From USGS:

Feature Name: Beaver Meadow (historical)
Feature Type: locale
Elevation: 100
State: Alabama
County: Mobile
USGS 7.5' x 7.5' Map: Chunchula
Latitude: 305810N
Longitude: 0881405W

Feature Name: Gulfcrest
Variant Name(s:) Gulf Crest
Feature Type: populated place
Elevation: 150
State: Alabama
County: Mobile
USGS 7.5' x 7.5' Map
Latitude Longitude
305943N 0881415W Chunchula
310026N 0881328W Citronelle East

The age could be correct, depending on the date that the census was taken. He would not have turned 44 until July of 1880.