James Franklin Messer and Mae Tommie Hood

This is Polly Cartis Robertson Hood, the mother of Dr. Joseph Robertson Hood. She was born in 1813 and died in 1892.

These next two photos are of Dr. Joseph Robertson Hood. He was born in 1833 and died in 1924.

This is a picture of him in his Confederate uniform.
These next two are of Harriett Elizabeth Dingler Hood, his wife. She was born in 1833 and died in 1910.




This is James Franklin Messer and Mae Tommie Hood, daughter of Dr. Joseph Robertson Hood and Harriett (Hattie) Elizabeth Dingler. I believe the little girl is their first child, Hattie Bell Messer. James and Mae Tommie are Miles Marvin Messer's parents.

Descendants of Joseph Robertson Hood and Harriett Elizabeth Dingler

thought this might make it easier to understand the relationships in the previous Hood photos to make more sense.

For my family members who have not seen a chart like this: It is read starting with #1 and just under is his wife. All of the #2's are his children with their spouses just under each of their names. The #3's are then the next generation (listed with spouses), each #3 being listed under their parents, with the #4's or next generation, and spouses, listed under their parents.

So, #1 is the furthest back and #4 is the most recent. All of the names listed with the same number are siblings. Let me know if you don't understand. I highlighted our family's main line.

Marvin Messer working at L. J. Hood's Bicycle shop

This is Miles Marvin Messer's WWI from September 12, 1918. It gives quite a bit of information about him in his own handwriting. It states that he is the head bicycle repairman at L. J. Hood's Bicycle Shop.
L. J. stands for Luna Jackson. I can see why he went by L. J. Hood. In this picture starting on the left are brothers: L. J. Hood, Lazarus Summerlin Hood, Joseph Ross Hood, Joseph Robertson Hood (their father), and sisters: I'll have to fill in the right names with the right ladies later, but the second gal to the right of her father is Mae Tommie Hood Messer.
A cool shot of the boys that work at the bicycle shop. This picture is the front of the following postcard message. In the front left is Miles Marvin Messer. He was called Marvin.

The Families From Which We Sprang

This image is the full transcript mentioned in the preceding post. This was originally written by Joseph Robertson Hood in July 4, 1898 and then later copied into type by William T. Clearman in 1939.

It begins with family legends and then goes on with family genealogy beginning with William Hood(b. 1739 - d. 1809) and Christiana Harris (b. 1740 - d. 1807) and their descendants.

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Joda Alexander's Gravesite

Mom and I found this passage today. It was written by Dr. Joseph Robertson Hood, M.D., D.D. (b. 1833 - d.1924).

"Joda Alexander died Dec. 16th 1846 and was buried near Island Shoals in Newton County, Ga. On the side of the road looking from that place to Covington, GA. At the first seat of Island Shoals - - - - - of Covington. Margarett Alexander Hood died at age of four years and was buried by the side of her father as above." as transcribed by: Wm. T. Clearman, Dec. 17, 1939

We decided it sounded a bit like something out of the DiVinci Code. It is fun to have our own clues to follow.

This is a link to view a possible site for the graves of Joda Alexander (1810 - 1846) and his daughter Margarett Alexander (1846 - 1850) Hood, in Island Shoals, Newton, Georgia, USA. Most likely he was not buried in this cemetery, but somewhere nearby or down the road. It sounds like he may have just buried on the side of the road.