William Lafayette "Bill" Cloud^{[1, 2, 3]}

1851 - 1917  (65 years)

• Name	William Lafayette "Bill" Cloud
  Born	Aug 23, 1851	Alabama, USA   [1]
  	Dates on headstone are August 23 1849 to January 18, 1917.
  Gender	Male
  Census	Aug 23, 1870	Millerton, Milam county, Texas, USA   [4]
  Census	Jun 02, 1900	Chickasha, Grady county, Indian Territory, USA   [5]
  Census	1907	Konawa, Seminole county, Oklahoma, USA   [6]
  Census	May 09, 1910	Konawa, Seminole county, Oklahoma, USA   [7]
  Died	Jan 19, 1917	Oklahoma, USA   [8]
  Buried	Konawa Cemetery, Konawa, Seminole county, Oklahoma, USA
  Notes	His mother and dad moved to Texas about 1851 and settled in Washington County.  It's believed they moved to Milam County about 1858 or 1859, settling in Millertown.  He apparently met and married Elizabeth Rutherford in Milam county and fathered Jasper, Tom and Jake there.  (No one remembers a child named Nancy.)  His niece, Jodia Ferguson, in copying from her mother's Bible (his older sister, Becky), copied his middle name as "Lafaet". The 1870 Census shows him in Milam county, Texas and 17 years old (implying dob ca 1853-4).  The 1880 census lists his occupation as farmer and his age as 28, implying the same date of birth -- yet his tombstone shows his dob as 1849.  His granddaughter, Hazel Cloud, wrote that he "eloped with Margaret" to Center, I.T.  He left his wife, Nancy Rutherford, in Texas, probably around 1882, and moved to Center, I.T.  Hazel said Grandpa Bill left his first wife, Nancy Elizabeth, and married Margaret in Texas, and the 1900 census shows that his first child with Margaret was born in Texas in 1880 but his next child, John, was born in 1885 in Indian Territory.  After he moved to Oklahoma, Nancy married a man named Wilson.  Apparently none of the kids liked Wilson, so they all moved to Oklahoma to be with their dad.  He took Her and her youngest child, Jake, to Florida.  Mr. Wilson died with no children by Nancy.  She was known as "Grandma Wilson" and Margaret was called "Grandma Cloud". Carl Cloud said in October of 1998 he'd heard there had been a knife fight and one man was killed, that Bill was the only witness to the fight, and that he was advised to leave and go to Oklahoma before the trial. The Oklahoma land rushes were taking place in the 1890 to 1895 time frame.  Perhaps he participated in one of these?  He owned a gin in Center, I.T. and some property (houses and lots).  (9-11-1997) Aunt Hazel Cloud Brown said he was a cotton gin man and that Jake worked for him as did Lizzie Seybold.  Carl Cloud said that Jasper worked in the store and that his dad, Thomas M., and Jake worked in the cotton gin.  He said that the gin burnt down one day while they were working there.  Carl said that Bill also had a gristmill and a sawmill. He subsequently moved to Konawa and then to Sasakwa, Oklahoma where he farmed -- raising cotton and tobacco.  Hazel said he lived in Center through about 1908 and was living in Konawa about 1910. A Warranty Deed in Milam County records, vol 103 p 110, executed May 31st, 1910 and recorded June 14, 1911, deeding land in Milam county from W.L. Cloud and M.S. Cloud, husband and wife, to J.C. Johnson, containing 196 acres of land.  "Also our entire interest in, and to all of the estate of W.J. Cloud deceased (father of W.L. Cloud, grantor herein) situated in Milam County, Texas except a tract of land which been sold to R.S. Cloud described in deed dated January 13th 1896 filed for record Dec. 14th 1907." Aunts Hazel and Shorty said his cousin, Jim, killed a man at Center, I.T. and grandpa Bill gave him $3.00 and told him to leave.  Jim moved close to Muskogee (in the Kiamichi hills) and changed his name to Black. Ruby Spaulding Varner said he raised 14 orphans in addition to his six children and that aunt Elba and Aunt Lizzie were two of those. This could explain how the children of J.R. and Amanda Seybold were cared for when they died (Zeb, Lena and Lizzie).  (Could his second wife, Margaret, have been one of the orphans he took in?)  Ruby also said he was worth 1 million dollars at one time but was $200 in debt when he died.
  Person ID	I1172	mykindred
  Last Modified	Nov 18, 2015

