Y'All - There seems to be a contradiction between these records. The names are all the same. The ages of the children in each are the same. The LDS DOB for James & Elizabeth is 1824 and they have James as dead in 1879. However, the census taker found him much alive and much younger. Do we have a generation missing here? Was the James of 1880 the son of the James that passed away in 1879 - and he just happened to marry another Elizabeth? In 1880, they were the only Clouse family in Claiborne Co., TN. - - - - - - - - - - -(SNIP)- - - - - - - - - Husband's Name James CLOUSE OR CLAUSE Born: 1880) IN (26 1824Place: Of Tn Died: Sep 1879Place: Tazewell, Claiborne, Tn Married: Place: Father: John CLOUSE Mother: Sarah FLETCHER Wife's Name Elizabeth Rhoda LARGE Born: 1880) IN (26 1824Place: Tazewell, Claiborne Co. Tn Died: Abt. 1889Place: Tazewell, Claiborne Co. Tn Married: Place: Father: Campbell LARGE Mother: Elisabeth DUNCAN Children 1. Sex Name M John CLOUSE OR CLAUSE Born: (2-1880) 1878 Place: Tazewell Claiborne, Tn Died: 1892 Place: 2. Sex Name M William CLOUSE OR CLAUSE Born: (3-1880) 1877 Place: Tazewell Claiborne, Tn Died: 1906 Place: 3. Sex Name F Sarah Alice CLAUSE OR CLOUSE Born: 28 May 1875 Place: Tazewell, Claiborne, Tn Died: 18 Feb 1900 Place: Tazewell, Claiborne, Tn Buried: 20 Feb 1900 Place: Tazewell, Claiborne, Tn - - - - - - - - - - -(SNIP)- - - - - - - - - 1880 census James CLOUSE Self M Male W 26 TN Miller VA VA Elizabeth CLOUSE Wife M Fema/e W 26 TN Keeping House KY VA Sarah CLOUSE Dau S Female W 5 TN TN TN William CLOUSE Son S Male W 3 TN TN TN John CLOUSE Son S Male W 1 TN TN TN Census Place District 9, Claiborne, Tennessee Family History Library Film 1255247 NA Film Number T9-1247 Page Number 187B - - - - - - - - - - -(SNIP)- - - - - - - - - Life goes on - Jim Christian Chattanooga, TN jsxian@mindspring.com "If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance." - George Bernard Shaw