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John McClellan Hood

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In 1799, John McClellan Hood came to Philadelphia from Northern Ireland.  He became a successful tea and coffee importer, married Elizabeth Forebaugh, and began a family.  Every summer to escape the regular epidemics that swept through the city, the Hood family would retire to the country.  Hood bought a large farm in Limerick, eventually building a… Read More »Bessybell