James SAYLOR was born in Pennsylvania in about 1826-1828 and married Hester Ann Kitsmiller in Logan, Hocking County, Ohio in 1854. He was a carpenter and served as a drummer during the Civil War. He later moved to Nelsonville, Ohio where he died in 1872 of injuries he received at the Battle of Island No. 10. These facts are certain, but I cannot find any information about James prior to his marriage. I have, however, found two people by that name and of the correct age in the 1850 censuses of Ohio and Pennsylvania.

There is a James Saylor in Meigs County, Ohio, aged 22 with a wife named Ruth.

There is another James Saylor in the 1850 census of Waynesboro, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, aged 20. He was a carpenter, living with his mother, Sophia, and had two sisters, Mary and Ellen.

Are either of these latter James Saylors the same person as my James who married Hester Ann Kitsmiller?