Sedgwick County KSGenWeb

Portrait And Biographical Album of Sedgwick County, Kan.

Chapman Brothers 1888

Page 949

JAMES W. CLOUD. Among the young and energetic farmers of this county, as well as those who have been successful and whose efforts through life thus far, through their own perseverance, have borne ample recompense, is the subject of this personal history. He is a farmer and stock-raiser of Kechi Township, and has his home upon section 24. He is a native of Tazewell County, Ill., born Dec. 4, 1860, and is the second child in a family of nine belonging to his parents, Baylis and Ellen (Powell) Cloud, natives of Ohio and Maryland respectively.

             The father of our subject was the son of Vivian and Sarah (Gibson) Cloud, who were natives of Indiana and pioneers of Woodford County, Ill. The grandfather of our subject is still living in El Paso, in the latter State. In July, 1870, Baylis Cloud came to Kansas and settled in Butler County, where he took up a homestead of 160 acres, to which he brought his family the following March. This tract of land he improved and afterward sold, and purchased 160 acres of partly improved land in the same county, on which he erected a good house and barn, but later disposed of it and engaged in the cattle business in that portion of the State, where he is still living.

             Our subject received his education in the excellent schools of Butler County, this State, and assisted his father in the duties upon the farm until 1882, when he came to Sedgwick County. Jan. 26, 1887, he was united in marriage with Miss Ida E. Jackson, a native of Wapello County, Iowa, born July 11, 1868, and the youngest in a family of six children born to her parents, Joseph B. and Sophrona (Cochran) Jackson, natives of Ohio. After his marriage our subject settled on the farm where they now reside, and which they have made their home ever since. Although but a young man he is well-to-do, owning a quarter of a section in Kiowa County, Kan., which is partially improved, and some valuable lots in the town of Clearwater, in this county. The farm he controls is in a high state of cultivation, and is well stocked with excellent horses and high-graded Durham cattle, as he gives considerable attention to stock-raising.

             Our subject and his worthy wife are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and sincere Christian people. He is not very active in political matters, but in the discharge of his elective franchise votes with the Republican party. He and his wife are the parents of one child, Earl W., who was born Nov. 24, 1887

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