De Frank CLOUDT Sr and Lena Caroline "Fannie" BROCKMANN
Husband De Frank CLOUDT Sr 6
Born: 9 Dec 1854 - , Gillespie, TX 6 Baptized: Died: - 19 Sep 1926 6 Buried: After 19 Sep 1926 - Rocksprings Cem., Rocksprings, Edwards, TX 6
Father: De Richard CLOUDT (1817-1904) 6 Mother: Mary FRISCHMEYER (1832-1901) 6
Marriage: - Abt 1875
Noted events in his life were:• He worked as a rancher BET 1872 AND 1899 Copperas Creek, Kimble, TX. 6
• He worked as a rancher BET 1891 AND 1926 Rocksprings, Edwards, TX. 6
Wife Lena Caroline "Fannie" BROCKMANN 6,8,44,45
Born: 29 Jan 1860 - Fredreicksburg, Gillespie, TX 6 Baptized: Died: - 27 Nov 1916 6 Buried: After 27 Nov 1916 - Rocksprings Cem., Rocksprings, Edwards, TX 6
Children
1 M Eric Ferdinand CLOUDT 6
Born: - 17 May 1881 6 Baptized: Died: 9 Apr 1975 - , Medina, TX 6 Buried: After 9 Apr 1975 - Oakwood Cem., Hondo, Medina, TX 6Spouse: Lela PAGE (1884-After 1973) 6,44,45 Marr: 17 Mar 1907 - Rocksprings, Edwards, TX 6
2 M Walter Otto CLOUDT Sr 6
Born: 18 Aug 1883 - Copperas Creek, Kimble, TX 6 Baptized: Died: 6 Jun 1946 - Belton, Bell, TX 6 Buried:Spouse: Willie Maude PAGE (1888-1972) 6,36,45,153 Marr: 30 Jun 1909 - Rocksprings, Edwards, TX 6
3 M Frank Theodore CLOUDT Jr 6
Born: 6 Mar 1885 - Copperas Creek, Kimble, TX 6 Baptized: Died: 28 Jan 1972 - , Edwards, TX 6 Buried: After 28 Jan 1972 - Rocksprings Cem., Rocksprings, Edwards, TX 6Spouse: Winnie Jewel PAGE (1888-1969) 6,45,153 Marr: 24 Dec 1908 - Rocksprings, Edwards, TX 6
4 F Living (details have been suppressed)
Born: Baptized: Died: Buried:
5 F De Mary CLOUDT 6,44
Born: 23 Jul 1889 - Rocksprings, Edwards, TX 6 Baptized: Died: - Jan 1936 6 Buried: After Jan 1936 - Harper Cem. 6Spouse: Max HOPF ( -After 1947) 6,44 Marr: 16 Aug 1916
6 M Otto Bismark CLOUDT Sr 6
Born: 22 Jan 1892 - , Kimble, TX 6 Baptized: Died: 29 May 1969 - Edwards County Memorial Hospital, Rocksprings, Edwards, TX 6 Buried: After 29 May 1969 - Rocksprings Cem., Rocksprings, Edwards, TX 6Spouse: Lyda Adeene OWENS (1896-1983) 6 Marr: 24 Feb 1915
7 F Elsie Nora CLOUDT 6,45
Born: 18 May 1894 - Copperas Creek, Kimble, TX 6 Baptized: Died: 11 Aug 1978 - San Angelo, Tom Green, TX 6 Buried: - San Angelo Cem., San Angelo, Tom Green, TX 6Spouse: William Augustus Bill STROMAN (1890-1984) 6,45 Marr: 16 Jun 1915 - Rocksprings, Edwards, TX 6,154
8 M Richmond Hobson CLOUDT 6
Born: 30 Mar 1898 - Copperas Creek, Kimble, TX 6 Baptized: Died: 30 Dec 1975 - Rocksprings, Edwards, TX 6 Buried:Spouse: Living
General Notes (Husband)
Kimble Co., TX Survey:
Land Survey, Blk, Grantee, Leag, Section, Abs
TWNG RR CO, 4, F. Cloudt, , 60, 1463
TWNG RR CO, 4, F. Cloudt, , 58, 1462
Frank Cloudt, , F. Cloudt, , 51, 870
GWT&P RR CO, A, F. Cloudt, , 76, 1464
TWNG RR CO, , 4, F. Cloudt, , 38, 1461
All the WWI drafts in Texas were from Edwards, TX. Based on ages they look like they are from the same family, but also could be just related.
From the obituary of Frank Cloudt, Sr. as written by Mr. Dollahite, editor of the Edwards County Leader, Mr. Cloudt was one of the largest land owners in West Texas and was credited with having done more to develop this part of the county than any other one man. At one time, Mr. Cloudt and his sons had 15,000 goats, and 20,000 sheep under herd. The brand 'heart with a 2 to the right' brand graced the side of 9,000 cattle.
West of Junction.
Ranched in Kimble, Edwards and Uvalde counties. The Cloudt Headquarters ranch was in Rosksprings, TX which they had moved to in 1899. 6,8,44,45,155,156
General Notes for Child Eric Ferdinand CLOUDT
Submitted by Frankie Mae Coudt Fusselman:
It was during the time Frank and Lena Cloudt lived with their children on Copperas Creek that the following incident took place. Approximately this same story has been told in the family over the years. I am repeating, as accurately as possible, the story as told to me by my father (Eric) when he was 93 years old.
