Sevier-Utah County UT Archives Biographies.....Hood, John O. 1867 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

JOHN O. HOOD.

    John O. Hood, editor of the Richfield Reaper, was born in Scotland in 1867.
His parents, Nicol and Angeline (O'Neil) Hood, being converted to the faith of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, came to America in 1879 and
settled in Salt Lake City. The parents of both remained In their native country
until death. John O. Hood acquired his education in his native country and
attended school but little after coming to the new world. His training in
Scotland, however, had been thorough and although he was but twelve years of age
when he came to America he could read and write three languages and was as well
equipped in an educational way as many a high school student. For two years
after his arrival he worked on a farm in Utah county and then went to Wyoming,
where he spent six years, being employed in the mines. He next removed to Provo,
where he became a reporter on the Provo Despatch, which at that time was
published by James H. Wallace. Possessing natural ability as a writer, he
remained in that employ for three years, when he again went to the mines, making
his way to Scofield. After four years he changed the field of his operations to
Eureka, where he remained for a year, and for the succeeding seven years taught
music at Salina, in Sevier county. In 1905 he came to Richfield and since that
time has occupied the editorial chair of The Reaper and is well known among
newspaper men of the state. He has been supervisor of music of the county
schools for many years, and is the leader of the choir, as well as the leader of
the Richfield Brass Band. He was for three years secretary of the Richfield
Electric Light Company, the builders and original owners of the lighting and
power plant of the city. Outside of his editorial work he is a busy citizen, for
he is a member of the Commercial Club, of the public library board, is stake
chorister and a member of most of the committees that have to do with the public
interests.

    In 1898 Mr. Hood was married to Miss Margaret Strang, of Salt Lake City, and
they have four children: Mrs. Roy Gurr, of Richfield; Kenneth L., who is in the
service of the government as a soldier in the Forty-third Infantry; Francis N.,
who is on the U. S. S. Imperator; and Jack R., also a member of the navy.


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VOLUME IV
CHICAGO-SALT LAKE: THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1920


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