New York, U.S., State Census, 1855

Validator (claude-sonnet-5-5, 2026-10-28): supports, confidence 4/4, tier record.
The image shows the 1855 NY State Census for Sandy Creek, Oswego County, with Elias Bently, 49, farmer, at line 36 heading a household with wife Sarah S. and several children. The age fits a birth around 1806, and the place is exactly Sandy Creek. This supports the residence claim, though it does not by itself confirm the 1806–1860 life dates.
Matches: Header reads 'Sandy Creek' in the County of Oswego, census taken 3 June 1855; Line 36 (dwelling 379, family 446) lists 'Elias Bently', male, age 49, a farmer; Age 49 in 1855 gives a birth year of about 1806, matching the 1806 birth year in the claim; Household includes wife Sarah S. (46) and children surnamed Bently, a plausible family for this Elias; Born Saratoga County and resident 24 years in the town; neither conflicts with the claim
Limits: The census gives a residence as of 1 June 1855; the claim has no date, so the record can only fix the year 1855; The first name is handwritten and reads as 'Elias' with moderate confidence; Identity with the 1806–1860 Elias rests on name, age and place; the page does not give a birth date or a death date; The spelling is 'Bently' on the page, a normal variant of Bentley