Henry Platt Hood, son of the late Maj. Calvin Hood, was born in Michigan, Oct. 4, 1857. He obtained a high school education and began his business career early in life by engaging in the cattle business, first being associated with his father. Later he bought a ranch in New Mexico, and in the cattle business he has continued with gratifying success. Aside from this form of business he holds an interest in the Citizens' National Bank of Emporia, which is his resident city.
In 1882 he married Miss Martha Walkup, the daughter of James R. Walkup, a Virginian, who served in the Union army during the Civil war and came to Kansas in 1869. In politics Mr. Hood is a Republican, and he served as a member of the State Sanitary Board under Governor Bailey.
Page 1051 from volume III, part 2 of Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc. ... / with a supplementary volume devoted to selected personal history and reminiscence. Standard Pub. Co. Chicago : 1912. 3 v. in 4. : front., ill., ports.; 28 cm. Vols. I-II edited by Frank W. Blackmar. Transcribed December 2002 by Carolyn Ward. This volume is identified at the Kansas State Historical Society as microfilm LM195. It is a two-part volume 3.
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