The Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine near Old Head of Kinsale, May 7, 1915, with the loss of 1,198 lives, as she went down in 18 minutes after being hit.
Dr. Tobias G. Richardson was the Chief Medical Officer of the Army of Tennessee, and would after the war become president of the Medical Association of the United States [later the American Medical Association.] Dr. Richardson and John Bell Hood became lifelong friends with one of Hood's daughters, Ida Richardson Hood, being named after Dr. Richardson's wife.
After the death of her parents with no means of support, the ten surviving orphans were adopted by the following families:
Odile and Ida - Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas McGehee, Woodville, Mississippi
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Special Note: Ida was one of the 3 sets of twins in the family. Ida and her twin sister, Odile were adopted by Mr. & Mrs. George T. McGehee,of Woodville, Mississippi after the death of their parents.
The Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine near Old Head of Kinsale, May 7, 1915, with the loss of 1,198 lives, as she went down in 18 minutes after being hit.
Dr. Tobias G. Richardson was the Chief Medical Officer of the Army of Tennessee, and would after the war become president of the Medical Association of the United States [later the American Medical Association.] Dr. Richardson and John Bell Hood became lifelong friends with one of Hood's daughters, Ida Richardson Hood, being named after Dr. Richardson's wife.
After the death of her parents with no means of support, the ten surviving orphans were adopted by the following families:
Odile and Ida - Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas McGehee, Woodville, Mississippi
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Special Note: Ida was one of the 3 sets of twins in the family. Ida and her twin sister, Odile were adopted by Mr. & Mrs. George T. McGehee,of Woodville, Mississippi after the death of their parents.
Family Members
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Lydia Marie Hennen Hood
1869–1879
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Ethel Genevieve Hood
1870–1956
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Anna Bell Hood
1870–1934
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John Bell Hood Jr
1871–1947
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Marion Marie Hood Adams
1873–1891
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Lillian Marie Hood Post
1873–1956
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COL Duncan Norbert Hood
1873 – unknown
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Odile Musson Hood Holland
1876–1919
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Oswald Hood Harney
1878–1929
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Anna Gertrude Hood
1879–1880
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