1.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: International Genealogical Index (IGI).

Michael ELI Christening: 27 Sep 1789, Bindnagle Lutheran and Reformed Church, Derry Twp, Dauphin, Pennsylvania Father: Michael ELI; Mother: Mary Regina Source:  Bindnagle Lutheran and Reformed Church, Derry Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvnia computer printout; births or christenings, 1724-1793 by the Genealogical Dept. of the LDS

I don't quite know what to make of Michael's baptismal record because, according to Engle (1896), Bindnagel's church is in North Londonderry Twp., which is (today) in Lebanon Co.  And Derry Twp. is still in Dauphin Co. (The two townships are adjacent, on either side of the county line.)

2.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1810 (Broderbund CD-313):  not found, as expected.

3.  1820

4.  NARA. 1949.  Fifth Census of the United States, 1830, Population Schedules, Volume 9, Roll 134, Ohio.  File Microcopy No. 19.  National Archives, Washington, DC  (Family Quest Archives:  Ohio Federal Census 1830:  Jackson, Jefferson, Knox, Lawrence, and Licking Counties.  Heritage Quest CD M19-134; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen).

1830

OH

Knox Co.

Butler Twp.

p. 216A

Michael Ely

112 000 100 - 000 101 000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
1 male	4 or under	1825-1830	= Jacob (b. 1828/9)
1 male	5-9	1820-1825	= Noah (b. 1821)
2 males	10-14	1815-1820	= Lewis (b. 1819) = Henry (b. 1816)
1 male	40-49	1780-1790	= Michael (b. 1789)
1 female	15-19	1810-1815	= Delilah (b. 1814)
1 female	30-39	1790-1800	= Catherine (b. 1795)

Is this record really of our subject?  John (b. 1824) is missing, and so are Sarah (b. 1826) and Daughter A (b. 1825-30). 

5.  NARA.  1967.  Population Schedules of the Sixth Census of the United States, 1840, Roll 406, Ohio, Volume 13 (211-412): Knox County.  Microcopy No. 704. National Archives Microfilm Publications, Washington, DC  (Family Quest Archives:  Ohio Federal Census 1840:  Knox County.  Heritage Quest CD M704-406; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen).

1840

OH

Knox Co.

Butler Twp.

p. 407B

Michael Ely

011 100 100 - 012 001 000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
1 male	5-9	1830-1835	= Son A
1 male	10-14	1825-1830	= Jacob (b. 1828/9)
1 male	15-19	1820-1825	= Noah (b. 1821)
1 male	40-49	1790-1800	= Michael (b. 1789)
1 female	5-9	1830-1835	= Mary (b. 1830/1)
2 females	10-14	1825-1830	= Daughter A = Sarah (b. 1826)
1 female	30-39	1800-1810	= Catherine (b. 1795)

John (b. 1824) is still missing.

6.  NARA.  1964.  Population Schedules of the Seventh Census of the United States, 1850, Roll 700, Ohio, Knox County.  Microcopy No. 432.  National Archives Microfilm Publications, Washington, DC.  Family Quest Archives:  Ohio Federal Census 1850: Knox County.  Heritage Quest CD M432-700:  Butler Twp., Knox Co., OH, p. 398B, 2454/2514, enumerated 24 Sep 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Michael Ely	62	M	Farmer	2000	Penn
Catherine "	55	F			"
John      "	26	M	Farmer		Ohio
Jacob     "	21	M	"		"
Mary      "	19	F			"

Is John really their son?  He did not appear in the 1830 or 1840 censuses.  Is Mary their daughter or Jacob's wife?

7.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: International Genealogical Index (IGI).

Noah ELEY Birth: 1822, Washington, Pennsylvania Father: Michael ELEY; Mother: Catherine HEWITT Source: patron submission

John ELEY Birth: 1824, Washington, Pennsylvania Father: Michael ELEY; Mother: Catherine HEWITT Source: patron submission

Sarah ELEY Birth: 20 Oct 1826, Butler Twp, Knox, Ohio Father: Michael ELEY; Mother: Catherine HEWITT Source: patron submission

Jacob ELEY Birth: 1829, Knox, Ohio Father: Michael ELEY; Mother: Catherine HEWITT Source: patron submission

Mary ELEY Birth: 1831, Knox, Ohio Father: Michael ELEY; Mother: Catherine HEWITT Source: patron submission

8.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:  AF - Ancestral File (online at FamilySearch.org).

9.  Michael Ely of Buffalo Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania: The Raymond M. Bell Anthology transcribed by Jeanne Walsh of Seward, NE, in April 1998.  Note that, mistakenly, all of Michael and Catherine (HEWITT) ELY's children are surnamed HEWITT.  This mistake was made by the transcriber, not by Raymond Bell, because Bell did not put surnames after the children's names in the original article.  This web page is not a transcription (not a direct quotation) of Bell's work, but a paraphrasing, so should not be called a "transcription" — for the very reason this case demonstates (viz., errors were introduced for which Bell is not responsible).