.
5) Mary Elizabeth Hood b. 26 Oct 1851 GA, d. 18 May 1882 Etowah Co., AL, m. 03 Feb 1874 James Madison Hooper, bur. Lebanon Advent Cemetery, Coats Bend, Etowah Co., AL.
6) Simon Martin Hood b. 10 Mar 1853 Franklin Co., GA, d. 02 Jan 1932 Etowah Co., AL, m. 1) Margaret "Maggie" Ethel Hale on 15 Jan 1874, 2) Laura Lee Cunningham on 10 Dec 1902, 3) Mary Frances Bond Kilgore on 29 May 1909, bur. Shady Grove Cemetery, Cherokee Co., AL.
7) Huldah J. Hood b. 25 Nov 1855 GA, d. 03 Nov 1891 Etowah Co., AL, m. James Alexander McCluskey on 22 Oct 1876 in Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL, bur. Lebanon Advent Cemetery, Coates Bend, Etowah Co., AL.
8) Rev. George Washington Hood b. 14 Feb 1857 Cherokee Co., AL, d. 09 Jun 1931 Athens, Howard Co., AK, Occupation: preacher and farmer, m. 1) Celia Catherine Hale on 31 Aug 1876 in Cherokee Co., AL, 2) Mary Elizabeth (Boothe) Keys on 25 Jul 1917 in Van Buren, Crawford Co., AR, 3) Alice Rowes on 03 Dec 1924 in Nashville, Howard Co., AR, 4) Clara Collins on 08 Mar 1929 in Sallisaw, Sequoyah Co., OK, bur. in White and Shelby Cemetery, Central City, Sebastian Co., AR.
9) Susan (Susie) A. Hood (Susan A. Hood Hale) b. 02 Jan 1860 Cherokee Co., AL, d. 26 Aug 1903 Cherokee Co., AL, m. David Crockett Hale on 13 Oct 1879 in Etowah Co., AL, bur. in Lebanon Advent Cemetery, Coats Bend, Etowah Co., AL.
10) Laura Celia Hood b. 01 Dec 1861 Cherokee Co., AL, d. 02 Jun 1941 Etowah Co., AL, m. Augustus "Guss" Beauregard McCluskey on 28 Dec 1879 in Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL, bur. in Lebanon Advent Cemetery, Coats Bend, Etowah Co., AL.
11) Joseph B. Hood b. 29 Jan 1865 Cherokee Co., AL, d. 11 Oct 1933 Jenny Lind, Sebastian Co., AR (Reportedly via suicide), m. Unmarried, Occupation: coal miner, Great Western Coal Co., AR, bur. in Old Jenny Lind Cemetery, Jenny Lind, Sebastian Co, AR.
Sources:
1) "History of Some Sewell Families in America" by Worley Levi Sewell, 1955, pp67-75.
2) "The John and Richard Hood Clan of Halifax County, Virginia; Burke County, North Carolina; and Pendleton and Greenville Districts, South Carolina" by Clyde B. Hood, 2013, pp197-200.
3) "Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5" Vol. III, 4th Ed., 2007, pp649-650. (This reference doesn't pertain to this FAG memorial. It is aimed at hopefully bringing attention to and correcting a much propagated error in our early Sewell family history that claims the wife of Henry Sewell (1600-1644) was Alice Willoughby.)
Bio by Gresham Farrar.
The 1830 US Census of Franklin Co., GA enumerated the household of John Sewell (age range 40-49). Also living in the household were his wife, Mary (Richmond) Sewell (age range 30-39); one male (under 5); one male (age range 5-9): one male (age range 10-14; one male (age range 15-19); one female (under 5); one female (age range 5-9) This child was probably 8 Y/O Jane Sewell (born on 02 Apr 1822); 2 females (age range 15-19).
The 1840 US census of District 206, Franklin Co., GA enumerated the household of John Sewell (age range 50-59) and his wife, Mary (Richmond) Sewell (age range 40-49). Also living in the household were: one male (under 5); 2 males (age range 5-9); one male (age range 10-14); one male (age range 15-19); one female (age range 10-14); one female (age range 15-19) This child was probably 18 Y/O Jane Sewell (born on 02 Apr 1822); one female (age range 20-29).
Jane Sewell married Stephen Reed Hood on 23 May 1841 in Franklin Co., GA (their marriage certificate is extant). At the time, Steven Reed Hood was a Justice of the Peace in Franklin Co., GA.
