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Azariah Jesse Hood

Full Name: Azariah Jesse Hood
Date of birth: August 14, 1820
Date of death: February 1, 1899

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 15 Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853 4th     Rusk / Cherokee   Cherokee

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
4th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Rusk / Cherokee
Counties in district:
Cherokee

Biographical Information

  • Biographical sketch, Judge Azariah Jesse Hood, pp. 232-234. "But, in 1850, he was elected by an overwhelming majority to represent Cherokee county in the state legislature, serving three sessions. In 1850-1-2, though the youngest member of the legislature, he was a member of the judiciary and other leading committees . . . " Birth date 8/14/1824. The Encyclopedia of the New West, 1881.
  • A.J. Hood, birth date 8/14/1820, death date 2/1/1899, biographical sketch, burial in Hood Family Cemetery, Aledo, Parker County. Find a Grave.
  • HOOD, AZARIAH JESSE (1824-1900). Birth date 8/14/1824, death date 2/1/1900. "In 1846 he was admitted to the bar. He moved to Rusk, Texas, and began his law practice. In 1851 Hood was elected to the state legislature for Cherokee County." Handbook of Texas Online.
  • Biographical sketch, Judge A.J. Hood, pp. 389-390. Born 1821. Historical Sketch of Parker County and Weatherford, Texas, 1877.
  • Biographical sketch, Judge A.J. Hood, Volume I, pp. 128-129. Born 1824 in South Carolina. "He was admitted to the bar in 1846, and in the same year came to Texas, and began the practice of law at Rusk, Cherokee county, where he lived until his removal to Weatherford in 1860." A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas, 1906.

  • Census of 1850 - A.J. Hood, Cherokee County, age 26, born circa 1824 in South Carolina, teacher. FamilySearch.
  • A.J. Hood, Larissa, State Legislators from Cherokee County, 4th Legislature, p. 115. Cherokee County Historical Commission (Tex.). Cherokee County History, copyright 1986, second printing 2001, Jacksonville, Texas, crediting Cherokee County Historical Commission. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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