  
  

  Father	William Jasper "Bill" Cloud, CSA,   b. Apr 09, 1824, ? Mount Meigs, Montgomery county, Alabama, USA ,   d. Sep 09, 1871, Milam county, Texas, USA  (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Jane "Jane" Boyd,   b. Jun 23, 1832, Montgomery county, Alabama, USA ,   d. 11 May 1918 OR 15 May 1918, Milam county, Texas, USA  (Age 85 years)
  Married	Jun 24, 1849	Montgomery county, Alabama, USA   [9, 10]
  	William CLOUD & Jane BOYD  lic. 20 June 1849; mar. 24 June 1849, by Jas. A. McGEE, JP
  Notes	This must be him in 1850 sandwiched between his mother-in-law Betsey Boyd and his brother-in-law Julius Merritt who married Elizabeth's sister Sarah. - 1850 census, AL, Montgomery cty, 2nd district, Nov 13, series M432, roll 12, p 186 line 7-9, dwelling/household 517/517 William CLOUD, 22, M, farmer, Geo Jane CLOUD, 17, F, Ala Martha CLOUD, 1, F, Ala - 1870 Census; from Milam County, TX taken on 23 Aug 1870. (Notes from Lura Black.)  "The ages don't all match.  I also find it interesting that the census was taken on the same day that two of this family were celebrating birthdays (based on the dates that have been given to me).  This census did not provide columns for parents' place of birth, just the individual in the census." - 1870 census, TX, Milam, Millerton P.O., p. 200, (M593-1598, p.312), Aug 23 CLOUD, Wm J, 46, farmer, ALA CLOUD, Elizabeth, 36, working on farm, ALA CLOUD, William, 17, ALA CLOUD, Margaret, 14, TX CLOUD, Thomas, 11, TX CLOUD, Dowen, 9, TX CLOUD, Mary, 7, TX CLOUD, James, 5, TX CLOUD, Robert, 1, TX - William is dead by 1880 1880 census, TX, Milam, pct 5, p 67, sd 5, ed 104, (T9-1320, p.303) June 28, 1880, HH 497/506 CLOUD, Jane, W, F, 48, keeping house, AL, NC, SC CLOUD, James, 15, son, farm laborer, TX CLOUD, Dowen, 18, son, TX CLOUD, Robert, son, TX CLOUD, Willie, 9, dau, TX - 1900 census, Texas, Milam county, J.P. 4, e.d. 73, 23-A, T623-1657, p.220) (no enumeration date given), HH 422 CLOUD, Robt, head, W, M, Sept 1866, 33, m 10yrs, TX, AL, AL, farmer CLOUD, Ada, wife, W, F, Mar 1870, 30, m 10 yrs, 5 children, 4 living, KY, TN, KY CLOUD, Pearl, dau, Aug 1890, 9, TX, TX, KY CLOUD, Maggie, dau, Mar 1892, 8, TX, TX, KY CLOUD, Ida, dau, July 1893, 6, TX, TX, KY CLOUD, Willie, son, July 1896, 3, TX, TX, KY lines 13-17, HH 423 CLOUD, D.A., head, W, M, Aug 1860, 39, m 18 yrs, TX, AL, AL, farmer CLOUD, Mary J, wife, W, F, Mar 1863, 37, m 18 yrs, 4 children, 3 living, TX, TN, TN CLOUD, Margaret, dau, Feb 1894, 6, TX, TX, TX CLOUD, Raymond, son, Oct 1895, 4, TX, TX, TX CLOUD, Annie, dau, Mar 1898, 2, TX, TX, TX lines 18-19, HH 424 CLOUD, Elizabeth J, head, W, F, July 1830, AL, GA, GA, farmer LESAY(?), George, lodger, W, M, Apr 1892, 8, TX, TX, TX, at school - 1910 census, Texas, Milam county, pct. 4, e.d. 62, 4-A, (T624-1578, p. 28) April 23, 1910, HH 68 CLOUD, Elizabeth J, head, F, W, 78, widowed, AL, AL, GA ROE, Margaret, dau, F, W, 45, widowed, 5 children, 4 living, TX, AL, AL -
