Garrison L. Hood
A native son of Grant County, of a family that borne a respected name in this section for sixty years or more, Mr. Hood has applied the efforts of his adult years to agriculture, and while not the richest citizen, nor largest land holder in Green Township, yet he possesses a good homestead, has reared and provided well for his children, and is held in high esteem throughout his neighborhood.
Garrison L. Hood, who resides on Section Twenty-one of Green Township, and is proprietor of what is known as the James Rhodes farm, was born in Liberty Township of Grant County, February 10, 1856. His parents were Wiley and Sarah J. (Reeves) Hood. His father came from North Carolina, first locating in Rush County, Indiana, spending a short time on a farm north of Rushville, and in 1852 moved to Grant County, finding his home in Liberty Township. Afterward he moved to the vicinity of Point Isabel, which continued to be his home until his death. He was an honored and substantial man in his home community, served as Trustee of Green Township for one term, and in politics was a supporter of the Democratic principles. He was the father of twelve children, ten of whom are living at the present time, named as follows:
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Mary A, wife of Wash Wood, of the same name, but no relative.
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Nancy, wife of William Main, of Grant county.
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William A., a resident of Swayzee.
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Alfred W., a carpenter, and a member of the township advisory board.
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Albert M., of Monroe County, Indiana.
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Garrison L.
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Rebecca, wife of James Noble, of Madison County, Indiana.
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Ida, who died in infancy.
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James F.
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Ellen
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One that died unnamed in infancy.
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Tina, wife of Jacob Bach
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Oscar L., of Swayzee.
Garrison L. Hood was reared on a farm in Liberty Township , until he was ten years old, and then moved with the family to Green Township. He had a substantial education in the district schools, and was reared to habits of industry and honest dealings. He has followed farming practically all his career, and at the age of twenty-six, in June 10, 1881, married Miss Nancy B. Brand. Mrs. Hood became the parents of two children. Rena is a graduate of the common school and was a teacher for some years before her marriage to Marcus Lane. They have one child, Hanley. William is a graduate of the common schools, is a farmer of Green Township, and married Flossie Webb; they have two children, Helen and Wayne.
The family are members and attendants of the Christian Church at Leisureville. Mr. Hood is one of the elders in the church and fraternally he is affiliated with Point Isabel Lodge No. 510, I. O. O. F., of which he is past noble grand, and a member of the Grand Lodge of Indiana. In politics a democrat, he has never taken much part in purely political affairs, although always a good friend of local enterprise and public-spirited effort. Mr. Hood is the owner of fifty acres of well cultivated and improved land in Section Twenty-one, one mile west and five and a half miles south of Swayzee. He is a general farmer and stockman, and has a good reason to be satisfied with his accomplishments in life.
Centennial History of Grant County Indiana 1812-1912. The Lewis Publishing Co., 1914.