----- Original Message ----- From: Sherrain Glenn <jenglenn@triax.com> To: <MOJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 5:37 PM Subject: [MOJEFFER] REBECCA (MITHCELL) CLOUD > Posted on: Jefferson County Queries > Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Mo/Jefferson/344 > > Surname: CLOUD, MITCHELL > ------------------------- > > Rebecca (Mitchell) CLOUD wife of William Cloud, died about 1840, might > have been in Jefferson county MO. Looking for "date of death" , Obit, cemetery? > Kind Regards, > sherrain > > CALVIN M. CLOUD. This gentleman is the son of William and Rebecca (Mitchell) Cloud, and was born in Hawkins county, Tennessee, June 24, 1820. His father was a native of Virginia, and a soldier of the war of 1812. His mother was a native of South Carolina. In 1887 his parents moved to Jefferson county, Mo., and in 1838 to this county, and settled at the Hunt Spring, where they took a large tract of land. Mr. Cloud, Sr., lived there until 1856, and then moved to California, where he died in 1867. Calvin M. has lived in Clay township since 1838, and consequently is one of the oldest settlers in that part of the county. He was badly wounded by bushwhackers during the war. They were trying to steal some of his horses, and shot him while he was in his own yard. He carries the bullet in his body to this day. Mr. Cloud has held the office of justice of the peace for eight years, and only one of his cases has ever been reversed by a higher court. 'Squire Cloud is one of the prosperous, reliable citizens of the county, and one in whom all have implicit confidence. He was married April 8, 1847, to Miss Kershner, daughter of John and Martha (Amos) Kershner, of Greene county, Missouri. Their union has been blest with ten children, all living, viz.: Susanna F., John J., Mary E., Martha M., Thomas H., Sarah R., Lucy A., William B., Harriet E. and Edward C. Squire Cloud has had twenty-seven grand-children, twenty-five of whom are living. History of Greene County, Missouri1883 http://198.209.8.166/sheproom/history/holcombe/grch25.html Desoto Joe/The Record Man