Bio of HOOD, Charles H. (b.1860), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

CHARLES H. HOOD - Vol II, pg 89-90
One of the successful insurance men of Minneapolis is Charles H. Hood, who since
1892 has been active in the conduct of the Hood Agency here. A native of
Pennsylvania, his birth occurred in Chester, on the 14th of July, 1860, a son of
George and Martha (Bell) Hood. In 1876 he came to Minneapolis and after
graduating from the local high school, started out into the business world. He
was associated with the Minneapolis Millers' Association for several years,
after which he went to Mandan, North Dakota, for a Boston firm, having been
selected to superintend the building of the first flour mill west of the
Missouri river. That was in 1885. He remained in Mandan three years and then
located in Davenport, Iowa, becoming vice president and general manager of the
Davenport Mills Company. While thus active he suffered a decline in health and
in the fall of 1890 left there and returned to Minneapolis. In seeking for work
that would keep him out of doors part of the time, he decided on the insurance
business. He is now sole owner of the Hood Agency and has won an enviable
reputation as one of the most representative insurance men in the state.
On the 18th of November, 1885, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Hood to Miss
Margaret L. Hopkins of Quincy, Illinois, who is now deceased. To their union one
daughter, Mary, was born. She is the wife of Spaulding Howe, a prominent citizen
of Minneapolis.
Mr. Hood has always given his political allegiance to the republican party,
having firm belief in the principles of that party as factors in good
government. His religious faith is that of the Episcopal church, and he is a
member of St. Mark's. The high regard in which he is held by insurance men
throughout the country is evidenced in the fact that he is the president of the
National Association of Casualty and Surety Agents. He was first elected to that
office in 1919 and has been reelected twice. Mr. Hood is connected with the
Metropolitan Club of New York, the Chicago Club of Chicago, the Lafayette Club
and the Minneapolis Athletic Club. He well merits the success he has achieved
and his genial personality has won for him many friends.