  Family ID	F4862	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Nancy Elizabeth Rutherford,   b. Jan 03, 1851, Tennessee, USA ,   d. Jun 17, 1934, Konawa, Seminole county, Oklahoma, USA  (Age 83 years)
  Married	Abt 1873	Milam county, Texas, USA
  Notes	- 1880 Census, TX, Milam, June 24 William CLOUD, 28, farmer, AL, dad b: AL, mom b: AL Nancy E. CLOUD, 26, wife, keepinghouse, TN, TN, TN William CLOUD, 5, TX Thomas M. CLOUD, 3, TX (Jake was born the 4th of the next month.) - 1900 census, IT, Chickasaw Nation, June 2, lines 43-50 CLOUD, William, head, W, M, Aug, 1850, 49, m. 19, AL, unk, unk CLOUD, Margaret, wife, W, F, Jan 1863, 37, m. 19, 6/3 children, TX, AL, AL CLOUD, Jasper, son, Sept 1874, 25, single, TX, AL, TX CLOUD, Thomas, son, Oct 1876, 23, single, TX, AL, TX CLOUD, Jacob, son, July 1879, 20, single, TX, AL, TX CLOUD, Mary, daughter, July 1880, 19, single, TX, AL, TX CLOUD, John, son, Feb 1885, 15, single, Ind. Ter., AL, TX CLOUD, Alice, daughter, Feb 1887, 13, single, Ind. Ter., AL, TX (next page line 1) JOHNSON, Myrtle, servant, W, F, Feb 1881, 19, single, MO, unk, unk *(This is probably Rhoda Myrtle Johnston who later married Jasper.) - 1907 OK state census, Konawa, p. 58 CLOUD, William L. Head of household, white male, 60 years of age. CLOUD Margaret S. Wife, white female, 44 years of age CLOUD, Alice J. Daughter, white female, 18 years of age CLOUD, John M., Son, white Male, 21 years of age HOBGOOD, Mary, Daughter, white Female, 25 years of age HOBGOOD, William H, Grandson, White Male, 2 years of age. - 1910 census, OK, Seminole, Konawa CLOUD, William, head, M, W, 61, m2, 30, AL, AL, AL, farmer CLOUD, Margaret, wife, F, W, 46, m2, 30, TX, AL, AL CLOUD, John, son, M, W, 24, OK, AL, TX CLOUD, William H, grandson, M, W, 5, OK, TX, TX (this is Mary's son) - [11]
  Children	+ 1. William Jasper Cloud,   b. Oct 21, 1874, Rockdale, Milam county, Texas, USA ,   d. Jul 09, 1933, Ada, Pontotoc county, Oklahoma, USA  (Age 58 years) + 2. Thomas Marion Cloud,   b. Jan 14, 1877, Rockdale, Milam county, Texas, USA ,   d. Nov 24, 1962, Ada, Pontotoc county, Oklahoma, USA  (Age 85 years) + 3. Jake Washington Cloud,   b. Jul 04, 1880, Milam county, Texas, USA ,   d. Nov 24, 1968, Newman, Stanislaus county, California, USA  (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F446	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret Skipper,   b. Jan 21, 1862, Texas, USA ,   d. Aug 01, 1919, Oklahoma, USA  (Age 57 years)
  Married	Abt 1882
