Margaret Skipper
1862 - 1919 (57 years)-
Name Margaret Skipper Born Jan 21, 1862 Texas, USA 
[1, 2] Gender Female Census Jun 02, 1900 Chickasha, Grady county, Indian Territory, USA [3] Census 1907 Konawa, Seminole county, Oklahoma, USA [4] Census 1910 Konawa, Seminole county, Oklahoma, USA Census May 09, 1910 Konawa, Seminole county, Oklahoma, USA [5] Died Aug 01, 1919 Oklahoma, USA Buried Konawa Cemetery, Konawa, Seminole county, Oklahoma, USA Notes - Dardenelle said that he'd heard that Margaret was working in Bill and Nancy's home and became pregnant, so Nancy left him. Hazel says they "eloped" to Indian Territory. Shorty said she was 12 years old when she got pregnant and that her last name was either Greenback or Skipper. (Another researcher wrote that her maiden name was Carter or MacCarter.) A Warranty Deed filed both in Seminole County, OK and in Milam County, TX, May 31st 1910, is signed "W.L. Cloud and wife, M.S. Cloud", which would imply her name was Skipper (assuming Shorty remembered her name correctly).
The 1907 Oklahoma statehood census has her age as 44 years, implying a dob of 1863. If their first child, Mary, was born 1882, she was 18 or 19 when she conceived their first child.
(8-26-1997) Aunt Hazel said "Grandma Cloud" died one year after Grandpa Bill died. She said that they "married" in Texas and moved to Oklahoma -- but no records have been found of grandpa legally divorcing Nancy or for any marriage to Margaret. Did he ever marry Margaret?
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Some speculate Margaret (McCarty) Bilderback on the 1880 census is the second wife of William Lafayette Cloud. The McCarty family is 5 households away (probably a mile or more) from the family of William L. Cloud and first wife Nancy Rutherford Cloud (they are HH 241). If it is her, she was very pregnant at the time of the enumeration and would give birth the next month.
Was the child she bore the child of William Cloud or Green Bilderback? It's hard to imagine her being 8 or 9 months pregnant with the child of another man while living with her husband in the house of her in-laws, indicating this was Green's child ? or at least he thought it was.
Cloud family oral lore states William's second wife Margaret had been working in his home as a servant and he got her pregnant there (we know he had people from the surrounding area work in his home and in his several businesses). As with much of the "lore", perhaps only part of that is true ? perhaps she did work for William but her child was Green's and she kept her child when she married William ? or perhaps it is all true.
It appears the Margaret on the 1880 census lived close enough to have walked to William's home and worked there, but did she? Her occupation is listed as "house keeper" whereas most women on that census are listed as "keeping house". Examination of the census would indicate several of the younger women were "house keepers" by occupation, lending further evidence she might have been working for William Cloud.
It looks like Green Bilderback remarried and the records following represent his new wife, Nancy Ann Frady, who just happens to have been born the same year (1863) and place (Texas) as Margaret.
This researcher thinks Margaret and Nancy are two different people, lending credence to the speculation that Margaret McCarty Bilderback became William Cloud's second wife. It does not represent solid proof, nor does it answer the question as to which man was the father of her first child Mary.
The (unverified by this researcher) evidence that some descendants of the McCarty family have autosomal DNA matches with people having Cloud family ties, increases the possibility that Margaret McCarty Bilderback became William Cloud's second wife and bore him at least two children (the second two, who were John and Alice Cloud) and perhaps the first, Mary Cloud, was his also. A mitochondrial DNA test for a matrilineal descendant of both Mary and Alice would help determine whether both women had the same mother.
