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- From -- "Historical Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Chester and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania", Vol. 2, edited by Gilbert Cope and Henry Graham Ashmead, Lewis Publishing Company, New York, 1904, pp. 489-90.
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"P. ALLEN CLOUD, a successful farmer and public-spirited citizen of West Marlborough township, Chester county, is descended from old colonial stock. William Cloud, from whom the different branches of the family trace their descent, married Mary, whose surname appears to have been Pence, and among their other children were two sons, Jesse, mentioned hereinafter, and Joshua.
"Jesse Cloud, son of William and Mary (probably Pence) Cloud, married Mary Allen. Their children were: Jane, born June 29, 1770, married Mr. Baldwin; Mary, born October 18, 1772, died young; William A. and Ann (twins), born June 23, 1776; the former is mentioned hereinafter, and the latter died young; James, born February 21, 1778, married Margery Mason; Jeremiah, born January 2, 1781; Phoebe, born October 1, 1784, married Mr. McFarland; Hannah, born January 4, 1786, married Mr. Ashton; Orpha, born May 20, 1789, married Mr. Williamson; and Mary Ann, born August 2, 1793, married Mr. Pierson.
"William A. Cloud, son of Jesse and Mary (Allen) Cloud, was born June 23, 1776, and married Hannah Wickersham, who was born October 23, 1779. They were the parents of the following children: Elizabeth, born September 7, 1809, died September 3, 1860; Jesse, born March 17, 1811, died February 23, 1887; James, born December 14, 1812, died in 1902; Mary, born July 2, 1814, died October 2, 1879; Rachel born September 1, 1816, died July 21, 1887; Pusey, mentioned hereinafter; Enoch, born March 3, 1821; and Hannah, born June 4, 1822, died May 31, 1898. William A. Cloud, the father of the family, died November 2, 1861, and his widow passed away April 19, 1865, having reached the age of eighty-five years.
"Pusey Cloud, son of William A. and Hannah (Wickersham) Cloud, was born June 26, 1818, on the old homestead, in East Marlborough township, Chester county, married Hannah Gatchel, and their children were: 1. Elisha G., born March 5, 1844, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work; 2. Abbie K. (1), born March 25, 1845, died young; 3. George Martin, born September 24, 1847, married Rachel Ann Pyle, and has three children: Mary R., born February 9, 1882; Pusey, born June 26, 1886; and Samuel P., born October 6, 1888. 4. Abbie K. (2), born February 24, 1849. 5. William P., born August 29, 1851, married Carrie Wickersham, born November 6, 1857, and has the following children: Hannah M., born December 24, 1882; Elsie K., born May 26, 1885; and Emma W., born July 21, 1889. 6. Jesse, born June 8, 1854. 7. P. Allen, mentioned at length hereinafter. 8. Elizabeth, born March 28, 1861. 9. Charles B., born September 9, 1862, married Emma Moyer. 10. Sarah E., born January 6, 1864. 11. Wendell P., born January 25, 1867, married Anna E. Wickersham. Mr. Cloud, the father of these eleven children, died October 14, 1867.
"P. Allen Cloud, son of Pusey and Hannah (Gatchel) Cloud, was born December 2, 1859, on the old homestead, in East Marlborough township, Chester county, and received his education in the schools of the neighborhood, and at the State Normal School in West Chester, Pennsylvania. He has made general farming the business of his life, but the circle of his interests is not limited to the duties of his calling. He is active in local affairs and takes a prominent part in every undertaking having for its object the advancement of the public welfare. He was formerly a director of the Kennett Square Building and Loan Association, and is at present a director of a similar association, the London Grove Building and Loan Association at Avondale. In religion he is a Friend, adhering to the doctrines for which his ancestors were, in former times, sometimes obliged to contend. His mother, Hannah Cloud, was disowned by the Hicksite Friends for assisting in the organization of the Longwood Meeting, and an anecdote is related which illustrates the courageous spirit by which she was animated in what she felt to be a righteous cause. At one time, when the feeling was very strong against the Longwood Friends, the doors of their former meeting were closed against them, but at the suggestion of Mrs. Cloud a man climbed through one of the windows and threw the doors wide open. It is pleasant to relate that the Friends thus at variance arrived at an amicable settlement of their differences of opinion, and that Mrs. Cloud was requested to return to her former place in the society.
"Mr. P. Allen Cloud married, March 26, 1885, Tillie, daughter of Ezekiel and Margaret (Crosley) Bailey. The former was born August 25, 1840, and was a son of Ezekiel and Margaret Bailey. Mrs. Cloud was born April 16, 1862, in Delaware, but was brought up and educated in Chester county. Mr. and Mrs. Cloud are the parents of two children: Jesse, born August 27, 1886; and Elizabeth, born July 30, 1888."
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1859 - 1953 (93 years)