'Real slept in a tent out with flocks on open grazing land. He was a good worker, tall and strong. He whistled for the sheep to follow when he took them to grazing. Sheep sold for $2.00 and $3.00 per head to buyers who came to the ranch.
When Eric was eight years old he was just learning to ride horseback and follow his father, Frank. They left early and went by Real's camp. Real was out of sugar, so Eric's father asked him to take some out to Real. On his way back Eric wanted to see a new fence being built. Jim Lynn was boss of fence building. Eric became lost. When night came Eric unsaddled his horse and slept on his blanket and saddle. The next morning he started riding again and finally camp to the Fort McKavett road. There he ran into someone hunting for him. There were one hundred men out looking for him.'
I do not recall my father saying he was afraid during any of this adventure.
When Eric was a young man his father moved the family to Edwards County. Frank Cloudt owned land out from Edwards County toward Sonora. Eric attended Business College in San Antonio, Texas, and then came back to Edwards County to help his father on the ranches.
Eric was a rancher until the early 1920's when he began managing his father's store, the "Rocksprings Supply Co." This store was completely destroyed by the tornado in April 1927. A new building was built at the same location and a Piggly Wiggly grocery store opened. My father could speak fluently to the Mexican people with whom he came in contact, which was a plus in working ranch hands and in the store business. I believe he served as a city councilman sometime in the 1920's. He and his wife were faithful Christians and active in church work in the Church of Christ.
In 1929 he decided to move his family to Ozona and opened a Piggly Wiggly store. This store prospered until the depression really began to be felt by the ranchers in that area. This store was a cash and carry operation and the ranchers needed long-term credit at this point. Then Eric, with his wife and daughter, moved about eighteen miles west of Junction (close to where he was raised) where he operated a filling station and little store for about six months before moving back to Rocksprings.
Eric, or Erie as most called him, opened a grocery store in the same location in Rocksprings in which he had previously operated his father's general supply store and later the Piggly Wiggly. This location is now occupied by Rocksprings Wool and Mohair, Inc. Soon after Eric opened this store he became ill and in a few months he decided to close it. After his daughter graduated from Rocksprings High School he again moved his family. This time to Hondo, Texas, on June 19, 1933. Except for approximately six years, he made Hondo his home for the remainder of his life. He worked at various jobs during the depression years. He was employed by Kollman Bros, Red & White grocery, and at the Hondo Air Base during the early 1940's. He was engaged in various occupations during his later years prior to retirement. 6,44,128,153,156
General Notes for Child Walter Otto CLOUDT Sr
He was a ranchman all of his life, and although Walter had a limited formal education, only finished fifth grade, he was always grinning for the most part, looked on the bright side, or as we would say, was an optimist. Walter always put his family first and was a loving father, providing amply for his own. Walter Otto Cloudt owed no man, only the Lord.
A horse threw him. His son, Raymond found him about midnight Monday after his father had been hurt about 4:00 p.m. that afternoon. 6,44,128,156
General Notes for Child Frank Theodore CLOUDT Jr
Submitted by Frank 0. Cloudt
By 1899 Frank Cloudt, Jr. had moved from Kimble County to the Cloudt Headquarters ranch in Edwards County. He attended school on the Alien Ranch and later attended school under Professor Bird in Rocksprings. While attending school in Rocksprings, he and Hulette Franks had a job, sweeping out the school each day and building a fire when needed-all for $1.00 per week each.
Frank Cloudt and Winnie Page Cloudt ranched all their adult lives.
Born at the ranch. 6,44,45,128,153
General Notes for Child Otto Bismark CLOUDT Sr
The family moved to Edwards County the year he was born 1892 and established large ranch holdings north of Rocksprings. Mr. Cloudt graduated from Rocksprings High School and attended Alamo Business College in San Antonio, Texas. He returned to Rocksprings to engage in the ranching business.
Otto and Lyda lived on the Cloudt Headquarters Ranch until 1919 when they moved to the Bunton Ranch which they owned and managed, and at the present time (1983) is owned by their five children.
In 1943 Mr. and Mrs. Cloudt moved to town and occupied the A. W. Owens residence. Mr. Cloudt commuted to the ranch as long as his health permitted. He was in ill health for several years and died at the Edwards County Memorial Hospital
Also reported as 20 Jan 1892. 6,36,128
General Notes for Child Richmond Hobson CLOUDT
Submitted by Inez Leinweber Cloudt:
Hobson attended public school in Rockspring and after his mother passed away in 1916, he attended business' school in San Antonio, Texas. In 1918 he volunteered active service with the U.S. Cavalry, World War 1. He served 90 days and was honorably discharged.
December 17, 1921, Hobson was initiated into the Rocksprings Masonic Lodge No. 758, He passed his Fellow; Craft Mason on January 21, 1922, and was raised to Master Mason on May 20, 1922. In 1972, Hobson received his fifty-Year pen at a special ceremony given by the Rocksprings Lodge No. 758.
Hobson was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and served as an Elder for many years.
Hobson and Inez lived on the ranch northwest of Rocksprings until 1972 when they built a home in Rocksprings. While living on the ranch, both Hobson and Inez worked constantly to improve their home, pens, barns, and land. Inez still owns the ranch [1983], but lives in Rocksprings. Hobson retained and registered the Cloudt brand 'heart with a 2 to the right'.
Born on the ranch.
Died at home. 6,36,44,128
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