I know, I just was a bit by surprised to find the connection!

So here is my table of locations so far:

1847 Jackson County
1850 Jackson County
1860 Clay County
1863 Clinton County
1868 Jackson County
1870 Jackson County

died 1898

Son Eli is in Benton County Arkansas in 1880 where he lives until his death in 1926. Ermon is in his household in 1900 and the pension app state John Francis died 1898.

John R