Eli's Notes:
1850 CENSUS, Holt Co, MO: 4 years, born MO. Living with brother in Robert McCRORY family.
1860 CENSUS, Benton Twp, Holt Co, MO, North Point P.O.: 14 years, born MO, laborer. Living with brother, William H. HOLSEY, in the Robert McCRORY household.
1870 CENSUS, Butte Twp, Colusa Co, CA, 29 Jul 1870: "Eli HALSEY", 24 years, born MO, laborer, $300. Living with wife, Cynthia, and son, James H. (Nearby are mother, Lidia McCRORY and her sons, Lawrence and Robert. Living in the same household are uncles, Benjamin POTTER and Levi POTTER (with his family). Next door is another uncle, Abraham POTTER.
1880 CENSUS, Red Bluff, Tehama Co, CA: 35 years, born MO, father born MO, mother born KS, laborer. Living with wife, Cynthia, and 3 children (James, Lidia, Harvey).
1900 CENSUS, Gold Hill, Jackson Co, OR: born Mar 1848, 52 years, born MO, parents born MO. Living with wife, Polly, and 4 children.
1910 CENSUS, Salem, Marion Co, OR, 15 Apr 1910: Eli HOLSEY, Inmate, OR State Insane Asylum.

From HOLSEY family Bible: Robert Andrew McCRORY died 22 Feb 1865; Mrs. Lydia McCRORY died 20 Aug 1894; Molly LAUX (May SLAYER); Sadie LAUX (WARDEN); Roy LAUX; Delmer LAUX married Mabel BURT, son, Earl. According to Hollis DREIER of Red Bluff, CA, these are all cousins.

Eli enlisted 12 Aug 1863 as A Private in Company D, Fourteenth Regiment, KS Cavalry Volunteers. Mustered out, 25 Jun 1865, as a Private. (Ancestry.com war records: enlisted in KS, 22 Apr 1863, cpl.)

Cynthia Marcum HOLSEY divorced Eli 15 Jan 1887, Red Bluff, Tehama Co, CA.

Pension application gives residences as: 1865-68, MO; 1868-71, CA; 1871-74, MO; 1874-84, CA; 1884-1903, OR. Records also indicate that Eli was living in Gold Hill, Jackson, OR, on 3 Jun 1903. He was there for at least six months.

From half-sister, Maud: Eli and Cynthia came to CA via wagon train with Francis Marion MARCUM (about 1880). The HOLSEYs stopped in Colusa and Francis Marion went on to Vallejo. (This is not accurate, as Francis Marion MARCUM was in Holt Co, MO, in 1876 and Eli was in Colusa, CA, in 1870)

11 May 1910: Polly HOLSEY of Medford, OR, appointed Guardian of Eli HOLSEY by County Court of Jackson Co, OR.

June 1997 research shows that Lydia McCRORY was Eli's mother. She was married previously to James HALLSA. Have copy of her probate records, marriage certificate, Robert McCRORY's probate records, plus marriage certificates for other McCRORY offspring. Also have copy of article from Gone Home listing known McCRORY and HALSEY burials. Eli was listed as an heir in Lydia McCRORY's probate records (son by former marriage).

Eli was in Mound City, MO 22 Aug 1863 (where he enlisted in army). His pension records say that he was is MO 1865-68. No record found in Holt Co, MO of his marriage to Cynthia MARCUM; perhaps it took place in KS, where Cynthia was living at the time.

Craig, volume 2, page 71, Holt Co Press, 12 May 1883: "Eli HALSEY had his stable and large quantity of hay burned last Saturday".

From Elwood HALSEY, 1990: Eli was about 5 feet 6inches tall when he was young. Eli's daughter, Nancy (Aunt Anna), said Eli believed Halsey, OR, was named after his great uncle and that he had met him in OR. However, dates do not match up.

OR State Archives:
Eli HALSEY, 1910, Guardianship, Jackson Co, Genealogy Case No. 1803.
Eli HOLSEY, 23 Dec 1909, History, Military, Old Soldiers' Home, Civil War, Case No. 0702.
Eli HOLSEY, 24 Dec 1910, Death, State Hospital, Volume 1G.

Also, Adjutant General's Report, page 702: "Eli HOLSEY; Eli enlisted as a Corporal in Company D, Fourteenth Kansas Cavalry on 22 Aug 1863. He was discharged 25 Jun 1865, at the close of the war. He received a pension of $12, due to paralysis. Eli was 63 years of age, and was born in Missouri. He stood five feet, eight inches tall, had a light complexion, blue eyes, and gray hair. Eli could read and write, was formerly a Baptist, worked as a farmer, had spent the last fourteen years in Oregon, and was married to Mrs. Eli HOLSEY, of Gold Hill, OR. Soldiers' Home History; his pension was twelve dollars, he was admitted 23 Dec 1909, and discharged 4 Mar 1910. He was discharged because of insanity. Eli's father was Jame HOLSEY (born MO) and his mother was Lyddie "PORTER" (born KY). His pension certificate number was 1064538, established by Act of June 27, 1890."

