The Daily Press (Newport News, Va.),
Fri, 22 Feb 1957, p55, c1-2
Leg Stool Manufacturer And Wife Die Hour Apart
Gloucester, Feb. 21 - Percy Watt Hood, 82, widely known Gloucester businessman and retired Detroit executive, died at his home here this morning. His wife, Mrs. Margaret Hart Hood, 81, followed him in death an hour later.
Hood founded and operated the Gloucester Leg Stool Shop here where he manufactured his unique foot stool patterned after a 17th Century "gout stool" used by Jacobean royalty.
He has no known survivors. Mrs. Hood is survived by a brother, S. Waldo Hart, and a niece, Mrs. Margaret Hart Zotter, both of New Britain, Conn. Mr. Hood was active in his business affairs until an illness shortly before Christmas confined him to his home. Mrs. Hood has been an invalid two years.
He succumbed about 4:30 a.m. and Mrs. Hood's time of death was placed at about 5:45 a.m.
He came to Gloucester County after his retirement in 1933 as vice president in charge of sales for the Timkin Detroit Axle Company. Shortly after moving to "Berkshire," a North River home, he was visiting with a friend at a nearby plantation and noticed the comforts of a unique type footstool, an antique from the 17th Century.
He had one made by a carpenter and finding it so comfortable, made several more for friends. A demand which grew from friends of the recipients of the stools, prompted him to re-enter the world of business. He first set up shop in a barn at Berkshire, and later moved the plant to the court house. He hired a craftsman to help in the shop and managed the sales and the clerical work himself. The business has prospered 22 years and about 4,500 Gloucester leg stools have been manufactured and sold around the world.
Hood was born in Lancaster, England, May 30, 1874 to American parents. He is a direct descendant on his mother's side, of the famous Revolutionary hero from Vermont, Ethan Allen.
Mr. Hood once told friends here that he had very little formal education beyond grammar school, having left home with his brother at an early age for the adventurous life on the western range. During his youth he was a cowboy in Wyoming and Colorado and spurs, ropes and bridles are still hanging on pegs in the Leg Stool Shop, souvenirs of his cow punching days.
Mrs. Hood was born Oct. 17, 1875, the daughter of Dr. Samuel Waldo Hart and Margaret Smythe Hart, members of a prominent New Britain family. She and Mr. Hood were married in 1903. They had no children.
Before going to work for Timkin Detroit Axle Company in 1913 he worked around the United States at a number of jobs. He was a contemporary of many of the automobile industrial giants, including Henry Ford and the Dodge Brothers. His personal friends included many nationally prominent business and government leaders.
In 1946 he formed a partnership with Roger Moorman, of Gloucester, and in recent years Moorman has conducted the business of the concern.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Hood were members of Ware Episcopal Church and Mr. Hood was a former vestryman.
The funeral services for both will be conducted 3 p.m. Sunday at Ware Episcopal Church by the Rev. Reginald Eastman. Burial for Mr. Hood will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Hoods remains will be taken to Washington for cremation and final commitment in the Ware Church cemetery.
According to his expressed wishes, in place of flowers, friends are being asked to make contributions to the Gloucester Public Library, the Patrick Henry Hospital, or any worthy charity.
The bodies of both are at Bridges Funeral Home.
Fri, 22 Feb 1957, p55, c1-2
Leg Stool Manufacturer And Wife Die Hour Apart
Gloucester, Feb. 21 - Percy Watt Hood, 82, widely known Gloucester businessman and retired Detroit executive, died at his home here this morning. His wife, Mrs. Margaret Hart Hood, 81, followed him in death an hour later.
Hood founded and operated the Gloucester Leg Stool Shop here where he manufactured his unique foot stool patterned after a 17th Century "gout stool" used by Jacobean royalty.
He has no known survivors. Mrs. Hood is survived by a brother, S. Waldo Hart, and a niece, Mrs. Margaret Hart Zotter, both of New Britain, Conn. Mr. Hood was active in his business affairs until an illness shortly before Christmas confined him to his home. Mrs. Hood has been an invalid two years.
He succumbed about 4:30 a.m. and Mrs. Hood's time of death was placed at about 5:45 a.m.
