FIRST Burial in Hood Family Cemetery - Aledo, TX
N 32° 42.755 W 097° 37.895
14S E 628249 N 3620252
The Texas Historical Marker at the gate to the Hood Family Cemetery, Aledo, TX, indicates that Elizabeth Hood was the first burial here, in 1865.
Waymark Code: WMNE2C
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/25/2015
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The Texas Historical Marker provides the background:
South Carolina native A.J. Hood (b. 1820) migrated to Cherokee County, Texas, about 1846. Ten years later, after representing that area during two terms of the state legislature, he moved his family here. Hood opened a law office in Weatherford (11 mi. NW) and later served as district judge. This family cemetery was first used in 1865 for the burial of Hood's wife Elizabeth (McEwen) (b. 1827). Located on land near their original home, this site was her choice for the construction of a future house. Her grave is marked with a stone from the nearby creek.
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Her inscription on that creek stone is:
Mother
Elizabeth McEwen Hood
June 19, 1827
Feb. 19, 1865
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 02/22/1865
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