Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 2nd ed., 
1885, Butler Co.

STEPHEN HOPSON HOOD, Butler County, was born February 1, 1833, on the 
place where he now resides, on Richland Creek.  He is a son of Edward and 
Elizabeth (Woods) Hood, the former a native of Virginia, born in 1798; 
removed with his mother in childhood to Butler County, where he died in 
1865; the latter was a native of this county, and the mother of the 
following children: Mary J. (Shultz), Robert N., Selina (Sweatt), 
William W., Stephen H., Lemuel T., James M. and Melinda E. (Sweatt).  
Stephen H. Hood married November 28, 1855, Harriet A., daughter of Joseph 
and Jane (Mitchell) Sterrett of Butler County.  She was born March 17, 
1835, and died November 10, 1884.  They have had ten children, nine of 
whom are living, as follows: John W., Sarah A. (Gray), Ann J., Mary E. 
(Kuykendall), Robert E., James L., Jerred, Stephen H., Jr., and Mintia; 
Hester is deceased.  Mr. Hood is a practical farmer and owns 450 acres 
of productive land, and in a good state of cultivation.  He is a member 
of the Masonic order and of the Christian Church; on the political 
questions of the day he is independent.

Hood Woods Shultz Sweatt Mitchell Sterrett Gray Kuykendall
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