1836 Birth:3065 Birth date of 28 October 1836 taken from 1911 tombstone in Oakland Cemetery, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa. Birth place of Licking County, Ohio assumed based on 18302377 and 18402378 census enumeration of parents Philip B. Moore and Lydia Patterson in that location.

1840 U.S. Census:2378 Elisha enumerated in the household of his father P. B. Moore in Burlington Township, Licking County, Ohio as a male under 5; Elisha was age 3.

1850 U.S. Census:2384 Elisha B. enumerated in the household of his father Philip B. Moore in English River Township, Washington County, Iowa as a male, age 13, born in Ohio.

1860 U.S. Census:2381 E. B. enumerated in the household of his brother-in-law William M. Billingsley in English River Township, Washington County, Iowa as a male, age 23, farmer, real estate value $1,680, personal property value $75, born in Ohio. Distant cousin Wilson Morey, age 22, was also living in the household. Wilson Morey, Elisha Moore, and Sophia Moore Billingsley were all grandchildren of Adam Patterson of Licking County, Ohio.

1870 U.S. Census:2223
Johnson County, Iowa (Iowa City Township, Iowa City Post Office)
Enumerated 21 July 1807
Elisha Moore •• 32, male, white, book & shoe merchant, personal property value $2,500, born in Ohio, male over 21 years of age
Anna •• 23, female, white, keeping house, born in Iowa
Isa •• 3, female, white, at home, born in Iowa
Ida •• 1 week old, female, white, born in Iowa, born in July
Lena Henedick •• 18, female, white, house keeper, born in Bohemia, father and mother foreign born
Brother-in-law William Billingsley, widower, was living in adjacent household with his children; Martin Van Buren Morey, a distant cousin of the deceased wife Sophia Moore; and an infant, possibly Martin Kirkwood Morey, the son of Martin Van Buren Morey. Perhaps the women in the Moore household cared for the infant Martin Kirkwood Morey.

1880 U.S. Census:2397
Johnson County, Iowa (2nd Ward, Iowa City)
Enumerated 4 June 1880
Elisha B. Moore •• white, male, 44, married, dry good merchant, born in Ohio, father born in Virginia, mother born in Virginia
Annelda E. •• white, female, 34, wife, single, keeping house, born in Iowa, father born in Vermont, mother born in Indiana
Ida J. •• white, female, 13, daughter, single, at school, attended school within the year, born in Iowa, mother born in Ohio, father born in Iowa [!]
Sophia J. •• white, female, 9, daughter, single, attended school within the year, born in Iowa, mother born in Ohio, father born in Iowa [!]
Rollin B. •• white, male, 2, son, single, born in Iowa, mother born in Ohio, father born in Iowa [!]
Mary Smith •• white, female, 19, servant, single, house keeper, cannot read or wtire, born in Ireland, father born in Ireland, mother born in Ireland
Alta B. Dewey •• white, female, 25, boarder, single, dry goods clerk, born in Iowa, father born in New York, mother born in New Hampshire

1911 Tombstone:3065 Oakland Cemetery, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa.
Elisha B. Moore
b. 28 October 1836
d. 19 September 1911