• Born: 1818
• Died: 15 Aug 1873, Washington DC

  General notes:

Jeweler

  Events in his life were:

• He was a partner circa 1840 with Benjamin Locklin Hood in Buffalo NY as B. L. & H. O. HOOD.

• He worked in 1842-1844 as a jeweler in Buffalo NY
  Listed in the 1844 city directory at 205 1/2 Main Street and at 203 in 1848.

• Advertised in the Buffalo City Directory (Buffalo NY), 1842,

• Advertised in the Buffalo City Directory (Buffalo NY), 1844,

• He worked circa 1847-1851 as a jeweler in Baltimore MD

• He worked circa 1858-1870 as a jeweler in Washington DC

• He appeared on the 1860 census taken at Washington DC, listed as a master jeweler.

• He appeared on the 1870 census taken at Washington DC, listed as a jeweler.

• Obituary printed in the The Evening Star (Washington DC) on 16 Aug 1873
  
  Death of Mr. H.O. Hood. The death of our well known fellow citizen, Mr. H.O. Hood, yesterday, after a few hours sickness with cholera morbus, caused the false report to be spread that the disease from which he died was Asiatic cholera. Mr. Hood was from Buffalo, New York, was about sixty years of age and had been carrying on the business of jeweler in this city for about twenty years. He purchased the property at the northwest corner of 11th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue and in 1867 erected the marble front building which now stands there. Mr. Hood was of a kind and charitable nature and a good neighbor and his reputation for integrity among the business community stood high. His funeral will take place at 4 o'clock tomorrow from his late residence, No. 501 11th Street Northwest and will be attended by the Masonic fraternity, of which he was a valued member.