THOMAS HOOD - Biography

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This biography appears on page 631 in History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin...
published by the Western Historical Co.: 1879.

THOMAS HOOD, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Racine; born in Pennsylvania, Oct.
24, 1799; came to Caledonia, May 19, 1838; bought 162 acres at a
land-sale; through industry and frugality, has his farm under good
cultivation, and has all improved farm machinery; has a fine sugar grove
of 1,000 trees, and makes from 700 to 800 pounds of sugar in a season.
Married Nancy Palmer, in the fall of 1824; have had ten children, seven
living; gave one son to his country; he was a member of the 19th Wis.,
and died in hospital at Madison, Wis. Self and wife members of Methodist
Church.