Martha A Hood1843–
- Name
- Martha A Hood
- Given names
- Martha A
- Surname
- Hood
 Birth | about 1843 25 22 |
 Birth of a brother | William Barton Hood February 24, 1845 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 3 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Jane Hood 1848 (Age 5 years) |
 Census | August 27, 1850 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Belzora Amanda Hood October 17, 1851 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Rebecca Hood about 1856 (Age 13 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Rhilda Hood August 25, 1858 (Age 15 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Louis Hood about 1858 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 14 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Census | July 3, 1860 (Age 17 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Osburn P Hood — Susan … — View this family about 1861 (Age 18 years) Note: Marriage info based on birth of their first child |
| Birth of a half-sister | Lois Ida Hood December 1861 (Age 18 years) |
| Death of a mother | Fanny Smith June 30, 1863 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 18 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Birth of a half-sister | Mary Hood about 1866 (Age 23 years) Note: Birth info based on 1860 Census |
| Birth of a half-sister | Sealey G Hood 1867 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 24 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 24 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 26 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 35 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a sister | Belzora Amanda Hood October 1879 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a sister | Sarah Ann Hood before 1880 (Age 37 years) Note: Her husband, Jesse, is listed as a Widow in the 1880 Census |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Anna McGehee about 1884 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a father | Osburn P Hood September 21, 1895 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 55 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a brother | Richard Henderson Hood August 15, 1899 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary Jane Hood May 10, 1907 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a sister | Rhilda Hood October 3, 1915 (Age 72 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 73 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 74 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 75 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Death of a brother | William Barton Hood May 18, 1929 (Age 86 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 86 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a half-sister | Lois Ida Hood 1941 (Age 98 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 98 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a half-sister | Sealey G Hood 1948 (Age 105 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 107 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 103 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Osburn P Hood Birth: 1818 31 20 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: September 21, 1895 — Choctaw, Oklahoma, United States |
| mother |
Fanny Smith Birth: about 1821 — North Carolina, United States Death: June 30, 1863 — Washington, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: about 1837 — Illinois, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Richard Henderson Hood Birth: about 1838 20 17 — Macoupin, Illinois, United States Death: August 15, 1899 — Viola, Stone, Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Sarah Ann Hood Birth: about 1840 22 19 — Chesterfield, Macoupin, Illinois, United States Death: before 1880 — Arkansas, United States |
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4 years herself |
Martha A Hood Birth: about 1843 25 22 — Chesterfield, Macoupin, Illinois, United States Death: |
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2 years younger brother |
William Barton Hood Birth: February 24, 1845 27 24 — Chesterfield, Macoupin, Illinois, United States Death: May 18, 1929 — Panama, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Mary Jane Hood Birth: 1848 30 27 — Chesterfield, Macoupin, Illinois, United States Death: May 10, 1907 — Polo, Carroll, Arkansas, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Belzora Amanda Hood Birth: October 17, 1851 33 30 — Chesterfield, Macoupin, Illinois, United States Death: October 1879 — Yocum, Carroll, Arkansas, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Rebecca Hood Birth: about 1856 38 35 — Arkansas, United States Death: |
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3 years younger sister |
Rhilda Hood Birth: August 25, 1858 40 37 — Conway, Arkansas, United States Death: October 3, 1915 — McLaren, Conway, Arkansas, United States |
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4 months younger brother |
Louis Hood Birth: about 1858 40 37 — Arkansas, United States Death: |
| Father’s family with Susan … |
| father |
Osburn P Hood Birth: 1818 31 20 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: September 21, 1895 — Choctaw, Oklahoma, United States |
| step-mother |
Susan … Birth: about 1833 — Tennessee, United States Death: after 1900 |
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Marriage: about 1861 — Arkansas, United States |
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1 year half-sister |
Lois Ida Hood Birth: December 1861 43 28 — Carroll, Arkansas, United States Death: 1941 — Sequoyah, Oklahoma, United States |
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5 years half-sister |
Mary Hood Birth: about 1866 48 33 — Arkansas, United States Death: |
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2 years half-sister |
Sealey G Hood Birth: 1867 49 34 — Missouri, United States Death: 1948 — Wood, Texas, United States |
Martha A Hood has 7 first cousins recorded
Father's family (7)
Parents Hezekiah Isaac Smith + Martha Jane “Patsy” Hood
Parents Ransom Hood + Amanda A “Mary” Maxwell
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Osburn P Hood - Household
Macoupin, Illinois, United States
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Richard Henderson Hood - Household
Prairie, Washington, Arkansas, United States
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