The transcription of Elias' 1850 census contains errors but his name does appear to read Elias given context.
Sources
"Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XX5P-2YN : accessed 26 April 2015), Elias Myers and Julian Alexander, 15 Mar 1837; citing , Daviess, Indiana, county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,433,573.
"United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHV2-7R9 : accessed 26 April 2015), Chas Myers, Bogard, Daviess, Indiana, United States; citing family 796, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elias by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elias: