1a.  Jordan R. Dodd, ed.  1995.  Arkansas Marriages:  Early to 1850.  Precision Indexing Publ., Bountiful, UT (Broderbund CD-227):

Stroud, S.R.

Hasley, M.V.

Nov 23, 1848

Clark Co.

1b.  Arkansas County Marriages, 1837-1944 (online at familysearch.org):

Name	Samuel R. Stroud
Age	42
Spouse's Name	Mary L. Gilbert
Spouse's Age	27
Event Date	18 May 1865
Event Place	Dallas, Arkansas
GS Film Number	984226

2a.  1850 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #2 of 6):  Greenville Twp., Clark Co., AR, Roll M432_25, p. 220A, 414/414, enumerated 20 Dec 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Samuel R Straud	28	M		Farmer		Arkansas
Mary E "	18	F				"
Eliza Jane "	1	F				"

Listed two households from married brother, Archnard STROUD.

2b.  1850 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com)  Mary HUFF (æ 12, b. GA) is living in Tulip Twp., Dallas Co., AR, with her parents (q.v.).

3.  1860 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #3-4 of 21):  Arkadelphia P.O., Greenville Twp., Clark Co., AR, Roll M653_39, pp. 193A-193B, PN 64-65, 394/394, enumerated 25 Jun 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Samuel R Stroud	39	M		Farmer	1000	1250	Ark
Mary E     "	29	F					"
Eliza J    "	11	F					"
Henry C    "	10	M					"
L/S W        "	9	M					"
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Nancy E Stroud	5	F					Ark
Sarah A    "	3	F					"
Samuel A   "	2	M					"
Richard H  "	1/2	M					"
William Pettez	28	M		Hireland			"
Sarah H Hasley	16	F					"

Sarah Jane HASLEY is Mary's sister.

4.  1870 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #6 of 13):  Arkadelphia P.O., Anderson Twp., Clark Co., AR, Roll M593_49, p. 183B, PN 6, 43/43, enumerated 20 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Stroud Samuel	46	M	W	Farmer	120	100	Arkansas
Mary L	31	F	W	Keeping House			Georgia
Eliza J	20	F	W	At Home			Arkansas
Henry C	18	M	W	At Home			Arkansas
Nancy E	15	F	W	At Home			Arkansas
Sarah A	13	F	W	At Home			Arkansas
Gilbert Matilda	13	F	W	At Home			Arkansas
Jno W	11	M	W	At Home			Arkansas
Stroud Rich H	11	M	W	At Home			Arkansas
Oliver G	4	M	W				Arkansas
Mary R	1	F	W				Arkansas

The GILBERT children are Mary's from her prior marriage.  Listed next to Mary's widowed mother, Matilda P. HUFF.

5.  1880 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #7 of 26):  Antoine Twp., Clark Co., AR, Roll 40, p. 517C, PN 35, SD 2, ED 35, enumerated 19 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤(•)

1880:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1

2

3

4

5

6

8

9

10

11

13

14

24

25

26

299

299

Davis William U?

W

M

33

/

Farmer

12

NC

NC

NC

_____ Julia C

W

F

32

Wife

/

Housekeeper

12

Ga

SC

SC

_____ Margaret V

W

F

4

Dau

Ark

NC

Ga

_____ Mary J/I

W

F

2

Ark

NC

Ga

Nicholson Frank G

W

M

48

hired

/

labor on farm

12

Ten

Ten

NC

Stroud Mary L

W

F

40

Sister

/

Asst Housekeeper

12

Ga

SC

SC

______ George

W

M

13

Nephew

Labor on farm

12

Ark

Ark

Ga

______ Rebecca

W

F

11

Niece

Ark

Ark

Ga

______ James

W

M

8

Son

Ark

Ark

Ga

Huff Matilda

W

F

72

M-in-law

SC

SC

SC

Julia C. (HUFF) DAVIS is Mary's sister; Matilda (__?__) HUFF is their widowed mother.

6.  1890 U.S. Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

7.  1900 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #4 of 20):  Terre Noíre Twp., Clark Co., AR, Roll 53, p. 375B, SN 2B, SD 5, ED 14, enumerated 4/5 Jun 1900, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1900:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

27

30

30

Dewoody A Henry

Head

W

M

Oct 1869

30

M

13

AR

AR

GA

Chicken pedler

0

Y

Y

Y

R

H

_______ R Mary

Wife

W

F

Feb 1861

31

M

13

4

4

AR

AR

AR

Y

Y

Y

_______ W Sanny?

Son

W

M

Feb 1889

11

S

AR

AR

AR

7

Y

Y

Y

_______ E June

Dau

W

F

Feb 1892

7

S

AR

AR

AR

_______ Freddie

Son

W

M

Apr 1896

4

S

AR

AR

AR

_______ O Unis

Dau

W

F

Aug 1899

4/12

S

AR

AR

AR

Stroud E Mary

M-in-law

W

F

Jul 1837

62

Wd

6

3

AR

SC

SC

Y

Y

Y

8.  1910 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #

9.  Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 (online at familysearch.org):

Name	Mary Stroud	James Copeland Stroud
Event Date	06 Dec 1911	14 Jan 1958
Event Place	Fannin, Texas	Fannin, Texas
Gender	Female	Male
Marital Status	Widowed	Married
Birth Date	Jul 1838	04 Nov 1872
Birthplace	Mississippi	Clark, Arkansas
Father's Name	Huff	Sam Stroud
Mother's Name		Mary Huff
Certificate Number	26421	2243
GS Film Number	2050544	2115163

.  Find-a-Grave: Entries (online at findagrave.com):

Name	-	Mary L Stroud
Birth	-	1839
Death	-	1911
Note	-	-
Burial	-	Dodd City Cemetery Fannin Co., TX
Inscription	-	GRANDMOTHER MARY L. STROUD 1839 — 1911
Father	-	-
Mother	-	-
Spouse	-	-
-	-	-
-	-	-
Memorial #	-	14936252

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8.  Clark Co., Ark., Federal Land Records (online in the Clark County, Arkansas, Archives of USGenWeb):

L Name	F Name	MI	Sec No	T	R	Acres	Date
STROUD	SAMUEL	R	34	7S	21W	160	1856/05/01

9.  Public Member Trees (online at Ancestry.com).

10.  WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).