He came to Gloucester County after his retirement in 1933 as vice president in charge of sales for the Timkin Detroit Axle Company. Shortly after moving to "Berkshire," a North River home, he was visiting with a friend at a nearby plantation and noticed the comforts of a unique type footstool, an antique from the 17th Century.
He had one made by a carpenter and finding it so comfortable, made several more for friends. A demand which grew from friends of the recipients of the stools, prompted him to re-enter the world of business. He first set up shop in a barn at Berkshire, and later moved the plant to the court house. He hired a craftsman to help in the shop and managed the sales and the clerical work himself. The business has prospered 22 years and about 4,500 Gloucester leg stools have been manufactured and sold around the world.
Hood was born in Lancaster, England, May 30, 1874 to American parents. He is a direct descendant on his mother's side, of the famous Revolutionary hero from Vermont, Ethan Allen.
Mr. Hood once told friends here that he had very little formal education beyond grammar school, having left home with his brother at an early age for the adventurous life on the western range. During his youth he was a cowboy in Wyoming and Colorado and spurs, ropes and bridles are still hanging on pegs in the Leg Stool Shop, souvenirs of his cow punching days.
Mrs. Hood was born Oct. 17, 1875, the daughter of Dr. Samuel Waldo Hart and Margaret Smythe Hart, members of a prominent New Britain family. She and Mr. Hood were married in 1903. They had no children.
Before going to work for Timkin Detroit Axle Company in 1913 he worked around the United States at a number of jobs. He was a contemporary of many of the automobile industrial giants, including Henry Ford and the Dodge Brothers. His personal friends included many nationally prominent business and government leaders.
In 1946 he formed a partnership with Roger Moorman, of Gloucester, and in recent years Moorman has conducted the business of the concern.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Hood were members of Ware Episcopal Church and Mr. Hood was a former vestryman.
The funeral services for both will be conducted 3 p.m. Sunday at Ware Episcopal Church by the Rev. Reginald Eastman. Burial for Mr. Hood will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Hoods remains will be taken to Washington for cremation and final commitment in the Ware Church cemetery.
According to his expressed wishes, in place of flowers, friends are being asked to make contributions to the Gloucester Public Library, the Patrick Henry Hospital, or any worthy charity.
The bodies of both are at Bridges Funeral Home.
The Daily Press (Newport News, Va.),
Fri, 22 Feb 1957, p55, c1-2
Leg Stool Manufacturer And Wife Die Hour Apart
Gloucester, Feb. 21 - Percy Watt Hood, 82, widely known Gloucester businessman and retired Detroit executive, died at his home here this morning. His wife, Mrs. Margaret Hart Hood, 81, followed him in death an hour later.
Hood founded and operated the Gloucester Leg Stool Shop here where he manufactured his unique foot stool patterned after a 17th Century "gout stool" used by Jacobean royalty.
He has no known survivors. Mrs. Hood is survived by a brother, S. Waldo Hart, and a niece, Mrs. Margaret Hart Zotter, both of New Britain, Conn. Mr. Hood was active in his business affairs until an illness shortly before Christmas confined him to his home. Mrs. Hood has been an invalid two years.
He succumbed about 4:30 a.m. and Mrs. Hood's time of death was placed at about 5:45 a.m.
He came to Gloucester County after his retirement in 1933 as vice president in charge of sales for the Timkin Detroit Axle Company. Shortly after moving to "Berkshire," a North River home, he was visiting with a friend at a nearby plantation and noticed the comforts of a unique type footstool, an antique from the 17th Century.
He had one made by a carpenter and finding it so comfortable, made several more for friends. A demand which grew from friends of the recipients of the stools, prompted him to re-enter the world of business. He first set up shop in a barn at Berkshire, and later moved the plant to the court house. He hired a craftsman to help in the shop and managed the sales and the clerical work himself. The business has prospered 22 years and about 4,500 Gloucester leg stools have been manufactured and sold around the world.
Hood was born in Lancaster, England, May 30, 1874 to American parents. He is a direct descendant on his mother's side, of the famous Revolutionary hero from Vermont, Ethan Allen.
Mr. Hood once told friends here that he had very little formal education beyond grammar school, having left home with his brother at an early age for the adventurous life on the western range. During his youth he was a cowboy in Wyoming and Colorado and spurs, ropes and bridles are still hanging on pegs in the Leg Stool Shop, souvenirs of his cow punching days.
