This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xAB.2ACI/2178.1.1 Message Board Post: Don't know if this helps any, but here's an Elisha in Canton Twp. in 1870: 1870 > Illinois > FULTON > CANTON TWP Series: M593 Roll: 222 Page: 376 JOHNSON ELISHA 26 M W IL IL FULTON CANTON TWP 1870 He's a farmer, 26, with Lizzie, 22, Lizzie 7, and a Lydia Simmons, 16, and Edward King, 10, all b IL. They were on the same page as: 72-yr old Richard Johnson, and 70-yr old Catherine, both b NC, plus Kate Weller, 17, b IL.. =================================== 1860 > Illinois > FULTON > CANTON Series: M653 Roll: 179 Page: 353 JOHNSON RICHARD 63 M W IN IL FULTON CANTON 1860 He's a farmer, b IN???, with Catherine 59 b NC, Elijah, Elish, both 24, b IL, and Julia 20, b IL, plus Ellis Jefferson 20 b IL and Francis Boner 14 b PA. ==================================== 1880 census: Elijah JOHNSON Self M Male W 44 IL Farmer NC NC Ellen JOHNSON Wife M Female W 36 IL Keeping House KY KY Fanny F. JOHNSON Dau S Female W 8 IL IL IL Charles JOHNSON Son S Male W 5 IL IL IL Johnson OLAMAN Other S Male W 27 PA Farm Laborer PA PA Mary RAISH Other S Female W 16 IL Servant CANADA IL Catheron JOHNSON Mother W Female W 78 NC At Home NC NC Census Place: Canton, Fulton, Illinois ====================================