ILLINOIS CENSUS RECORDS
1880 Shelby Co IL Federal Census
| TOWNSHIP | PAGE NO. | NAME | COLOR | SEX | AGE |
| Big Spring | 27B | Elam, Nathan H. | W | M | 31 |
| Big Spring | 27B | Elam, Miranda | W | F | 27 |
| Big Spring | 27B | Elam, Minarva | W | F | 9 |
| Big Spring | 27B | Elam, Malinda | W | F | 6 |
| Big Spring | 27B | Elam, John E. | W | M | 4 |
| Big Spring | 27B | Elam, Ida J. | W | F | 2 |
| Big Spring | 31B | Elam, Ewing | W | M | 26 |
| Big Spring | 31B | Elam, William M. | W | M | 4 |
| Big Spring | 31B | Elam, Mary F. | W | F | 2 |
| Big Spring | 31B | Elam, Minnie | W | F | 12- |
| Big Spring | 31B | Elam, T.L. | W | M | 41 |
| Big Spring | 31B | Elam, Mary A. | W | F | 30 |
| Big Spring | 31B | Elam, Martha | W | F | 10 |
| Big Spring | 31B | Elam, William J. | W | M | 8 |
| Big Spring | 31B | Elam, George T. | W | M | 6 |
| Big Spring | 31B | Elam, Henry | W | M | 4 |
| Big Spring | 31B | Elam, Nancy | W | F | 1 |
| Big Spring | 31B | Elam, John | W | M | 30 |
| Big Spring | 32A | Elam, W.J. | W | M | 46 |
| Big Spring | 32A | Elam, Sarah A. | W | F | 31 |
| Big Spring | 32A | Elam, Martha | W | F | 5 |
| Big Spring | 32A | Elam, Isabell | W | F | 10 |
| Big Spring | 32A | Elam, John M. | W | M | 8 |
| Big Spring | 32A | Elam, William | W | M | 6 |
| Big Spring | 32A | Elam, Mary M. | W | F | 1 |
| Oconee | 140A | Elam, M.A. | W | M | 51 |
| Oconee | 140A | Elam, Rebecca | W | F | 44 |
| Oconee | 140A | Elam, S.F. | W | M | 23 |
| Oconee | 140A | Elam, M.E. | W | F | 19 |
| Oconee | 140A | Elam, T.W. | W | M | 6 |
| Oconee | 140A | Elam, Maggie | W | F | 2 |
| Prairie | 186A | Elam, Joel J. | W | M | 60 |
| Prairie | 186A | Elam, Caroline R. | W | F | 64 |
| Prairie | 186A | Elam, William | W | M | 35 |
| Prairie | 186A | Elam, Malindia | W | F | 25 |
| Prairie | 186A | Elam, Dora A. | W | F | 3 |