This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McCloud Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/lEC.2ACE/434.2 Message Board Post: Rick, Here are a few more things on you McCloud's. 1860 Census, Beetown, Grant, WI, Pg. 13, 7 Jul 1860, Household 1360 Cornelius McLoud, 56, Miner, PA Mary, 50, VA Dudley, 21, Miner, VA Pauline E., 21, Domestic, VA Harriet J., 15, Domestic, VA Alvira, 12, WI John O., 10, WI Ann B., 7, WI It would appear that Cornelius came to Wisconsin about 1848 or so from Virginia. Here are some marriage records for his siblings in Grant Co. None list Mary's maiden name, but they all list Cornelius and Mary as parents: McCLOUD, DUDLEY D. married ADKINS, NANCY 10 Aug 1862 Grant WI, Bk 3, Pg. 168 THOMAS, EDWARD M. married McCLOUD, HARIET JANE 16 Jul 1868 Grant WI, Bk 4, Pg. 146 ASHLEY, DANIEL B. married McLEOD, PAULINA 12 Jan 1862 Grant WI, Bk 3, Pg 142 (Mary is listed as Mary Ann in this record.) John's brother Dudley is interesting. There are two conflicting accounts of his Civil War Service: Dudley D McCloud Residence: Boscobel, Wisconsin Occupation: Enlisted as a Private on 14 November 1863 Enlisted in Company C, 35th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin Deserted Company C, 35th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 27 February 1864 Dudley McCloud Residence: Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin Occupation: Enlisted as a Private on 19 November 1863 Drafted in Company H, 37th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 19 November 1863. Killed Company H, 37th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 18 June 1864 in Petersburg, VA Well, Dudley D. of Boscobel appears to have deserted and Dudley of Prairie du Chien killed in battle. The following Civil War Pension index entry appears to be a little of each: Dudley D. McCloud, widow Nancy McCloud, Co. H, 37th WI Infantry, filed 22 Nov 1864. The Dudley D. and spouse/widow Nancy matches with his marriage record. Per "Memorable Happenings in The Grant County Herald, 1843-69," compiled by Cheryl D. Lemanski: McCloud, Dudley D. married Nancy Adkins, 10 Aug 1862, Little Grant Twp., recorded in the 19 Aug 1862 issue of the Herald. McCloud, Nancy E., died 22 Feb 1866, Joe Adkins administrator, recorded in the 14 Aug 1866 issue of the Herald. Here is a web page with a little information on the Cornelius McCloud Family: http://ansearchen7.homestead.com/OurMcCloudFamily.html There is an e-mail contact that may help you out. It remains a mystery where any of these folks were in 1870 WI. There don't appear to be any likely sightings of John O.'s siblings. I'm still checking on a few things, but am not sure what else I might find. Do you know where John McCloud was living in 1900?? Dave Taft