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/hFB.2ACE/1759.2.1 Message Board Post: Eli was born (according to his marriage license of 1874) in Yates County, New York. Based on census records, his birth year varies from 1822 to 1827. (These years are based on the 1860, 1870, and 1880 census of White Oak, Ingham county, Michigan)