Seventh Generation

3584. Eliza Mills was born circa 1831 in Tennessee. Eliza died in Springfield, Greene Co., MO .

Another researcher has Mary Elizabeth married to John Wilson Depew:

John Depew & Mary Elizabeth Mills p. 107, Hancock County Tennessee, and its people, John Depew m. Mary Elizabeth Mills, also of Hancock Co in 1844. She was dau. of William and Rebecca (Orrick) Mills. (See letter to Orville, Are Orricks related to William Mills II ?

Mary Elizabeth MILLS
Father: William MILLS: b. 1805
Mother: Rebecca ORRICK b: 1807
Marriage 1 John Wilson DEPEW b: 1821 in Va
Children:
Mary DEPEW b: 27 Nov 1845
Rebecca DEPEW b: 1847
Martha DEPEW b: 7 Jun 1849
Lydia DEPEW b: 1851
Sarah Salley DEPEW b: 14 May 1854
Eli Henry DEPEW b: 2 Feb 1855 in Tn
William Thomas DEPEW b: Aug 1856
Alice Elizabeth DEPEW b: 17 Jan 1860 in Hancock Co., Tn
Telitha Elizabeth DEPEW b: 13 Jun 1861 in Hancock Co., Tn

Eliza Mills and James Madison Cloud were married on 7 February 1852 in Sneedville, Hancock Co., TN. They appeared in the census on 10 July 1860 in Stone Co., MO.¹²⁰⁶⁶ James Madison Cloud, son of Joseph Cloud and Jane Carpenter, was born circa 1830 in Tennessee. He lived with Thomas Winkler in Hancock Co., TN on 23 November 1850. James died in Stone Co., MO on 15 March 1862.

Letter dated 23 Oct 1969 to Frank M. Scaggs, grandson of Ben and Lydia Scaggs

Author: Verner Dotson, grandaughter of Ben and Lydia Scaggs.

Publication: 1405 Northeasat 70th St., Seattle, Washington 98115

Verner Dotson: Our grandfather was Benjamin Scaggs born in Christian County,Missouri, in 1851 and died in 1889. He was buried in the cemetery near the Wilson Creek battle grounds about 10 miles southeast of Springfield.

Page: Letter dated 3 Mar 1972, states " Grandpa Cloud was killed at the beginning of the Civil War by some men who hung his body up in a tree for Grandmother Cloud to see and then they took all of their hogs and cattle."

Ancestor Linda Turner, Nixa, MO cites the family story of James being shot in the back.

Title: Widows Pension Application and General Affidavits' signed by the widow, county clerks', notarys' and friends.
Military Service Records.
Author: National Archives and Records Administration
Publication: 700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.
Washingron, D.C. 20408-0001

Declaration for Dependent Widow's Pension, dated 3 Aug 1893, cited death as 15 Mar 1862 from service connected Typhoid. Document signed by spouse Eliza Cloud.

(All of above from Larry Mills)

James M. Cloud was a member of Capt. Day's Co. C., Stone Co. Regt, Missouri Home Guard Infantry. The regiment was formed May, 1861, and mustered out in July, 1861.

Other members of the Home Guard, Co. C, were: Pvt. Benjamim F. Cloud, Pvt. Burrel Cloud, Pvt. Calvin Cloud, Pvt. John Cloud, Pvt. Joseph B. Cloud, Pvt. Wiley V. Cloud, Pvt. Calvin Cloud, Jr., and Hardin Coffee, Lt., Co. C

Eliza Mills and James Madison Cloud had the following children:

8686	i.	Lydia Manerva Cloud was born on 12 January 1854 in Tennessee. Lydia died on 22 February 1911.
8687	ii.	William T. Cloud was born on 12 October 1856 in Tennessee. William died on 15 September 1877.
8688	iii.	Jefferson L. "Jeff" Cloud was born on 7 July 1858 in Missouri.