Perhaps a connection?

Name: Henry Rvels
Age in 1860: 36
Birth Year: abt 1824
BirthPlace: North Carolina
Home in 1860: Buffalo Ward 4, Erie, New York
Race: Black
Gender: Male
Post Office: Buffalo
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members: Name Age
Henry Rvels 36
Cornelia Rvels 25
James Williams 23