[5] Particularly in his youth he was an avid hiker and mountain climber and visited Europe during summer with his father to enjoy the activity.
[8] He married Lucy Gazzam of Seattle, Washington, in Mobile, Alabama, in 1898 and had five children.
[1][3] He was president of the Lawyers' Mortgage Insurance Company in 1903 when he published Principles of City Land Values.
[9] During the First World War he was active as an officer of the American Defense Society, an organization that promoted America's entry into World War I and civilian initiatives to suppress dissent during the conflict.
[citation needed] His son Clement Hurd was an illustrator, known for the children's book Goodnight Moon.