Joel was born in 1818. He passed away in 1880.
Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1964
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65N-BCM : 4 April 2020), Joel Elam in household of Gilbert Elam, Morgan county, Morgan, Kentucky, United States; citing family 1117, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBX-21R : 19 March 2020), Joel Elam, 1860.
"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXWR-PR4 : 19 March 2020), Joel Elam, 1870.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC83-88H : 15 August 2017), Joel Ealum, Precinct 7, Wolfe, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 116, sheet 295B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,446.
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