1880 census, TX, Milam, p 46, ed 103, June 24, HH 236
McCARTY, Elizabeth, W, F, 39, widowed, "keeping house", SC, SC, SC
McCARTY, Jacob M, 21, son, LA, NC, SC
McCARTY, James, 14, son, TX, NC, SC
BILDERBACK, Margaret, W, F, 17, dau, "house keeper", TX, NC, SC
McCARTY, Nancy, 11, TX, NC, SC
BILDERBACK, Green, W, M, 23, son-in-law, IA, IA, IA
Green Bilderback appears on the 1900 census with wife Nancy (Frady):
1900 census, TX, Dallas, ed 146, 3-B & 4-A, June 5, HH 61
BILDERBACK, Green E, head, W, M, Aug 1860, 39, m 16 yrs, IA, Germany, PA, carpenter
BILDERBACK, Nancy A, wife, W, F, Sept 1863, 36, m 16 yrs, 5/4 children, TX, NC, TX
BILDERBACK, Ula V, dau, July 1887, 12, TX, IA, TX
BILDERBACK, Sarah M, dau, May 1890, 10, CA, IA, TX
BILDERBACK, Mary E, dau, Aug 1892, 7, TX, IA, TX
BILDERBACK, William E, son, Mary 1895, 5, TX, IA, TX
His full name is Ephraim Green Bilderback and she is Nancy Ann Frady. Her death certificate gives her name as Mrs. Nannie Bilderback of Amarillo, her deceased husband as E.G. Bilderback and her father as Wm. Frady. The informant was Mrs. J.W. Oakley (her daughter) of Amarillo, TX.
The oldest child is Eula Viola Oakley and her death certificate shows her parents as Ephram Bilderback and Nancy Ann Frady. The death cert. of Mary E. above is for Mary Ella Shelly and her parents are listed as Ephraim G. Bilderback and Nancy Ann Frady. The informant was her daughter Mrs. Josephine Shelly. The (ancestry) & (FamilySearch) for the youngest son above, "Willie Erphiam" Bilderback, lists his parents as "no record" Green b. IA and Annie Phrady b. TX. The informant was his sister, Jonie Shelly.
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1880 census, TX, Milam, p 46, ed 103, June 24, HH 236
McCARTY, Elizabeth, W, F, 39, "keeping house", SC, SC, SC
McCARTY, Jacob M, 21, son, LA, NC, SC
McCARTY, James, 14, son, TX, NC, SC
BILDERBACK, Margaret, W, F, 17, dau, "house keeper", TX, NC, SC
McCARTY, Nancy, 11, TX, NC, SC
BILDERBACK, Green, W, M, 23, son-in-law, IA, IA, IA
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Person ID I1152 mykindred Last Modified Nov 30, 2019
Father William Scipper, b. circa 1814, South Carolina, USA , d. Bef 1870 (Age ~ 55 years) Mother Elizabeth Petty, b. circa 1833, South Carolina, USA , d. Y Married circa 1852 Notes - This family is confusing as the names we know of that they went by include SCIPPER, SKIPPER, SIPPER and McCARTY.
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1860 census, TX, Newton, Newton, p 41-42, July 9, HH 270
William SCIPPER, 46, M, farmer, SC
Betsy SCIPPER, 27, F, SC
William SCIPPER, 5, M, LA
Matthew SCIPPER, 4, M, LA
Elizabeth SCIPPER, 2, F, TX
Margaret SCIPPER, 5/12, F, TX
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1870 census, TX, Tyler, Woodville P.O., p 14, June 20, HH 94
SKIPPER, E, 27, F, W, keeping house, SC
SKIPPER, W, 13, M, W, farm laborer, LA
SKIPPER, C, 12, M, W, ditto, LA
SKIPPER, M, 10, F, W, TX
SKIPPER, J, 8, M, W, TX
SKIPPER, N, 4, F, W, TX
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1880 census, TX, Milam, p 46, ed 103, June 24, HH 236
McCARTY, Elizabeth, W, F, 39, "keeping house", SC, SC, SC
McCARTY, Jacob M, 21, son, LA, NC, SC
McCARTY, James, 14, son, TX, NC, SC
BILDERBACK, Margaret, W, F, 17, dau, "house keeper", TX, NC, SC
McCARTY, Nancy, 11, TX, NC, SC
BILDERBACK, Green, W, M, 23, son-in-law, IA, IA, IA
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Family ID F71141 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Ephraim Green Bilderback, b. Aug 1860, Iowa, USA , d. Bef 1910 (Age ~ 49 years) Married Bef 1880 Family ID F71142 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 William Lafayette "Bill" Cloud, b. Aug 23, 1851, Alabama, USA , d. Jan 19, 1917, Oklahoma, USA (Age 65 years) Married circa 1882 Notes - -
