Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 8th ed., 1888,
Jefferson Co.

JOHN CLARENCE HOOD, M.D., is a native of Wheeling, W. Va., where he was
born February 1, 1858, and is a son of Samuel and Elsie Hood, natives of
West Virginia.  He was brought up in Wheeling until sixteen years of age,
when he entered Western Reserve University, of Hudson, graduating in 1879
with the degree of B.A.  The next year (1880) he entered the Western
Reserve Medical College, at Cleveland, Ohio, from which he graduated in
1883.  Acting upon the advice of the sagacious editor of the New York
Tribune he went West, and for three years practiced medicine at Grand
Forks, Dakota Territory.  In 1886 he entered the University of Louisville,
graduating from the Medical Department in 1887, and has practiced here
since March of that year. The honorary degree of A.M. was conferred upon
him June 4, 1887.

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