Searching for any bits of information about the family of Mrs. ELLEN CLOUD of Marshall County, KY in 1870. At that time, she was supposedly married to Sampson Holland and had the following children: Andrew J.? (born ca 1859), Willie (William?) (born ca 1861), Anne (born ca 1863, later married Mr. Beard), Charles (born ca 1865), James (born ca 1867), and Joshaway (Joshua?) W. (born Nov 1869).

Is it possible that this is the same "Mrs. Ellen Cloud" who was shown on the 1860 census in Lexington County, KY as wife of James A. Cloud (age 24) with son Jackson (age 1)?

Any information for either of these families would be most welcome - I am descended from Joshua and have never been able to find the name of his father.

Please contact me at geneac@puzzlers.org if you can help me with my search.

I have new information about the family of Ellen Cloud of Marshall County, KY. There is conclusive evidence that she is the Ellen Cloud who was listed as wife of James A. Cloud with son Jackson (age 1) found on the Livingston Co, KY census. James A. Cloud was the son of Benjamin W. Cloud and Lucinda Fox.

According to the death certificate of Ellen and James's daughter, Anne Cloud Beard, Ellen's maiden name was Stevens and she was 'from Nashville, TN.'

I have found a female, age 8, named Ellen Stephens, listed on the 1850 census of Livingston Co, KY with what appear to be several siblings, ages 15 to 1, in the household of Augustus Davis (40) and his wife Mary (40) and another female age 18. I'm now wondering if perhaps Augustus was previously married and had an 18-year-old daughter; Mary was previously married and was the mother of the several Stephens children; and Augustus and Mary were recently married (note youngest Stephens child was only 1-year-old).

Can anyone help?