Cynthia 's Notes:
1850 CENSUS, District 13, Wapello Co, IA: 1 year old, born OH. Living with parents and 2 siblings.
1860 CENSUS, Walnut Creek Twp, Brown, KS: "Cyntha", 9 years, born VA. Living with father, stepmother and 4 siblings.
1870 CENSUS, Butte Twp, Colusa, CA: 21 years, born VA. Living with spouse, Eli HALSEY, and son.
1880 CENSUS, Red Bluff, Tehama, CA: 28 years, born IA, parents born IA. Living with spouse and 3 children.
1900 CENSUS, Red Bluff, Tehama, CA, ED 183: born Apr 1855, 45 years, born VA, father born KY, mother born VA, married 13 years, 6 children born and 6 living. Living with spouse, Samuel B. NELSON, and 3 children.
1910 CENSUS, Red Bluff, Tehama, CA, ED 130: "Cynthia NELSON", 63 years, born VA, father born KY, mother born OH, widow, no occupation. Living with Cynthia is her is daughter, Maud.
1920 CENSUS, Red Bluff Twp, Tehama Co, CA, Ash Street: "Cynthia NELSON", 69 years, born VA, father born KY, mother born OH, head of household, owns property with mortgage, divorced, can read and write, no occupation . Living with son, Samuel.

Family sources say Cynthia may have traced family back to Mayflower. She was about 5 feet tall and weighed 98 pounds. She divorced Eli HOLSEY on 6 Jan 1897; divorced Sam NELSON on 20 Nov 1908, Red Bluff, CA.

Death records, page 165: ruptured vessel in brain March 1921; second one November 1921. Son, Eli HALSEY made death notification.

Polly 's Notes:
1870 CENSUS, Hilburn Twp, Madison Co, AR, Schully P.O.: 1 year old, born AR. living with parents and 2 siblings.
1880 CENSUS, Hendricks, Chautauqua, KS, ED 70: 10 years, born AR, attends school. Living with parents and 3 siblings.
1900 CENSUS, Gold Hill, Jackson, OR: born Aug 1869, 30 years, born AR, parents born TN. Living with spouse, Eli H. and 4 children.
1910 CENSUS, Ward 1, North Medford, Jackson, OR, ED 107: 30 years, born IL, parents born NY, widow, 7 children born and 6 living. Living with Polly at 323 Alice Street are 6 children (Nancy, Gennie, John, Myra, Willie, Jessie). [23 April; Polly was not actually a widow at this time. Her spouse, Eli HOLSEY, had been admitted to the Oregon State Insane Asylum, and died in December, 1910.]
1920 CENSUS, Gold Hill, Jackson Co, OR, ED 182: 50 years, born AR. Living with Polly are her sons John H., William B., and Jessie R. HOLSEY. Also living in the household is a grandson, Elmer C. REESE.
1930 CENSUS, Orchard Home, Jackson Co, OR: "Paley", 60 years, born AR, father born US, mother born AR, married at 18. Living with spouse, Samuel BARR.

Polly was in Medford, Jackson Co, on 11 May 1910. And, she was living at Gold Hill, Jackson Co, on 6 Sep 1918.

Marriage to Eli given as both 31 Dec 1886 and 2 Jan 1888. From Jackson Co, OR Marriages, 1877-1888: "HOSLEY, Eli and Pollie THOMPSON, 2 Jan, 1888, by J.A. Slover, MG at Slover's Hotel, Jacksonville. Witnesses: George S. Howard and Lillie Gosh. Volume 3, #339, page 46.

OR Death Certificate No. 3: Polly Ann BARR, born 4 Aug 1867, Madison Co, AR; died 2 Jan 1938, Ashland, Jackson, OR. Cause of death: cancer involving mastoid and surrounding structures of left side of head; died at Ashland Community Hospital. Polly had resided at Route 3, Box 94, Medford, OR. Father: John H. THOMPSON, born AR; mother: Nancy Jane WADKINS, born AR. Informant, Mrs. William E. PECK, Medford, OR. Polly was buried on 6 Jan 1938, at Medford. She was listed as separated from husband at the time of her death.

Polly is buried in Siskiyou Memorial Park, Medford, OR; B-14, Section 39, Lot 1, on left of tree, next to John E. Schrengengost's grave. No marker.