Mrs. Tammie Thompson called me to assist the Godfrey family in their quest. Mr. Crag Russell, a city employee, displayed a photograph of Mr. Hood, a former mayor of Cross Plains, who served multiple terms in office.
Mr. Hood was promoted to the rank of captain in Company E, 47th Alabama during the Civil War. He lost an arm in the battle fo Chickamauga in 1863, and resigned his commission, thus he returned to his home in Cross Plains. He was a native of Tennessee.
He married Mary C. Johnson, daughter of Asa Simpson and Nancy Allison Johnson of Goshen. Both Mrs. Hood and her parents were born in North Carolina and immigrated to Goshen in 1853. Mrs. And Mrs. Hood were the parents of six children.
For many years, Mr. Hood was the manager of the Southern Express Office that dispatched the freight to and from the rail stations in both Cross Plains and Piedmont. The office was located on North Center Avenue adjacent to the Southern Railroad tracks.
The Godfrey family was able to see the Hood home that later became the Ezzell residents on North Center Avenue. Photographs were taken of the historical marker that depicts the mayors of Cross Plains and Piedmont and their terms in office.
A final tour of the Goshen Cemetery to view both the Hood and Asa Simpson Johnson lots completed an afternoon of genealogical researching. Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey returned to Atlanta to depart for Australia.
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