My ancestor Ephraim Stroup is said to have had a sister Polly (or Mary) with whom he was very close. Polly is said to have married a Cloninger, and to have had a son (grandson? the way these stories get telescoped) named Charles, who was superintendent of a cotton mill in Gaston Co., NC. I looked at the 1850 and 1860 NC census indices, looking for a Cloninger with wife Polly (or Mary), who could have been Ephraim's sister. 1850 NO Cloninger wives named Polly in Gaston Co.; a widow Polly Clonnger in Catawba Co, p. 269, Newton Twp, but she's 66, too old by 15 years. 1860 Daniel Cloninger, Gaston p. 144, wife Mary, age 40 (possible), and William Cloninger, " , p. 144, wife Mary, age 39 (equally possible). Can anyone shed light on these Cloningers? Specifically, did either of them have a son or grandson named Charles, who was in the cotton business? Thanks, Reiley Kidd Seattle