Tax records show the Stephen Reed Hood family moved to Jackson, Co., GA before 1849. The Nov 1850 US Census of Subdivision 45, Jackson Co., GA enumerated the household of 33 Y/O Stephen Reed Hood, born in GA, and his 29 Y/O wife, Jane (Sewell) Hood, born in GA. Living in the household were their children: 8 Y/O Angeline Hood; 6 Y/O John S. Hood; 3 Y/O William H. Hood and 8 months old James M. Hood. Stephen was a farmer with 170 acres of land valued at $500.00 cash.
The birth records of their children indicate that Stephen and his family migrated from Jackson Co., GA to the Coats Bend area of Cherokee Co., AL between 25 Nov 1855, the birth date of their last Georgia born child, Huldah Hood, and 14 Feb 1857, the Cherokee County, Alabama birth date of George Washington Hood, their first child born in Alabama. Jane Hood's daughter, Angeline (Hood) Turner, aged 13 at the time of the migration, related the difficulties encountered during that adventure-filled covered wagon journey many years later.
The 1860 US Census of Kings Hill, Cherokee Co., AL enumerated the household of 42 Y/O Stephen Reed Hood, a Baptist minister and farmer, and his 39 Y/O wife, Jane (Sewell) Hood. His estate was valued at $3000.00. Also living in the household were their children: 17 Y/O Angeline Hood, born in GA; 15 Y/O John S. Hood, born in GA; 13 Y/O William H. Hood, born in GA; 11 Y/O James H. Hood, born in GA; 9 Y/O Mary Hood, born in GA, 7 Y/O Simeon Hood, born in GA; 5 Y/O daughter, Huldah Hood, born in GA; 3 Y/O George Hood, born in Alabama, and 6 months old Susan Hood, born in Alabama.
The 1870 US Census of Attalla, Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 51 Y/O Stephen Reed Hood, a gospel minister and farmer, and his 48 Y/O wife, Jane (Sewell) Hood. His post-war estate was valued at $2000.00 (quite a recovery). Also living in the household were their children: 28 Y/O Angeline Hood; 20 old James H. Hood; 18 Y/O Mary Hood, 17 Y/O Simeon Hood; 14 Y/O Huldah Hood; 13 Y/O George Hood; 10 Y/O Susan Hood; 7 Y/O Laura Hood and 5 Y/O Joseph Hood.
The 1880 US Census of Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 62 Y/O Stephen Reed Hood, minister of the gospel. Also living in the household was Stephen's 58 Y/O wife, Jane (Sewell) Hood, and their 15 Y/O son, Joseph B. Hood, born in AL.
Jane experienced the rigors of the typical farmer's wife and mother of the era, the terrors of the Civil War and also the demanding duties of a minster's wife.
As the wife of Steven Reed Hood, the minister of the Lebanon Advent Church of Coats Bend, Etowah Co., AL, she was very involved in the activities of this church during her life there. The church is now disbanded and the original log church, later covered with clapboard siding, was torn down in the 1970s. The pews were distributed among the parishioners. The Lebanon Cemetery was established adjoining the church with the first burial in 1858. I spent many "Decoration Days" (later named Memorial Day) at this church and adjacent cemetery as a child in the 1930s and 1940s. See photo of the Lebanon Advent Church attached.
The children of Stephen Reed and Jane (Sewell) Hood were:
1) Angeline Hood b. 22 Oct 1842 Franklin Co., GA, d. 05 Mar 1939 Wharton Bend, Etowah Co., AL, m. Phillip Matthew Turner, Jr. 23 Dec 1873 Etowah Co., AL, bur. Lebanon Advent Cemetery, Coats Bend, Etowah Co., AL.
2) John S. Hood b. October 1845 GA, d. 01 Jun 1862 of disease during the Civil War near Corinth, MS.
3) Rev. William Hamilton Hood b. 11 Jan 1848 GA, d. 10 Feb 1923 Etowah Co., AL, m. 1) Charlsie A. Croft 23 Sep 1868 Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL, 2) Lougenia Manley Hudson on 31 Jan 1895 in Etowah Co., AL, 3) Myra Weaver on 15 Dec 1904 in Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL, bur. Lebanon Advent Cemetery, Coats Bend, Etowah Co., AL.
