Caroline A Downing was
the daughter of Hiram Downing and Nancy Vincent. Hiram and Nancy had 4 children according to
sites that I visited but it appears that only Caroline had any family.
Caroline married a
farmer named Joseph R Hood who was born in 1831 at Colchester Co, NS, the son
of John Hood & Helen Stewart who were from Scotland. James & Caroline had five children
in Nova Scotia and then relocated to Franklin, MA
where they had their last child.
Joseph had become a
stone mason in the US
and died tragically....
Chester Times, Wed, 1 Sep 1886
A Fatal Refuge From Rain
Franklin, Mass - Sept 1 - Hugh McCloskey and Joseph Hood were run over and killed by a railway car under which they had taken refuge from the rain, supposing it to be detached from the engine.
Once Joseph died,
Caroline relocated to Michigan
with her youngest and his wife and died in 1921.
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| courtesy of Susan Connelly & James Bianco |
Of their children, Mary
Emma married a Herbert Alvin Cook and they are buried at the Union Street
Cemetery in Franklin, MA
with their 3 children.
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| courtesy of James Bianco |
Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’ Marion married twice,
first to a Joseph Johnson and had one son and then Benjamin Franklin Flagg who
she out lived by nearly 50 years. Benj
received a military burial at Riverside
Cemetery in Royalston, MA. Elizabeth was
buried at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park
cemetery in Glendale, LA
where she lived with her son.
courtesy of James R Mason
Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug 1940
Flagg - Lizzie Flagg, beloved mother of Albert Johnson. Services Wednesday 2 pm from the chapel of Graham and Isbell.
John Thomas married a
Marie Bourbeau and she is buried in her father’s family plot at St Mary’s
Cemetery, Franklin, MA but I couldn’t find a burial location for John. He was a blacksmith who might have owned his
own shop in Franklin and the family never lived
in Rhode Island
but that is where John died.
George William married
an Alice Coburn and they lived in California with their
children. George was a milk inspector and
is buried at the Angelus Rosedale Cemetery in Los Angeles, LA.
Nancy Ellen married William Albert Hewes and they too lived in California, I didn’t find any children for them.Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb 1941Hood - George W Hood, beloved husband of Alice T Hood; father of Mrs Olive Clare, Mrs Constance Goodykoontz, Mrs Anita Boughman, Albert E, Roy C, and George W Hood Jr. Services Friday, 2 pm, from the chapel of Graham & Isbell.
Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar 1930HEWES - Mar 1, Nancy Helen Hewes, beloved wife of William A Hewes of 2310 Harcourt Street. Funeral services Tuesday, 2 pm from the Armstrong Funeral Home, 769 Venice Boulevard.
Their baby boy who was born
in Massachusetts
was James Robert Hood and he married a girl by the name of Cora Angeline, u/k
last name. He died in Merced, CA
but I couldn’t find an obit or where he was buried.
What’s interesting about him was that he a
Telephone Installer turned farmer who never owned a phone!
