Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . ds. HOOD, William C—One of the finest home-steads and most sociable households in SchuylerCounty is that presided over by Mr. and C. Hood, on Section 13, BainbridgeTownship. The large farm is thoroughly culti-vated and very productive, and improvementsare modern and carefully maintained, while theresidence itself is convenient, comfortable andcheerful in appearance. The chairs are easyand inviting, good literature is scattered throughthe house, and the presiding geniuses of theplace see to it that their friends are made tohave a pleasing consci
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . ds. HOOD, William C—One of the finest home-steads and most sociable households in SchuylerCounty is that presided over by Mr. and C. Hood, on Section 13, BainbridgeTownship. The large farm is thoroughly culti-vated and very productive, and improvementsare modern and carefully maintained, while theresidence itself is convenient, comfortable andcheerful in appearance. The chairs are easyand inviting, good literature is scattered throughthe house, and the presiding geniuses of theplace see to it that their friends are made tohave a pleasing consciousness of welcome andgood cheer. The result is that the sons anddaughters have found their society at home,until they were ready to go out into the worldand establish households of their own. If therewere more homes founded on this model therewould be many happier children, husbands andwives; and if this good, substantial couple hadnever accomplished more in their lives thanthis, their success and final reward would stillbe HISTORY OF SCHUYLER COUNTY. 845 William C. Hood was born two and a halfmiles southeast of Beardstowu, Cass County, 111.,on the lGth of January, 1S53, a son of Jamesand Alneda (Knapp) Hood, the father beinga native of Scotland, where his parents passedtheir lives. James Hood, however, had listenedwith impatient eagerness to glowing tales toldby those who knew of the opportunities af-forded a capable young man in America, and in1S42, when be had just passed his majority, lo-cated in New York to work at bis trade as ablacksmith. Thence be traveled westward to theraw. brisk young city of Chicago, and to itsolder competitor, St. Louis. Finally decidingthat bis prospects would be better in a smallerplace, he removed to Beardstown, and afterfollowing his trade there for a time returned toNew York for a wife. Soon after bis marriagehe again located in Beardstown, where he con-ducted a blacksmiths shop in connection withhis farm until 1902, when be reached
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