Margaret (Johnson) Hood (1830 - 1910)

Born 18 Jun 1830 in Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Joshua Harrison Hood — married 20 Dec 1849 (to 1885) in St. Clair, Alabama, United States

Descendants

Died 12 Apr 1910 at age 79 in Itawamba, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Martha was born about 1830 in Alabama, likely the daughter of Simeon and Martha Johnson. In 1849, when she was about 19 years old, she married Joshua Hood in St Clair County, Alabama.^[1] They had the following known children:

1. James Hood (1851)
2. William Hood (1853)
3. Robert A Hood (1855)
4. John T Hood (1856)
5. Harrison Hood (1857)
6. Ashburn (Osburn?) Hood (1859)
7. Martha Hood (1861)
8. Joshua Hood, Jr (1862)
9. Wilson Hood (1865)
10. Sarah Hood (1867)
11. Dennis Hood (Feb 1870)
12. Richard Hood (1873)

At the time of the 1850 Census, Joshua (22, AL) and Margaret (20, AL) were enumerated in District 39, St Clair County, Alabama. Joshua was farming and valued his real estate at $100. There were no children in the household.^[2]

By 1860, Joshua (29, AL) and Margaret (29, AL) had 6 sons and had relocated to Itawamba County, Mississippi. Joshua remained a farmer, still valuing his real estate at $100.^[3] They remained in Itawamba County for the remainder of their lives. The 1870 Census indicated that Joshua was age 50 and Margaret was age 41. They had added 5 additional children (3 boys and 2 girls), and the oldest son James was no longer in the household. Joshua was farming on land he valued at $300, and he estimated his personal estate at $500.^[4] In 1880, Joshua (58, AL), Margaret (50, AL) and 6 children (youngest son Richard born ca 1873) were enumerated in the 5th District of Itawamba County. Neither of them could read or write, but all of the children evidently could or were attending school. Margaret indicated that both of her parents were born in Alabama, but Joshua's mother had been born in Georgia.^[5]

Joshua passed away in 1885, and the 1900 Census shows the widowed Margaret (b Jan 1830, AL, parents b NC) living with son Dennis and his family in Fulton Precinct, Itawamba County, Mississippi.^[6] Note that several of her children are enumerated on the same sheet. Just a month after the Census, "Margarette" applied for a Confederate Pension, claiming that she was indigent, living with her son, and without the ability to support herself. The pension was granted in September 1900.^[7]

Margaret passed away in 1910 and is buried at Mount Pleasant Baptist Cemetery in Itawamba County, Mississippi.^[8]

Research Notes and Explanations

• Detached Thomas Johnson and Emily Parham as parents because they were born AFTER Margaret was born. Attached Simeon Johnson and his wife Martha as "uncertain" parents due to their close proximity to Margaret and Joshua in the 1850 Census (2 dwellings away). Later research may disprove this relationship, but it is logical and possible. FindAGrave indicates them as her parents, also.(Kirch-132 15:32, 9 December 2023 (UTC))

Sources

1. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950": St Clair County, Alabama; Vol 1, p 187; Joshua Hood and Margaret Johnson; 20 December 1849; Officiant Evan Watkins, J.P. FamilySearch (Image 664 of 977)
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850": Joshua Hood household; Scripted Sheet #300 St Clair County, Alabama; 21 November 1850; Dwelling 161/Family 161, Lines 24-25 FamilySearch (Image 94 of 135)
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860": Joshua Hood household; Itawamba County, Mississippi; 27 August 1860; p 286, Dwelling 1925/Family 1925, Lines 16-23 FamilySearch (Image 289 of 360)
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870": "Joshuaway" Hood household; Township 9, Itawamba County, Mississippi; 10 August 1870; Page 18, Dwelling 124/Family 124, Lines 19-30 FamilySearch (Image 18 of 44)
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880": "Jasua" [sic] Hood household; ED 73 Itawamba County, Mississippi; 8 June 1880; Dwelling 79/Family 80, Lines 26-33 FamilySearch (Image 7 of 16)
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900": Margaret in Dennis Hood household; ED 41 Fulton, Itawamba County, Mississippi; 20 June 1900; Stamped Sheet #245A; Dwelling 340/Family 340, Line 2 FamilySearch (Image 39 of 55)
7. ↑ "Application of indigent Widow of Soldier or Sailor of the late Confederacy, under Chapter 73, Acts of 1900": Margarette Hood, age 71, Itawamba County, Mississippi FamilySearch (Images 517-518 of 532)
8. ↑ "Margaret Johnson Hood (1830-1910)": Find A Grave: Memorial #17347998 (Grave marker pictured; Family links)