WARNING:  I have no proof that Abraham had an earlier wife.  I'm basing her existence solely on the ten-year gap between the births of Mortimer and Sarah.  These may, in fact, have all been Elizabeth's children.

1.  Marriage Record:

2.  Family Quest Archives:  Ohio Federal Census 1840:  Knox County.  Heritage Quest CD M704-406.

1840

OH

Knox Co.

Clinton Twp.

Town of Mt. Vernon

p. 372B

Abraham Ehle

021 131 - 010 101

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
2 males	5-9	1830-1835	= Mortimer (b. 1833/4)
1 male	10-14	1825-1830	= Son B
1 male	15-19	1820-1825	= Son A
3 males	20-29	1810-1820	= ? = ? = ?
1 male	30-39	1800-1810	= Abraham (b. 1802/3)
1 female	5-9	1830-1835	= Armenia (b. 1831/2)
1 female	15-19	1820-1825	= Daughter A
1 female	30-39	1800-1810	= Wife-1

The three males born 1810-20 are too old to be Abraham's sons.

3.  Family Quest Archives:  Ohio Federal Census 1850: Knox County.  Heritage Quest CD M432-700:  Mt. Vernon, 1st Ward, Knox Co., OH, p. 232B, 341/361, enumerated 24 Jul 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Abraham Ehle	47	M	Stage Agent	2500	N. York
Elizabeth  "	40	F			"
Armenia J  "	18	F			"
Mortimer   "	16	M	Laborer		"
Sarah E    "	5	F			Ohio
Mary Ellen "	3	F			"