Photograph of John Hood Gravestone at Walnut Grove Cemetery

Basic details

Photograph of John Hood Gravestone at Walnut Grove Cemetery is an artifact, with genre photograph and graves.

It was created April 15, 2020.

Worthington Historical Society is the contributor.

You can find the original at Worthington Historical Society.

Background

John Hood (b. 1830, d. 1912) was born Georgia and served as a Private in the Union Army, Co. M., 5th U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery. He enlisted in February 1865 and was discharged one year later.

He married Keziah Jane Hooper in 1858, and the couple had 12 children. They came to Worthington sometime in the 1870s, and purchased two acres on Proprietors Road in 1882. The Hoods’ daughter Lettie married James Birkhead.

Hood is buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery, and his grave is marked with a government issued marble headstone denoting his participation in the Civil War.

Subjects

It features the person John Hood.

It features the organization Walnut Grove Cemetery.

It covers the topics Civil War, cemeteries, African Americans and veterans and service members.

It covers the Worthington neighborhood Davis Estates.

It features the address 5561 Milton Avenue.

Record details

This file was reformatted digital in the format video/jpeg.

The Worthington Memory identification code is whs1325.

This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on January 26, 2023. It was last updated October 28, 2025.

Copyright

In Copyright

Photograph of John Hood Gravestone at Walnut Grove Cemetery from the collections of the Worthington Historical Society (WHS) may be used for educational purposes as long as it is not altered in any way and proper credit is given: "Courtesy of the Worthington Historical Society, Worthington, OH." Prior written permission of the WHS is required for any other use of Photograph of John Hood Gravestone at Walnut Grove Cemetery. Contact WHS at info@worthingtonhistory.org to request permission.