!Per Decatur County, IN Marriages; 1822-1950 (Microfilm #1 5 16779, FHL); Wilson and Eleanor Davis m. 15 Oct 1839. Li cense issued 9 Oct 183 9 - Book D, p. 236.
!A Wilson Goore is listed in the 1840 census of Decatur Co u nty, IN - age 20-29 - no children. He is the next entr y after William Sweeney . From the age and children, this l ooks like the William Swinney that later we nt to Davis Cou nty, IA and his second wife, Nancy.
!Sometime between 1830 and 1832, Wilson and his older brot h er Martin left their home in VA and went to Decatur Count y, IN; probably in th e company of their uncle William Swin ney and his second wife, Nancy Miller. W ilson and Eleano r were listed in the 1840 Decatur County, IN census as livi n g next to his Uncle William. Later that year they came t o Buchanan County, M O where their three children were born . He apparently died sometime after th e birth of his thir d child in 1845. (JLG/c7)