are these two Elias Linkenhoger/Linkenhokers the same person?

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I suspect that Elias Linkenhoger-3 and Elias Linkenhoker-7 are the same person, but I haven't found a source to confirm this. Both lived in Botetourt County, Virginia. Linkenhoger-3 I know about from his daughter Evaline's marriage record, which gives Elias's name but no other information on him. The 1790 birth date on Linkenhoger-3 is a rough estimate based on Evaline's 1818 birth year, and a 1776 birth date certainly isn't out of the question.

An Elias Linkenhoker married Catherine Young d/o Nicholas in Botetourt County in 1803. There's a Find a Grave record for Elias Linkenhoker 1776-1849, but it's a Virtual Cemetery rather than a real cemetery record.

Does anyone have any sources that would either confirm that Elias father of Evaline is also the son of Elias & his wife Hannah Streeper, or that clearly show they're different people?

WikiTree profile: Elias Linkenhoker
in Genealogy Help by Sharon Casteel G2G6 Pilot (162k points)

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Hi Sharon,

I have looked at this family over the last few days.  I feel confident that the two profiles are the same man.  I have noted that there appears to be a glaring mistake on the family tree which is on the LDS Family Search. with Elias' wife giving birth in her 60s. The is a generation missing I think.

I also noted that there are other ways to spell the Surname, having " i " instead of the first  " e " that is Linkinhoger.  All the censuses seem to show the same people with different Surname spellings. ugh.

The newspaper articles show a lovely family celebrating  a debutantes ball and identified a number of relatives.  Unfortunately my old computer has karked it, and this is where I had put this information.  I found 'Find my past', very good for locating your family.

If you can get more information for Elias in the Civil War I believe you may be able to fill in that generation gap.  I don't know too much about accessing those files, as most of my research is located in Australia.  I Would say I would look up more of your family but I will be on holidays for a few weeks  Hope this is helpful Cheers
by Rionne Brooks G2G6 Mach 7 (70.3k points)

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