1900 census, Indian Territory, Chickasaw Nation, twp 4 N range 5 E, p. 3
enumerated June 2, 1900, lines43-50
CLOUD, William, head, W, M, Aug, 1850, 49, m. 19, AL, unk, unk
CLOUD, Margaret, wife, W, F, Jan 1863, 37, m. 19, 6 children, 3 living, TX, AL, AL
CLOUD, Jasper, son, Sept 1874, 25, single, TX, AL, TX
CLOUD, Thomas, son, Oct 1876, 23, single, TX, AL, TX
CLOUD, Jacob, son, July 1879, 20, single, TX, AL, TX
CLOUD, Mary, daughter, July 1880, 19, single, TX, AL, TX
CLOUD, John, son, Feb 1885, 15, single, Ind. Ter., AL, TX
CLOUD, Alice, daughter, Feb 1887, 13, single, Ind. Ter., AL, TX
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Johnson, Myrtle, servant, W, F, Feb 1881, 19, single, MO, unk, unk
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1907 census, OK, Seminole, Konawa, p. 58
CLOUD, William L., head, W, M, 60
CLOUD Margaret S., wife, W, F, 44
CLOUD, Alice J., dau, W, F, 18
CLOUD, John M., son, W, M, 21
HOBGOOD, Mary, dau, W, F, 25
HOBGOOD, William H, g-son, W, M, 2
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1910 census, OK, Seminole, Konawa, ed 185, 14-B, May 9
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-- HH 238/245
RAINS, George W, head, M, W, 31, m 2 0 yrs, MO, MO, MO
RAINS, Mary, wife, F, W, 26, m2 0 yrs, 1/1 child, TX, TX, TX
RAINS, Mary G, mother, F, W, 65, widowed, 12/10 children, MO, US, US
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-- HH 239/246
CLOUD, William, head, M, W, 61, m2 30 yrs, AL, AL, AL, farmer
CLOUD, Margaret, wife, F, W, 46, m2 30 yrs, 6/3 children, TX, AL, AL
CLOUD, John, son, M, W, 24, OK, AL, TX
CLOUD, William H, grandson, M, W, 5, OK, TX, TX (this is Mary's son)
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Children 1. Mary Elizabeth Cloud, b. Jul 1880, Milam county, Texas, USA , d. circa 1951, Oklahoma, USA (Age ~ 70 years)2. John Marion Cloud, b. Feb 09, 1885, Indian Territory, Oklahoma, USA , d. Dec 10, 1974, Albuquerque, Bernalillo county, New Mexico, USA (Age 89 years)3. Alice Jane Cloud, b. Feb 22, 1887, Indian Territory, Oklahoma, USA , d. May 10, 1973, Wasco, Kern county, California, USA (Age 86 years)Family ID F440 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Dardenelle said that he'd heard that Margaret was working in Bill and Nancy's home and became pregnant, so Nancy left him. Hazel says they "eloped" to Indian Territory. Shorty said she was 12 years old when she got pregnant and that her last name was either Greenback or Skipper. (Another researcher wrote that her maiden name was Carter or MacCarter.) A Warranty Deed filed both in Seminole County, OK and in Milam County, TX, May 31st 1910, is signed "W.L. Cloud and wife, M.S. Cloud", which would imply her name was Skipper (assuming Shorty remembered her name correctly).
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Photos 
Cloud, Margaret (Skipper?) (1863-1918)
Margaret (Skipper?) Cloud holding Hazel CLOUD (1904-present) (top left), her grandson, Dick HOPGOOD (son of Mary CLOUD) (top right), Vernon J. CLOUD (1903-1988) (bottom left), son of William Jasper CLOUD, and Lillian "Shorty" CLOUD (1903-1992) (bottom right). This photo taken ca 1904 in Indian Territory (became Oklahoma).
Headstones 
Cloud, Margret S. (?Skipper?) (1862-1919)
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Sources - [S209] 1907 Oklahoma statehood census.
Cloud Margaret S. Wife; White female 44 years of age - [S3961] 1900 US federal census, 1900 census, Indian Territory, Chickasaw Nation, twp 4 N range 5 E.
Her dob given as 1863. - [S3961] 1900 US federal census, 1900 census, Indian Territory, Chickasaw Nation, twp 4 N range 5 E, p. 3.
- [S209] 1907 Oklahoma statehood census, 1907 Oklahoma state census, p. 58, Konawa.
- [S967] 1910 US federal census, 1910 census, OK, Seminole, Konawa, ed 185, 14-B, May 9.
- [S209] 1907 Oklahoma statehood census.
