Terrell-Meriwether-Richmond County GaArchives Biographies.....Hood, Bynum H. 1836 - 1905
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   BYNUM H. HOOD. Resolute and earnest in purpose, energetic and progressive,
Bynum H. Hood, late of Dawson, was for many years actively associated with, the
industrial and business prosperity of Terrell county, his death being a loss not
only to his immediate family and friends, but to the entire community. He was
born, November 11, 1836, in Meriwether county, Georgia, and was there reared to
agricultural pursuits.

   Joseph Hood, his father, was for many years engaged in agricultural pursuits
in Meriwether county, Georgia. Coming from there to Terrell county, he purchased
land lying one and one-half miles northeast of Dawson, and was there employed as
a tiller of the soil during the remainder of his life.

   An ambitious student, Bynum H. Hood received excellent educational
advantages, completing his early studies in Forsyth, in Professor Morgan H.
Looney's school. Public-spirited and patriotic, he enlisted, in April, 1862, in
Company I, Forrest Cavalry, which became a part of Forrest's command, and was
with his regiment in its many campaigns and battles. On July 23,1863, he took
part in the raid on Murfreesboro, when several Confederate prisoners there
confined in jail were released, Congressman Richardson, who was under sentence
of death as a spy, having been of the number. Mr. Hood also participated in the
Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, and in the engagement at Chickamauga. In 1863,
on account of physical disability, Mr. Hood was released from service by General
Foster, but he continued with the army, and later was placed, by General Hood,
on detached duty to obtain supplies for the army, a position which he filled
until the final surrender, in May, 1865.

   Returning to Georgia, Mr. Hood taught school in Meriwether county until
January, 1866, when he accepted a position as teacher in the schools of Dawson.
Obliged on account of ill health to resign his position in 1867, Mr. Hood did
not remain idle, but with characteristic pluck and courage became successfully
engaged in various enterprises, including the warehouse and lumber business. For
many years there was but one railroad in Dawson, and Mr. Hood, perceiving the
urgent need of better transportation facilities, conceived the plan of
establishing a railway extending from Columbus to Albany. The project at the
time seemed a big undertaking, but he, nothing daunted, began working at it with
his customary vigor and zeal, interesting capitalists and influential business
men, and through his untiring efforts the road was completed in 1889. Mr. Hood
continued his residence in Dawson until his death, in 1905. Fraternally Mr. Hood
was a member of P. T. Schley Lodge, No. 229, Ancient Free and Accepted Order of
Masons, and he also belonged to Tom Brantley Camp, No. 404, Confederate Veterans.

   On November 11, 1866, Mr. Hood was united in marriage with Miss Amanda A.
Lasseter, a native of Sumter county, Georgia. Mrs. Hood's father, David
Lasseter, was born, it is supposed, in Jasper county, Georgia. He was a pioneer
of Sumter county, where he bought a tract of wild land near the present site of
Plains, and with slave labor improved the homestead on which he spent his
remaining days. Mr. Lasseter married Elizabeth Asbury Speer, who belonged to a
prominent family of Georgia, of which she was a life-long resident. She passed
to the higher life November 4, 1861, leaving eleven children, as follows: John
H., Martha G., William F., James A., Simeon N., Jeremiah C., Henry M., Margaret
J., Mary E., Amanda A., and Sarah C. All of the sons, with the exception of the
elder one, served in the Confederate army. Henry lost his life in the service,
having died the same date of his mother, but the others served throughout the
entire war.

   Mrs. Hood acquired her preliminary education in Dawson, attending first the
school taught by Professor Tom Brantley, and afterwards was a pupil in Professor
McNulty's school. Completing her early studies at the Americus Female College,
she came to Dawson at the age of twelve years to open a private school. Her
brother, Simeon F. Lasseter, M. D., was there engaged in the practice of
medicine, and she started her school in his office, which was located on
Stonewall street, adjoining the present site of the Presbyterian church. Very
successful as a teacher, she continued in her chosen occupation several years,
her school being well attended and very popular. Mrs. Hood is well educated,
having been a reader of good literature, and a student all of her life. She is
an interesting conversationalist, fluent in language, and a forceful writer
whenever occasion requires it.

   Mrs. Hood's parents were Methodists, but she departed from the faith in which
she was reared, and before her marriage united with the Baptist church, of which
Mr. Hood was also a member. In 1901 Mrs. Hood invited the daughters of veterans
of the Confederate army to meet at her house, and there the assembled group of
ladies organized the Mary Brantley Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Mrs. Hood was elected president of the chapter, and was continued in office, by
re-election, until 1911. Mr. and Mrs. Hood had no children of their own, but
they assisted many young people to acquire an education, and since the death of
her husband Mrs. Hood has continued the good work, in many ways assisting those
less fortunate than herself.


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From:

A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
BY
WILLIAM HARDEN

VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1913

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