Mrs. Hood was born Oct. 17, 1875, the daughter of Dr. Samuel Waldo Hart and Margaret Smythe Hart, members of a prominent New Britain family. She and Mr. Hood were married in 1903. They had no children.
Before going to work for Timkin Detroit Axle Company in 1913 he worked around the United States at a number of jobs. He was a contemporary of many of the automobile industrial giants, including Henry Ford and the Dodge Brothers. His personal friends included many nationally prominent business and government leaders.
In 1946 he formed a partnership with Roger Moorman, of Gloucester, and in recent years Moorman has conducted the business of the concern.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Hood were members of Ware Episcopal Church and Mr. Hood was a former vestryman.
The funeral services for both will be conducted 3 p.m. Sunday at Ware Episcopal Church by the Rev. Reginald Eastman. Burial for Mr. Hood will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Hoods remains will be taken to Washington for cremation and final commitment in the Ware Church cemetery.
According to his expressed wishes, in place of flowers, friends are being asked to make contributions to the Gloucester Public Library, the Patrick Henry Hospital, or any worthy charity.
The bodies of both are at Bridges Funeral Home.
Fri, 22 Feb 1957, p55, c1-2
Leg Stool Manufacturer And Wife Die Hour Apart
Gloucester, Feb. 21 - Percy Watt Hood, 82, widely known Gloucester businessman and retired Detroit executive, died at his home here this morning. His wife, Mrs. Margaret Hart Hood, 81, followed him in death an hour later.
Hood founded and operated the Gloucester Leg Stool Shop here where he manufactured his unique foot stool patterned after a 17th Century "gout stool" used by Jacobean royalty.
He has no known survivors. Mrs. Hood is survived by a brother, S. Waldo Hart, and a niece, Mrs. Margaret Hart Zotter, both of New Britain, Conn. Mr. Hood was active in his business affairs until an illness shortly before Christmas confined him to his home. Mrs. Hood has been an invalid two years.
He succumbed about 4:30 a.m. and Mrs. Hood's time of death was placed at about 5:45 a.m.
He came to Gloucester County after his retirement in 1933 as vice president in charge of sales for the Timkin Detroit Axle Company. Shortly after moving to "Berkshire," a North River home, he was visiting with a friend at a nearby plantation and noticed the comforts of a unique type footstool, an antique from the 17th Century.
He had one made by a carpenter and finding it so comfortable, made several more for friends. A demand which grew from friends of the recipients of the stools, prompted him to re-enter the world of business. He first set up shop in a barn at Berkshire, and later moved the plant to the court house. He hired a craftsman to help in the shop and managed the sales and the clerical work himself. The business has prospered 22 years and about 4,500 Gloucester leg stools have been manufactured and sold around the world.
Hood was born in Lancaster, England, May 30, 1874 to American parents. He is a direct descendant on his mother's side, of the famous Revolutionary hero from Vermont, Ethan Allen.
Mr. Hood once told friends here that he had very little formal education beyond grammar school, having left home with his brother at an early age for the adventurous life on the western range. During his youth he was a cowboy in Wyoming and Colorado and spurs, ropes and bridles are still hanging on pegs in the Leg Stool Shop, souvenirs of his cow punching days.
Mrs. Hood was born Oct. 17, 1875, the daughter of Dr. Samuel Waldo Hart and Margaret Smythe Hart, members of a prominent New Britain family. She and Mr. Hood were married in 1903. They had no children.
Before going to work for Timkin Detroit Axle Company in 1913 he worked around the United States at a number of jobs. He was a contemporary of many of the automobile industrial giants, including Henry Ford and the Dodge Brothers. His personal friends included many nationally prominent business and government leaders.
In 1946 he formed a partnership with Roger Moorman, of Gloucester, and in recent years Moorman has conducted the business of the concern.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Hood were members of Ware Episcopal Church and Mr. Hood was a former vestryman.
The funeral services for both will be conducted 3 p.m. Sunday at Ware Episcopal Church by the Rev. Reginald Eastman. Burial for Mr. Hood will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Hoods remains will be taken to Washington for cremation and final commitment in the Ware Church cemetery.
According to his expressed wishes, in place of flowers, friends are being asked to make contributions to the Gloucester Public Library, the Patrick Henry Hospital, or any worthy charity.
The bodies of both are at Bridges Funeral Home.
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