  Notes	- 1900 census, Indian Territory, Chickasaw Nation, twp 4 N range 5 E, p. 3 enumerated June 2, 1900, lines43-50 CLOUD, William, head, W, M, Aug, 1850, 49, m. 19, AL, unk, unk CLOUD, Margaret, wife, W, F, Jan 1863, 37, m. 19, 6 children, 3 living, TX, AL, AL CLOUD, Jasper, son, Sept 1874, 25, single, TX, AL, TX CLOUD, Thomas, son, Oct 1876, 23, single, TX, AL, TX CLOUD, Jacob, son, July 1879, 20, single, TX, AL, TX CLOUD, Mary, daughter, July 1880, 19, single, TX, AL, TX CLOUD, John, son, Feb 1885, 15, single, Ind. Ter., AL, TX CLOUD, Alice, daughter, Feb 1887, 13, single, Ind. Ter., AL, TX (next page line 1) Johnson, Myrtle, servant, W, F, Feb 1881, 19, single, MO, unk, unk - 1907 census, OK, Seminole, Konawa, p. 58 Cloud, William L.  Head of household, white male, 60 years of age. Cloud Margaret S.  Wife, white female, 44 years of age Cloud, Alice J. Daughter, white female, 18 years of age Cloud, John M., Son, white Male, 21 years of age Hobgood, Mary, Daughter, white Female, 25 years of age Hobgood, William H,  Grandson, White Male, 2 years of age. - 1910 census, OK, Seminole, Konawa, ed 185, 14-B, May 9 -- -- HH 238/245 RAINS, George W, head, M, W, 31, m 2 0 yrs, MO, MO, MO RAINS, Mary, wife, F, W, 26, m2 0 yrs, 1/1 child, TX, TX, TX RAINS, Mary G, mother, F, W, 65, widowed, 12/10 children, MO, US, US -- -- HH 239/246 CLOUD, William, head, M, W, 61, m2 30 yrs, AL, AL, AL, farmer CLOUD, Margaret, wife, F, W, 46, m2 30 yrs, 6/3 children, TX, AL, AL CLOUD, John, son, M, W, 24, OK, AL, TX CLOUD, William H, grandson, M, W, 5, OK, TX, TX (this is Mary's son) -
  Children	+ 1. Mary Elizabeth Cloud,   b. Jul 1880, Milam county, Texas, USA ,   d. Abt 1951, Oklahoma, USA  (Age ~ 70 years)   2. John Marion Cloud,   b. Feb 09, 1885, Indian Territory, Oklahoma, USA ,   d. Dec 10, 1974, Albuquerque, Bernalillo county, New Mexico, USA  (Age 89 years) + 3. Alice J. Cloud,   b. Feb 22, 1887, Indian Territory, Oklahoma, USA ,   d. May 10, 1973, Wasco, Kern county, California, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F440	Group Sheet

  
  

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  Cloud, Jake Washington (1880-1968) Social Security Application

  
  

  Headstones

  Cloud, William Lafayette (1849-1917)

  
  

• Sources

  [S607] Bible, family -- copied by Jodia Ann Ferguson (Reliability: 2). [S955] Adams, Shelly, email to Tom Cloud of NOV 5, 2003. [S14] 1870 US federal census, 1870 census, Milam county, Millerton P.O., p. 200, Aug 23, 1870. [S14] 1870 US federal census, 1870 census, TX, Milam, Millerton P.O., p. 200, (M593-1598, p.312). [S3961] 1900 US federal census, 1900 census, Indian Territory, Chickasaw Nation, twp 4 N range 5 E, p. 3. [S209] 1907 Oklahoma statehood census, 1907 Oklahoma state census, p. 58, Konawa. [S967] 1910 US federal census, 1910 census, OK, Seminole, Konawa, ed 185, 14-B, May 9. [S422] Konawa Cemetery. Dates on headstone are August 23 1849 to January 18, 1917. [S221] Montgomery County Genealogical Society. [S210] Montgomery County Alabama records. [S135] 1880 US federal census.