Hello Wendy,
the 1880 US-Federal-Census show´s 2 Elbe-families in Cinncinnati/Ohio. One of theses families came from Weurttemberg/Germany. I researched this family and made a familytree back to 1648. If this first immigrant Christian Heinrich Elbe was your ancestor please let me know, I will send to you this tree (for free of course). It would be a great pleasure to help any Elbe, if possible.

Hartmut (Verheyen)