Col. Duncan Norbert Hood

Duncan Hood was adopted by Miss Clementina Furniss, New York City, upon the death of his parents.

On August 30, 1879, John Bell Hood died of yellow fever within days of his wife and oldest child. His ten orphaned children, all under the age of ten, were left destitute. They would ultimately be adopted by seven different families in Louisiana, New York, Mississippi, Georgia and Kentucky.

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Graduate of USMA, West Point, Served as Col. & Cmdr of vol. infantry in Spanish Amer War (unit never in combat), Represented McGraw-Hill Co. in Argentina after 1899.

He died sometime after 1920. He is on a ship passenger list dated 25 Aug 1920:

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 about Duncan N Hood

Name: Duncan N Hood

Arrival Date: 25 Aug 1920

Birth Year: 1873

Birth Location: Louisiana

Birth Location Other: New Orleans

Age: 47 Years 7 Months

Gender: Male

Port of Departure: Valparaiso & Way Ports

Port of Arrival: New York, New York

Ship Name: Santa Luisa