Y'All - I looked in the neighborhood of where William Clouse & Family were living in 1880 - Madison Co., NC - and found two families that I SPECULATE are the families of the two daughters that are not included in the household of William. The families of William & his son, Robert, were enumerated on page 61D of the census. This family, also on page 61D, has a Sarah of the correct age - but the parental nativity is incorrect. 1880 Census Place Bull Creek, Madison, North Carolina Family History Library Film 1254971 NA Film Number T9-0971 Page Number 61D James A. ROGERS Self M Male W 25 NC House Carpenter NC NC Sarah A. ROGERS Wife M Female W 23 NC Keeping House NC NC William ROGERS Son S Male W 3 NC NC NC John R. ROGERS Son S Male W 1 NC NC NC Jacob WILLIS Other S Male W 19 NC Laborer-Servant NC TN Her nativity, from other sources, is listed as Tennessee, but the nativity or those children in William's household (and Robert's) indicates that the family was in Tennessee prior to 1855, then in North Carolina for a period between 1855 and 1863 when they were back in Tennessee. Then, between 1863 and 1866, they moved back to North Carolina. Both missing daughters, Sarah & Ruth, were born during a time that the family could have been in North Carolina. This family, on page 62A, has a Ruth of the correct parental nativity and born in that period when the family could have been in North Carolina, although other sources have her as being born in Tennessee. 1880 Census Place Bull Creek, Madison, North Carolina Family History Library Film 1254971 NA Film Number T9-0971 Page Number 62A George PENLEY Self M Male W 22 NC Farmer NC NC Ruth PENLEY Wife M Female W 18 NC Keeping House TN TN ----?--- PENLEY Dau S Female W 1M NC --- --- I am just tossing these out as POSSIBILITIES and am noting the possibility in the notes for Sarah & Ruth until further information confirms or belies the issue. Life goes on - Jim Christian - Chattanooga, Tennessee - jsxian@mindspring.com RESEARCHING: (Maternal)= Barnes - Beall - Burton - Cantrell - Dameron - Howard - Jeanes - Jenkins - Ladd - Nuthall - Odell - Perkins - Prather/Prater - Ridgely - Steele - Sprigg (Paternal)= Ashenhurst - Burton - Cargile - Christian - Clouse - Huddleston - Hunt - Larcome - Leake - Mask - McMahan - Scott - Tucker - Woodson A genealogist confuses the dead and irritates the living.