Elijah Ballard Hood
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Elijah B. Hood and Mary V. A. Lamb married about 1879 in Georgia.
The 1880 census revealed Elijah was a farmer, they were living in District 317, Dodge Co, Georgia. Household members: Elijah B. Hood (22) and Mary V. A. Hood (16). The 1900 census revealed they were living in Empire, Dodge Co, Georgia. Elijah was born in Jan 1858 in North Carolina and Mary was born in Mar 1861 in Georgia. They had been married 20 years, had 11 children 9 still living. Household members: Elijah B Hood (42), Mary V Hood (39), Mary Hood (19), Edward Hood (15), Viola Hood (14), Robert Hood (13), Samuel Hood (11), Abigail Hood (9), Anna Hood (7),Dizy Hood (6) and Aline Hood (1). The 1910 census revealed household members: Elija B Hood (52), Victra Hood (56), Viola Hood (24), Samuel Hood (20), Abbi Hood (19), Annie Hood (17), Aline Hood (10) and their Nephew, Johnson Ferrell (5). The 1920 census revealed Elijah was living in Rockingham, Bacon Co, Georgia. His widowed Daughter, Mary E Johnson and family were living with him. Household members: E Ballard Hood (62), Mary E Johnson (37), Ferrell Johnson (14), Ermer Johnson (10), James Johnson (7), Alfred Morrell (21). The 1930 census revealed their daughter and two of their grand children are still living with them. Household members: Elija B Hood (72), Mary V Hood (69), Mary E Johnson (48), James Johnson (16) and Erma Johnson (19). The 1940 census revealed Elijah was living with his daughter Mary Johnson. Elijah had a third grade education. Household members: Mary E Johnson (57), Mildred Johnson (31), Erma Johnson (29) and Elijah Hood (82). The 1940 census revealed Mary was living with their son and his family in Axson, Atkinson Co, Georgia. Mary had a second grade education. Household members: Edward Hood (56), Bessie Hood (56), Melvin Hood (25) and Mary VA Hood (81). They had been married sixty-two years when Elijah died in 1942. Death record revealed Elijah Hood died on Dec 3, 1942 in Bacon Co, Georgia at the age of 85 Years. Elijah's description: Tall broad shoulders. Height 6 ft 2 in. Skinny and rawboned. Very black hair. Black eyes. Sober person. Mothers coloring and his fathers looks.
Raised in North Carolina until after Civil War. He was in his teens when they moved to Florida and then to Cochran, Georgia and finially to home his father bought. He didn't like school. His father wanted him to to get more education. He wanted to work. He said, "His freedom as a farmer was more to him than wages was." He was a very good farmer. Very strict and would let them wear anything but somber plain clothes. The boys could never wear shirts unbuttoned and if tore something. They had to go and get patched right then. Hired school teachers in home until they had free school. Dad (Sam Hood) was around 15 years old when they had school. But his father kept him home to work while older children went and then they all left and he didn't get much schooling. But he (Elijah) taught his children to shoot well, because so many animals wild and tame went "mad". They had to carry a gun everywhere, even in the field to work for protection against this menace. He accepted the Elders in his home. There were mostly Christian Science, Baptist and some Methodist. They build a public school at Rawley, Ga. (1/2 mile from where they lived)., then when Elders came they'd hold church one Sunday and then on the other Sunday Christian Science held church. Elijah didn't join church for 5 or 6 years after elders came. He was a hard shell (or primitive) baptist. He liked to fish a lot, but not hunting. In the summertime when crops were laid by they would take several wagons and men and fish and camp several weeks at a time. Okmilgee river, Logpan Lake, and the mouth of Limestone creek. The family big celebration was 4th of July. The community would go seining for fish and have big fish frys. We workout for our spending money and dress clothes. Each Monday morning he laid out certain amount of work for each child to do during the whole week. If they worked hard and long and got it done by Wednesday they could go out and work for spending money. They'd help at odd things around the community. He was very strict about who his girls went with and how they acted. He never had a buggy for his family and never let his children use any animals on Sunday. He said it was against the Lords will to use the animals on Sunday for pleasure or anything. He was well read in Bible. Could quote much scripture. He was a great reader and took lots of magazines, Agricultural Magazine, Story Magazine (written in Maine (?), Improvement Era, LDS Elders Journal, called Liahona. They were good readers. He was well educated. Could have gone on further but didn't want to. Could read and write a good hand. |