Laura Frances BURT

     Laura Frances BURT was born on 24 July 1846 in Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama, daughter of Martin Ross BURT and Delilah Anne GRIFFIS.¹ Laura Frances BURT also went by the name of Fannie.

Laura Frances BURT appeared on a census, enumerated 10 July 1870, in the household of her mother Delilah Anne GRIFFIS in Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama. She was recorded as Fannie Burt, age 23, without occupation.²

Laura married Jim CLOUD, son of Henry George Washington CLOUD and Mary T. Bateman, on 4 January 1871 in Autauga County, Alabama.³

Laura and Jim CLOUD moved from Alabama to Hempstead, Waller County, Texas, sometime soon after their marriage.

Laura Frances BURT and James W. CLOUD appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 10 June 1880 in Hempstead, Waller County, Texas. The household was listed as J. W. J. Cloud, age 34, farmer, born Alabama, parents born Georgia; L. F. Cloud [Laura Frances], age 33, born Alabama, dad born North Carolina, mom born Virginia; H. L. Cloud [Hattie], age 5, born Texas; W. W. Cloud [Willie], age 2, born Texas; and H. G. W. Cloud [father], age 70, blind, born Georgia, as were his parents.⁴

After the death of her husband in 1886 Laura Frances loaded up her three children in Hempstead, Texas and returned to her hometown, Prattville, Alabama. She established a boarding house on Main Street so that she could be independent and feed her three children.^5,6

Laura Frances died on 21 September 1923 in Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama, at age 77.⁴ She was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery.