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James Polk Cloud[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Male 1861 - 1955  (93 years)


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  • Name James Polk Cloud 
    Born Nov 04, 1861  Jackson county, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10] 
    Gender Male 
    Census Jun 26, 1880  Jackson county, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Buried Jan 1955  Old Baptist Cemetery, Bolivar, Jackson county, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Died Jan 06, 1955  Jackson county, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 13] 
    Notes 
    • This family historian remembers "Uncle Jim" very well and with fondness.  His house was the last Cloud dwelling as one traveled into Jeffrey's Cove.  The house set on a bluff overlooking Cloud's spring.  When Uncle Jim went out or in the cove, he would stop most of the time for a visit with his brother and my grandfather, Joe Cloud.  Sometimes they would just sit on the front porch and whittle or swing in the porch swing and say only a few words.  Other times they would discuss politics or the news of the day.  But the conversations I most enjoyed were when they would tell stories about "way back yonder."  Both men had wavy hair and long, flowing mustaches.
      Another of my fond memories was listening to the mournful sounds of the whistles of the hugh steam engines pulling the trains up and down the valley.  Those sounds would echo and reverberate through the countryside as the train passed on it journey.  Uncle Jim claimed he could listen to the way the whistle was being sounded and not only tell where the train was at the time but who was the engineer.  James Polk Cloud was a brakeman for the old Southern Railway during the heyday of railway passenger service.
      James and his wife, Martha McGhee Cloud were buried in Old Baptist cemetery near Edgefield, Jackson county, AL.  Three of their children, James W., Tedd, and Eva were also buried there.  James W.'s body was later exhumed and re-buried in Tuscumbia, AL.
      Note:  Jeffrey's Cove was sometimes spelled "Jeffries Cove."
      End Notes;  Memories of the compiler of this genealogy.
    Person ID I86272  mykindred
    Last Modified Jan 25, 2012 

    Father George Washington Cloud,   b. Oct 07, 1804, Stokes county, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 30, 1879, Jackson county, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Rutha Jane Vinson,   b. Between 1825 and 1827, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 23, 1898, Jackson county, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Married Jan 07, 1860  Jackson county, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 census, AL, Jackson, p. 21, sd 1, ed 99, (T9-16, p.41)
      June 26, 1880, HH 191
      Cloud, Jane, W, F, 53, keeping house, TN, NC, NC
      "  , James, 15, son, 19, farmer, AL, NC, TN
      "  , Joseph, 17, son, farmer, AL, NC, TN
      "  , Benjaman, 15, son, farmer, AL, NC, TN
      Vinson?, Laura, 39, sister, keeping house, TN, NC, NC
      Vinson?, Martha, 33, sister, keeping house, AL, NC, NC
      (Nearby is the household of his son Christopher Columbus Cloud and Canzada J. Kelso Cloud.)
      1880 census, AL, Jackson, p. 22, sd 1, ed 99, (T9-16, p.42)
      June 26, 1880, HH 205
      Cloud, Collumbus, W, M, 49, carpenter, TN, GA, VA
      "  , Cansady, W, F, 46, wife, AL, GA, England
      "  , George, 24, son, AL, TN, AL
      "  , Joseph, 19, son, AL, TN, AL
      "  , Nancy, 22, dau, TN, TN, AL
      "  , Lizzie, 13, dau, TN, TN, AL
      "  , Harrison W, 11, son, TN
    Family ID F29018  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Martha E. Gee,   b. Feb 23, 1872, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 04, 1925, Jackson county, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Married Oct 09, 1889  Jackson county, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [15, 16, 17] 
    Children 
     1. James Walter Cloud,   b. Apr 10, 1891, Jackson county, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 24, 1936, Stevenson, Jackson county, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years)
     2. Robert Elmer Cloud,   b. Jul 18, 1893, Jackson county, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 02, 1994, South Pittsburg, Marion county, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 100 years)
     3. Arthur Wilson Cloud,   b. Apr 05, 1897, Jackson county, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 18, 1976, Jackson county, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     4. Harry Lee Cloud,   b. Jul 01, 1899, Jackson county, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 19, 1976, Jackson county, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     5. Mattie Eva Cloud,   b. Oct 12, 1903, Jackson county, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 13, 1973, Jackson county, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     6. Tedd Cloud,   b. Aug 09, 1908, Jackson county, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 08, 1930  (Age 22 years)
    Family ID F29022  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1684] Tombstone.

    2. [S1149] Jackson County, AL 1880 Census, p 21.
      District 99, Beat 3, Jane Cloud family.

    3. [S1278] Jackson County, AL 1900 Census, p 65.
      Bolivar District, James Cloud family.

    4. [S1387] Jackson County, AL 1910 Census, p 3383.
      Bolivar District, James Cloud family.

    5. [S1128] Gedcom - Shirley, Raymond.

    6. [S2206] Cloud, Becky, email to Tom Cloud of JUN 21 2007.

    7. [S1298] Family Oral History.
      Date provided by children

    8. [S1278] Jackson County, AL 1900 Census, Bolivar District, p 65.
      James Cloud family.

    9. [S1387] Jackson County, AL 1910 Census, Bolivar District, p 3383.
      James Cloud family.

    10. [S1684] Tombstone.
      Dates of birth and death

    11. [S135] 1880 US federal census, 1880 census, AL, Jackson, p. 21, sd 1, ed 99, (T9-16, p.41).

    12. [S1684] Tombstone.
      Old Baptist Cemetery, Bolivar District, Jackson County, AL.

    13. [S1298] Family Oral History.
      Date provided by children
      Family Oral History. Date provided by children.

    14. [S1426] Jackson County, AL Marriage Records, 1859-1871, Pg. 14.

    15. [S1278] Jackson County, AL 1900 Census, Pg. 65.
      Bolivar District. James Cloud family

    16. [S1387] Jackson County, AL 1910 Census.
      Bolivar District. James Cloud family

    17. [S1290] Alabama Marriages, 1800 - 1930.