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"History of Colorado", edited by Wilbur Fisk Stone, published by The S. J. 
Clarke Publishing Co. (1918) Vol. II


p. 460-461



CHARLES W. HOOD.

Charles W. Hood, general sales agent for the Rocky Mountain Fuel 
Company of Denver, is numbered among Colorado's native sons and 
possesses the spirit of progress and enterprise which has been the 
dominant factor in the upbuilding of the west. He was born in 
Georgetown, Colorado, December 30, 1875, and in the paternal line comes 
of Irish ancestry, his father being William B. Hood, who was born on 
the Emerald isle and who crossed the Atlantic to the new world during 
the '40s. He was then a young boy and he took up his abode in 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he afterward engaged in the practice 
of law. He began preparation for the profession there and after 
thorough and comprehensive study was admitted to the bar. He practiced 
for a time in Philadelphia and in 1870 came to Colorado, establishing 
his home at Georgetown, where he engaged in law practice and also in 
mining until his death, which occurred in 1892, when he had reached the 
age of sixty-eight years. His political faith was that of the 
democratic party, which found in him a stanch advocate, and he actively 
supported its principles not only at the polls but by every effort that 
he could put forth to promote party success. He stood for all those 
measures which have to do with civic virtue and civic pride and was a 
valued resident of his community. He married Rebecca Dinges, a native 
of Woodstock, Virginia, who belonged to one of the old families of that 
state of English lineage. Mrs. Hood was reared and educated in 
Woodstock, Virginia, and by her marriage became the mother of six 
children, five sons and a daughter.

Charles W. Hood, the youngest of the family, began his education 
in the public schools of Georgetown, Colorado, continued his studies in 
Decatur, Illinois, and afterward at Denver, Colorado. He started out to 
earn his own livelihood when a youth of eighteen years and was first 
employed as a bookkeeper and stenographer, following those lines of 
business activity for about three years. He afterward engaged in quartz 
mining, to which he devoted the succeeding five years of his life, and 
later he became connected with the Denver Omnibus & Cab Company, being 
thus engaged in business for two years. In 1901 he entered into active 
connection with the coal trade as a representative of the Northern Coal 
& Coke Company and remained with that firm until 1911, acting as sales 
agent for three years, during which time he represented the company 
upon the road as a traveling salesman. In 1911 he became assistant 
general sales agent for the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company and in 1913 was 
given entire charge of the company's business, which he has since 
successfully and continuously conducted. He is thoroughly conversant 
with every phase of the fuel situation in Colorado and has done much to 
further the interests of the corporation with which he is associated.

Mr. Hood has been married twice. In 1896, in Golden, Colorado, he 
wedded Miss Bessie Stanley, a native of Iowa and a daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Nathan Stanley, who were members of a prominent family of the 
Hawkeye state. To this marriage were born three children: Lucille and 
Helen, both of whom have passed away; and Charles, who is a resident of 
Denver. The wife and mother was called to her final rest in Denver in 
1902, when twenty-four years of age, and in 1906, in Denver, Mr. Hood 
was again married, his second union being with Miss Fannie May Bridges, 
a native of Iowa and a representative of one of the pioneer families of 
that state.

In his political views Mr. Hood is a republican where national 
issues and questions are involved and locally he casts an independent 
ballot. He belongs to Harmony Lodge, No. 61, A. F. & A. M., and was 
made a Mason in 1917. His life exemplifies the beneficent spirit of the 
craft, which is based upon a recognition of the brotherhood of mankind 
and the obligations thereby imposed. His chief diversions are fishing 
and other phases of outdoor life. The record of Mr. Hood is one that 
has been marked by steady progress. Without aid or influence, to assist 
him in any way, he has worked steadily upward through determined 
purpose and individual effort and now occupies a very prominent 
position as general sales agent of the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company. His 
record should serve to inspire and encourage others, showing what can 
be accomplished through personal effort and laudable ambition when 
guided by sound judgment.