In addition, public services such as schools were most limited or nonexistent during the Civil War years. And lastly, many of the better educated members of southern society lost their lives while serving in the military services of the north or the south, and while serving as public servants in the South during the war years. Grandfather John was age 31 when on 11 April 1885 he apparently married for the first time in Madison County to Fannie Lacy Wall. That was a rather late marriage for his era. He farmed for several years in the Hobbs Island area, located a few miles south of Huntsville, Alabama near the Tennessee river. Only one of grandfather John's five children was a male and he was partly disabled early in life by poliomyelitis (polio). That added to the difficulties his postwar generation experienced in making a living by farming. Still, he managed to gain title to a family home. It was located near the railway station in Hobbs Island, a few miles south of Huntsville, Alabama. Most likely he leased or sharecropped the land he farmed, since no significant land purchases other than the family home were recorded in Madison County, Alabama; in either his or his wife's name. By 1910, grandfather Cloud had gone broke farming. He was later sued for past due fertilizer bills. After losing their home in Hobbs Island, the family moved to Huntsville, Alabama. There, grandfather fabricated and sold stove wood for a living. He died some-what impoverished in 1927. My grandfather John was sometimes called Beadle Cloud, possibly to differentiate him from his uncle Durgan's own son named John. His mother may have been a Beadle, or the Beadles' may have been the owners of a farm he sharecropped or leased. Records show that the Beadle's once owned a farm near Hobbs Island, Alabama, where John R. L. farmed. Beatrice (Leatrice) Cloud (1898-1937: My mother, Beatrice (Leatrice) Cloud, was born in 1898 at Hobbs Island, Alabama, the fourth of five children. She apparently received a fairly good elementary school education, considering her family circumstances and the era. Remaining samples of her handwriting are well done and grammatically acceptable. She was 22 years old in 1920 when she married my father and was only 39 when she died of tuberculosis of the throat in 1937. After my mother's death in 1937, I erased most of my memories of her from my mind. But I do recall that she was meticulous in her personal grooming and in housekeeping. In addition, she insisted that my brother and I keep ourselves clean. Once, when I was still quite young, mother said to me: "You may be poor, but you don't have to be dirty, since water is almost free." Until then, I had not realized we were poor! She was a very loyal wife and kept her family together under most trying circumstances until her death. Those who knew her have said that she had a very pleasant personality. ALLIED FAMILY LINES: King Allied Lines: Families allied to the author's King line include Chapman, Mitchell, Harkins, Glidewell and Robinson. Most of the data the author has collected on these families was first developed by his father's cousin, Miss. Mary Scott of Fayetteville, Tennessee. Her data has been published in a local genealogical journal named Lincoln County Tennessee Pioneers. She has also supplied the author with a copy of the vital data pages that appeared in the family bible of the author's great grandfather Andrew Jackson King. The author has developed additional genealogical data on allied Lincoln County Tennessee connections through a review of available genealogical data. Sources consulted include applicable U.S. Census and WPA listings of persons buried in the King Family Cemetery, located near Petersburg, Tennessee and in other nearby cemeteries. Additional details may be found in Appendix A, of this book. A summary of the author's findings to-date follow: Chapman Line: The author's grandmother on the King side of his family tree was named Mary Lina Chapman (1852-1943). She was born in Bedford County Tennessee, the fourth of six children born to John Chapman (1823-1900) and Ann E. Robinson (1819-1887). She married in the same county in 1878 to Thomas Shadrach King. Genealogical research indicates that John Chapman was most likely the son of Andrew Chapman (Abt 1794-?)and wife Julie (Abt 1800-?) of Cabell, Virginia. Both John and his wife