1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1850 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  James DANIELS (æ 16, b. NY) is living in the Town of Randolph, Cattaraugus Co., NY (p. 96A), with his widowed mother, Elizabeth DANIELS (æ 52, b. NY), et al.  Nancy THARP (æ 1, b. OH) is living in Monroe Twp., Allen Co., OH, with her parents (q.v.).

3.  1855 New York State Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Widow Elizabeth DANIELS (æ 58, b. Monroe) is living in the Town of Randolph, Cattaraugus Co., NY (p. 235), with her children, however, James is not with her.

4.  1860 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  James DANIELS (æ 26, b. NY) is unmarried and living in Randolph, Cattaraugus Co., NY (p. 724), with his widowed mother, Elizabeth DANIELS (æ 63, b. NY), plus siblings.  Nancy THORP (æ 11, b. OH) is living in Defiance Twp., Defiance Co., OH, with her widowed mother, plus siblings (q.v.).

5.  1865 New York State Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  James DANIELS (æ 30, b. Cattaraugus) is living in the Town of Randolph, Cattaraugus Co., NY (p. 65), with his widowed mother, Elisabeth DANIELS (æ 68, b. Montgomery), and an older brother.  Nancy not found, so is presumably still in OH.

6.  1870 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  can't find James.  Nancy A. THORP (æ 14 [21], b. OH) is living in the Town of New Albion, Cattaraugus Co., NY, with her widowed mother, brother, and illegitimate son, Herkimer INGHAM (æ 2m).

7.  1875 New York State Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  can't find James.  Nancy A. THORP (æ 24 [31], b. OH), and her son, Wm. H. INGHAM (æ 6, b. Catt), are living in the Town of Mansfield, Cattaraugus Co., NY, with her widowed mother (q.v.), et al.

8.  1880 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #17-18 of 25):  Town of Little Valley, Cattaraugus Co., NY, Roll 812, pp. 294A-294B, PN 17-18, SD 11, ED 18, enumerated 14 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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Thorp Jacob

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_____ Melissa

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9.  1890 U.S. Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

10.  1892 New York State Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #3 of 7):  First Dist., Town of Little Valley, Cattaraugus Co., NY, p. 7, official enumeration date 16 Feb 1892 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤(•)

1892:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
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James Daniels	M	57		U S	C	Laborer
Nancy Daniels	F	49		" "	C
Jacob Thorpe	M	44		" "	C	Laborer
William Thorpe	M	23		" "	C	"

Jacob THORPE is Nancy's brother; William THORPE is Nancy's son.

11.  1900 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  James DANIEL (æ 65, b. June 1834, NY/MA/NY; "single") is living in Randolph, Cattaraugus Co., NY (p. 98B).  Nancy not found.

12.  New York Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca. 1861-1865 (online at Ancestry.com):

Name	James Daniels
Birth Year | Race	1838 | White
Birth Place	Catt Co
Residence Place	Dunkirk, [Cattaraugus Co.,] NY
Enlistment Date	27 Aug 1864
Enlistment Location	Randolph, Cattaraugus, NY
Rank | Regiment	Private | 13th Heavy Artillery
Father	Amos Daniels

Is this really our subject?  Other evidence suggests his father was James.

13.  Find-a-Grave: Entries (online at findagrave.com):

Name	James Daniels	Nancy Daniels
Birth	1834	unknown
Death	22 Sep 1904	unknown
Burial	Sample Hill Cemetery Randolph Cattaraugus Co., NY	Plot: Sec C Little Valley Rural Cemetery Little Valley, Cattaraugus Co., NY
Inscription	JAS. DANIELS Co. C. 13. H. ART. N.Y.S.V.
Memorial #	171469842	144733111

Is this James really the one who married Nancy?

14.  Public Member Trees (online at Ancestry.com).