This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3AB.2ACI/5717.2.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I have the birth date for Elbert Blevins as 27 August 1880. This date, if correct, would explain why he is not listed in the 1880 census. I have no documentation for the date, but received it from another Edds researcher. I have a birth date for James Blevins of 4 March 1837 from the same source.