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Elijah Hood 1865–1919 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Mar 1865

Birth Location: Hickman, Tennessee

Death Date: 1919

Death Location: Dickson, Dickson, Tennessee, United States

Father: James Hood

Mother: Lurena Russell

Spouse(s): Nancy Griffin

Children(s): Etta Hood

Elijah Hood was born in 1865 in Hickman, Tennessee, the child of James N Hood And Lurena Russell. Elijah Hood married Nancy Catherine Griffin, and had children including Etta Mai Hood. Elijah Hood passed away in 1919 in Dickson, Dickson, Tennessee, United States.

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Biography

  • Elijah Hood was born in 1865 in Hickman, Tennessee, the child of James N Hood And Lurena Russell.
  • Elijah Hood married Nancy Catherine Griffin, and had children including Etta Mai Hood.
  • Elijah Hood passed away in 1919 in Dickson, Dickson, Tennessee, United States.

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Elijah Hood's Ancestors

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Elijah Hood
1865–1919
Birth Place: Hickman, Tennessee
Parents
James N Hood
1832–1891
Kentucky, United States
Lurena Russell
1835–1896
Tennessee, Tennessee, USA
Grandparents
John Hood
1799–
Virginia, USA
Elizabeth ("Betsy") DeVORE
1803–
Tennessee, USA
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elijah Hood's Descendants

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Elijah Hood (Mar 1865–1919) m. Nancy (Catherine) Griffin (March, 1870–Jan 1936)
  1. 1. Etta (Mai) Hood 1900–1981 m. Rufus (Eugene) Lepley 1898–1976
    1. 1. Donald (Hood) Lepley 1930–2012
    2. 2. Johnnie (Eldrige) Kirby 1918–1986

Elijah Hood's Timeline

2 Records

1865
Mar 1865
Birth of Elijah Hood in Hickman, Tennessee
Hickman, Tennessee
1919
1919
Age 54
Death of Elijah Hood in Dickson, Dickson, Tennessee, United States
Dickson, Dickson, Tennessee, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Mar 1865
    Event Place: Hickman, Tennessee
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1919
    Event Place: Dickson, Dickson, Tennessee, United States
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

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