Tom -- in view of the exchange we have been having on the Claiborne Co. Clouds, in which mention has been made of a George Washington Cloud thought by one poster to have been the son of Capt. William Cloud, maybe we should make clear that the Washington Cloud who was the mayor of Pierce City was the second of William's sons with the same name. The captain was about 92 years old and on his death bed when the second one was born, according to the story, and chose the name himself, forgetting completely about the first one by a previous marriage. Super-patriot to the end (also vigorous a'plenty). Harry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Cloud" <tcloud@austin.rr.com> To: <CLOUD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 9:26 PM Subject: [CLOUD] Washington Cloud, mayor of Pierce City, MO > > The July 16th issue of the Austin (Texas) American Statesman has an > article in a series on racial expulsions. This is about the town of > Pierce City, Missouri in the year 1901 and it mentions the mayor, > Washington Cloud. Washington Cloud was the son of William Cloud and was > married to Aurelia Weddington. He died in nearby Nevada, Missouri in 1929. > > The article can be seen at: > http://www.statesman.com/search/content/news/stories/nation/07/lod2lawrence.html > > > Information on Washington & Aurelia Cloud can be seen at: > http://mykindred.com/cloud/TX/getperson.php?personID=I53012&tree=mykindred01 > > > Tom Cloud > > > > ==== CLOUD Mailing List ==== > .............................................................. > Join the Cloud Family Association: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cloud >