Re: MCCLOUD Slathiel, Leota; IRL > Lohrville IA,USA; 1820-1920 Try this for civil war information we have a site I found yesterday in Wisconsin you might be able to link to other states. I found quite a few ancesters here yesterday.(www.shsw.wisc.edc/roster/results.asp?image-id=1665) hope it works I found it in the Outagamie County Genweb page. Tim McCloud wrote: > MCCLOUD Slathiel, Leota; IRL > Lohrville IA,USA; 1820-1920 > > &@#^%@#*!! Compuserve... This is the correct posting, and the correct > subject name... > > I am searching for information on descendants and ancestors of Slathiel > McCloud and Leota McCloud. I am a direct descendant through Slathiel's > son Jesse McCloud son Joe McCloud. I am looking for information about > other descendants of Slathiel, his siblings, and particularly any about > his parents, whom our oral history says he was born in Ireland, and also > says he migrated out of Ireland during the great potato famine. Oral > history states he had 7 other siblings, most of which are unknown to me. > I am looking for the birthdate of Slathiel, and any information about his > wife Leota including birth, death dates and maiden name. Slathiel died in > 1918 in Lohrville Iowa, where some of his descendants (my uncle Richard > McCloud) still live to this day. > > Other oral history that I am trying to confirm about Slathiel is that he > served in the US Civil War, was deeded 80 acres of land in Iowa as a > direct result of his participation in that war, that he may have ridden in > the pony express and that he wildcated for oil in Texas at one time. > > TimMcCloud@Bigfoot.com > > Tim McCloud <tim.mccloud@rcmt.com> pfflash@execpc.com