Richard Bartow Hood

Full Name: Richard Bartow Hood
Date of birth: June 18, 1863
Date of death: March 1, 1943

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	79	Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895	23rd	Democrat	Weatherford / Parker		Parker
H	46	Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893	22nd ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Springtown / Parker		Parker

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.

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House District 79
Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895
Legislatures: 23rd
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Weatherford / Parker
Counties in district: Parker

House District 46
Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893
Legislatures: 22nd ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Springtown / Parker
Counties in district: Parker

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.

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Resolutions and Journal entries

48th Legislature, R.S., HSR 127, 3/03/1943, p. 714. Birth date 6/18/1863, death date 3/1/1943. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch and portrait, R.B. Hood, pp. 216-217. History of Parker County and the Double Log Cabin: being a brief symposium of the early history of Parker County, together with short biographical sketches of early settlers and their trials, 1937.
Memorial, May 1943, p. 141. Texas Bar Journal.

Other Resources

Richard Bartow Hood of Weatherford, Texas, birth date 6/26/1863 in Polk County, Tennessee, traveling with Mary Prince Hood, ship name Majestic, arrival date 9/8/1925. New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957. Ancestry.com.
Census of 1900 - Richard B. Hood, Weatherford, Parker County, age 37, born June 1862 in Tennessee, lawyer, sister Abbie.
Census of 1920 - R. Barton [or Bartow] Hood, Weatherford, Parker County, age 56, born circa 1864 in Tennessee, lawyer, wife Mary Prince Hood.
FamilySearch. 1900 1920
R.B. Hood, birth date 6/26/1862 in Benton, Tennessee; death date 3/1/1943 in Weatherford, Parker County, Texas; lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
R.B. Hood (1863-1943), burial in City Greenwood Cemetery, Weatherford, Parker County. Includes photo, reprint of death notice from Weatherford Democrat, 3/1/1943. Find a Grave.
Obituary and photo, "R.B. Hood, Political Leader, Weatherford Attorney, Dies," 3/2/1943, pp. 1-2. "Funeral Today for R.B. Hood," 3/3/1943, p. 17. Born 6/18/1863 in Polk County, Tennessee. Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Marriage announcement, Richard Bartow Hood and Mary Prince Cocke, "Cocke-Hood," The Weekly Herald (Weatherford, Texas), 6/27/1901, p. 1. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Photographs

Photograph. R.B. Hood, 23rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.B. Hood, 23rd Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

22nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
23rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
23rd session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
23rd session composite photo of House members by Journeay (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

23rd R.S. - 1893 County Government and County Finances Judiciary No. 1 Mining and Minerals Privileges and Elections Public Buildings and Grounds (Chair)
22nd R.S. - 1891 Judicial Districts Public Lands and Land Office State Asylums Town and City Corporations

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