Elias is listed on the 1860 census as part of William and America Barbee's household. I suspect he was there as a boarder/relative and not as a son. Also staying in the house is an L. Allen. Probably, he stayed in Illinois when his Barbee family moved out of the area. Stephen Allen and his daughter Lovica, whom Elias married, are listed a bit further down on the same census sheet.

