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/QEC.2ACE/2224.1.3.1.1.1 Message Board Post: In the 1870 census Sarah has Marion 12 years old. 1880 census in Marion County lists a Francis M Valentine in Fairmont District. He married Mary Ellen McDougal 17 Dec 1876 & died 4 Jan 1917. Death certificate indicates no background. What are the chances they are one in the same??? Walter