This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: shellyinoh Surnames: Boyer Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.fairfield/1420.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Where was Julia in the 1850 census? And where do Eli and Julia's children list their father as having been born on their later censuses? Ohio or PA? When you said that Eli Boyer was mentioned as a guard in the Madison township history, I looked at it and noticed that the "Violet Guards" was a military organization from about 1844-1846, which means Eli Boyer is probably on the 1850 somewhere in the vacinity. I recognized many of the other names in the Violet Guards and a lot were of Violet Twp. and Bloom Twp. of Fairfield county and Madison twp. of Franklin Co. As you probably have noticed, there were many Boyers in Fairfield county in the 1850 census. He might be one of those but listed with a different first name -- perhaps Eli being a middle name. I have many Boyer's of these areas in my database that's at http://www.foorgenealogy.com/gene.html - but no Eli. But maybe comparing the 1850 census Boyers to those in my database might at least help you eliminate some of the possibilities. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.