The Hood County Genealogical Society is pleased to present to you six new biographies this week: Elias Barbee - A Yankee soldier blinded in the Civil War who came to Hood County. He became a successful farmer in Paluxy and retired in Granbury. http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/BarbeeElias.htm J.W. Bolton - A Confederate soldier who came to Hood County in 1893 and purchased a 100-acre farm in the Paluxy area. http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/BoltonJW.htm E.H. Chandler - A Confederate soldier who came to Hood County in 1866 and became a deputy sheriff. He was elected Sheriff of Somervell County and later became a merchant in Bluff Dale in Erath County. http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/ChandlerEH.htm Walter Braley Glenn - A Confederate soldier who came to Hood County in 1867. He was a successful farmer, merchant, postmaster, and school trustee in Acton. http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/GlennWalterBraley.htm Owen Collins West - Lived near Tolar, and in 1868, at age 8, was captured by the Comanche Indians. http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/WestOwenCollins.htm Hugh W. Woods - Came to Hood County in 1875 with $34 and became a successful farmer, deputy sheriff, and bailiff. http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/WoodsHughW.htm Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society