4) James Milton Hood b. 28 Feb 1850 Jackson Co., GA, d. 30 Dec 1914 AL, m. Mary Ellen Hale in Jan 1874 in Cherokee Co., AL, bur. Cedar Hill Methodist Cemetery, Leesburg, Cherokee Co., AL.
5) Mary Elizabeth Hood b. 26 Oct 1851 GA, d. 18 May 1882 Etowah Co., AL, m. 03 Feb 1874 James Madison Hooper, bur. Lebanon Advent Cemetery, Coats Bend, Etowah Co., AL.
6) Simon Martin Hood b. 10 Mar 1853 Franklin Co., GA, d. 02 Jan 1932 Etowah Co., AL, m. 1) Margaret "Maggie" Ethel Hale on 15 Jan 1874, 2) Laura Lee Cunningham on 10 Dec 1902, 3) Mary Frances Bond Kilgore on 29 May 1909, bur. Shady Grove Cemetery, Cherokee Co., AL.
7) Huldah J. Hood b. 25 Nov 1855 GA, d. 03 Nov 1891 Etowah Co., AL, m. James Alexander McCluskey on 22 Oct 1876 in Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL, bur. Lebanon Advent Cemetery, Coates Bend, Etowah Co., AL.
8) Rev. George Washington Hood b. 14 Feb 1857 Cherokee Co., AL, d. 09 Jun 1931 Athens, Howard Co., AK, Occupation: preacher and farmer, m. 1) Celia Catherine Hale on 31 Aug 1876 in Cherokee Co., AL, 2) Mary Elizabeth (Boothe) Keys on 25 Jul 1917 in Van Buren, Crawford Co., AR, 3) Alice Rowes on 03 Dec 1924 in Nashville, Howard Co., AR, 4) Clara Collins on 08 Mar 1929 in Sallisaw, Sequoyah Co., OK, bur. in White and Shelby Cemetery, Central City, Sebastian Co., AR.
9) Susan (Susie) A. Hood (Susan A. Hood Hale) b. 02 Jan 1860 Cherokee Co., AL, d. 26 Aug 1903 Cherokee Co., AL, m. David Crockett Hale on 13 Oct 1879 in Etowah Co., AL, bur. in Lebanon Advent Cemetery, Coats Bend, Etowah Co., AL.
10) Laura Celia Hood b. 01 Dec 1861 Cherokee Co., AL, d. 02 Jun 1941 Etowah Co., AL, m. Augustus "Guss" Beauregard McCluskey on 28 Dec 1879 in Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL, bur. in Lebanon Advent Cemetery, Coats Bend, Etowah Co., AL.
11) Joseph B. Hood b. 29 Jan 1865 Cherokee Co., AL, d. 11 Oct 1933 Jenny Lind, Sebastian Co., AR (Reportedly via suicide), m. Unmarried, Occupation: coal miner, Great Western Coal Co., AR, bur. in Old Jenny Lind Cemetery, Jenny Lind, Sebastian Co, AR.
Sources:
1) "History of Some Sewell Families in America" by Worley Levi Sewell, 1955, pp67-75.
2) "The John and Richard Hood Clan of Halifax County, Virginia; Burke County, North Carolina; and Pendleton and Greenville Districts, South Carolina" by Clyde B. Hood, 2013, pp197-200.
3) "Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5" Vol. III, 4th Ed., 2007, pp649-650. (This reference doesn't pertain to this FAG memorial. It is aimed at hopefully bringing attention to and correcting a much propagated error in our early Sewell family history that claims the wife of Henry Sewell (1600-1644) was Alice Willoughby.)
Bio by Gresham Farrar.
Inscription
JANE
Wife of Elder S.R. Hood
Rest mother rest in quiet sleep,
While friends in sorrow o'er thee weep.
Family Members
Siblings
Children
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Angeline "Anne" Hood Turner
1842–1939
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Pvt John S Hood
1845–1862
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William Hamilton Hood
1848–1923
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James Milton Hood
1850–1914
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Mary E. Hood Hooper
1851–1882
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Simon Martin Hood
1853–1932
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Huldah J. Hood McCluskey
1855–1891
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George Washington Hood
1857–1931
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Susan A "Susie" Hood Hale
1860–1903
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Laura Celia Hood McCluskey
1862–1941
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Joseph B. Hood
1865–1933
