Benjamin ELY
Maria STAATS
Husband:  Benjamin ELY
Birth:  7 Dec 1810, Washington Co., PA
Death:  11 Oct 1882, Knox Co., OH
Father:  Peter ELY
Mother:  Mary Ann "Polly" HORN
Marriage:  12 Jan 1837, Knox Co., OH
Wife:  Maria STAATS
Birth:  27 Dec 1813/4/5, Knox Co., OH
Death:  29 Oct 1886, Knox Co., OH
Disposition:  buried Dennis Cemetery, Jackson Twp., Knox Co., OH
Father:  Joseph (Calvin) STAATS
Mother:  Maria __?__

Maria was relatively younger on her tombstone than in the 1850 census, so she appears to have shaved a year or two off her age in her later years — either that or the census is wrong.
Children — born Knox Co., OH (presumably Butler Twp.):
  1.  Lewis ELEY, b. 17 Dec 1837; d. 14 Oct 1916, Talma, Fulton Co., IN; m. 30 Sep 1860, Knox Co., OH, Susan Amelia BELL
  2.  Homer ELEY, b. 29 Mar 1839; d. 6 Aug 1886; m. Dorcas P. VEATCH
  3.  George W. ELEY, b. 17 Sep 1840
  4.  Mary "Polly" ELEY, b. 22 Apr 1842; d.s.p.; bur. Dennis Cemetery, Jackson Twp., Knox Co., OH
  5.  Joseph ELEY, b. 24 Mar 1844
  6.  Catherine ELEY, b. 25 Apr 1846; d. 25 Feb 1925; m. 18 Jan 1866, Knox Co., OH, Benjamin DE LONG
  7.  Maria ELEY, b. 25 Mar 1848; d. 3 Jan 1937; m. 9 Aug 1868, Knox Co., OH, Chambers JOHNS
  8.  Rebecca Jane ELEY, b. 18 Feb 1850; d.s.p. 22 oct 1859; bur. Dennis Cemetery, Jackson Twp., Knox Co., OH
  9.  Benjamin ELEY, b. 10 Apr 1852; d. 31 Mar 1938; m. 1885, Knox Co., OH, Elba Ellen SMITH
10.  Sarah ELEY, b. 7 Aug 1854; d.s.p. 18 Feb 1863; bur. Dennis Cemetery, Jackson Twp., Knox Co., OH
11.  Zipporah ELEY, b. 22 Nov 1857; d. 17 Dec 1888; bur. Dennis Cemetery, Jackson Twp., Knox Co., OH; m. 1881, Knox Co., OH, Maro Johnson WOLFE

[Peter may have had an earlier marriage, with a son born between 1830 and 1835.]

Sources:

1.  Liahona Research (Orem, UT), compilers.  1996.  Marriage Index:  Ohio, 1789-1850 (Broderbund CD-400):
Ely, Benjamin Statts, Maria Jan 12, 1837 Knox Co.

2.  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. 406B Benjamin Ely 210 001 - 000 010
These data indicate:
No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred
2 males 4 or under 1835-1840 = George (b. 1840)
= Homer (b. 1839)
1 male 5-9 1830-1835 = Lewis (b. 1837)
1 male 30-39 1800-1810 = Peter (b. 1810) 
1 female 20-29 1810-1820 = Maria (b. 1813/4/5)
Lewis is in the wrong age class.  Either that, or the son born 1830-35 is from a previous marriage of Peter, the two boys in the 1835-40 age class are Lewis and Homer, and the census was taken before George was born.  Possible.

3.  Family Quest Archives:  Ohio Federal Census 1850: Knox County.  Heritage Quest CD M432-700:  Butler Twp., Knox Co., OH, p. 392B-393A, 2383/2443, enumerated 21 Sep 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
Benjamin Ely  39 M Farmer 1000 Ohio
Maria     "  36 F      "
Lewis     "  12 M      "
Homer     "  11 M      "
George W  "  10 M      "
Polly     "   8 F      "
Joseph    "   6 M      "
Catherine "   4 F      "
Maria     "   2 F      "
Rebecca I? J? Ely 7/12 F     Ohio

4.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: Ancestral File.

5.  Descendants of George ELEY by Bernard Eley.

6.  Broderbund.  World Family Trees.  Vol. 6, Pedigree No. 3451.

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