This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RAB.2ACI/2890.3.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Yes, that would be my best guess. 7's & 9's are easily confused. I think Ellen/Elendor/Nellie Powell was his only wife. You might find a closer date of death in Adair Co Court Orders book.

Let's also point out that James was NOT in the 1870 census with Nellie, and that she is shown as a farmer with $1000 real estate and $250 personal property.