Maria Clouse is the daughter of Jacob Clouse (b. 2/5/1789 in Sussex County, New Jersey) and Margaret Dougherty (daughter of Anthony Dougherty and Mary McCool). Jacob is Abraham's brother. The parents of Jacob and Abraham are Leonard Clouse and Elizabeth Sovereign in 1785 in Schoolhouse, New Jersey. Elizabeth is the daughter of Frederick Sovereign and Lavinia Culver. I have more detail that I will e-mail tomorrow.

I can for sure go back as far as John Dillard Clouse who was born in 1775 in VA (died 1859 in TN) ... but I can go no further it seems. I've seen where his father is listed as a George Clouse and mother Eliabeth Jarvis. Can anyone else tell me more of the origins of this Clouse branch? Thanks. Maudie Corder Milliken (1887 - 1963), 3rd wife of James Brooks Snoddy (Note: Maude was illegitimate and have never found out about father, she was my great grandmother) Eliza Millican (abt 1871 to bef 1900) Altamira Clouse (1849 - 1924) m. John Tate Milligan Benjamin Clouse (1824 - aft 1867) m. Susannah Suttle Thomas Jefferson Clouse (1801 - 1872) m. Susan C. Julian John Dillard Clouse (1775 - 1859) m. Martha Kathy in FL mamkmm2@prodigy.net My Web Site: http://www.easyfunschool.com "One hundred years from now, it will not matter what my bank account was, how big my house was, or what kind of car I drove. But the world may be a little better, because I was important in the life of a child." -Forest Witcraft