The Hood County Genealogical Society is pleased to bring you 12 new biographies transcribed by (the wonderful) Mary Maxwell and (the wonderful) Jo Ann Hopper: Aaron Benjamine Anderson, born in 1850, a farmer & stockraiser http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/AndersonAaronBenjamine.htm W.A. Andrews, born in 1825, a Confederate veteran and Brazos Valley farmer http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/AndrewsWA.htm Joseph Edmond Arrington, 1826-1897, Texas Frontier Scout, farmer and stockraiser http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/ArringtonJosephEdmond.htm Francis Marion Berry, born in 1848, who began farming in Hood County in 1877 http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/BerryFrancisMarion.htm Joseph Addison "Joe" Clark, 1815-1901, minister & family patriarch http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/ClarkJAjoe.htm Joseph Lynn Clark, 1881-1969, teacher, administrator & author http://www.tsha.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/CC/fcl11.html Randolph Lee Clark, 1871-1941, teacher & school administrator http://www.tsha/edu/handbook/online/articles/view/CC/fcl13.html Doctor H.L. Holt, born in 1844, a Confederate veteran and Erath County physician who married into the Gordon family of Hood County http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/HoltHL.htm George E. Jackson, 1849-1923, a Paluxy specialty stock breeder & farmer http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/JacksonGeorgeE.htm Reuben Ferguson Jones, ~1843-1884, a Confederate veteran from Mississippi http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/JonesReubenFerguson.htm Reverend John R. Northcutt, born in 1814, a Confederate veteran and Baptist minister http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/NorthcuttJohnR.htm James Travis Shirley, 1844-1922, a Confederate veteran and County Commissioner http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/ShirleyJamesTravis.htm Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society