1900, Jun 8 - St. Francis Twp., Butler Co., MO census; pg 50B, lines 2-9, Fam #120:
HAM, George E. - head - Sep 1867 - 32y/o - mdx12yr - b. IL / MO / MO
Bell - wife - Jun 1869 - 30y/o - mdx12yr - 7 children/5 libing - MO/MO/MO
Ida M. - daughter - Jul 1890 - 9 y/o - MO/IL/MO
Minterville G. or S. - Aug 1893 - 6y/o - MO/IL/MO
*Eddie C. - son - Mar 1896 - 2y/o - MO/IL/MO
Nora L. - daughter - May 1898 - 2y/o - MO/IL/MO
HEMBY, Claude M. - bro (in law) - Feb 1884 - 16y/o - MO/IL/MO
HEMBY, Phillip M. - bro (in law) - Jan 1887 - 13y/o - MO/MO/MO
(at the time of this enumeration, George & Bell were married 12 years, their 13th anniversary would've been in Sept. of this year)

1910 Apr 21 - St. Francois Twp., Butler Co., MO census; pg 277A, sheet 4A, lines 9-14
(living on Dodge Ferry & Fisk Rd); Dwlg 70/Fam 71:
HAM, George E. - head - 42 - wd - IL/IL/IL - Farmer - rents farm
Mointerville - son - 16 - MO/IL/MO - Farmer
*Edward - son - 14 - MO/IL/MO
Nora - daughter - 12 - MO/IL/MO
Murt - daughter - 6 - MO/IL/MO
Roy - son - 4 - MO/IL/MO

1920 Feb 13 - St Francis Twp, Butler Co., MO census; pg 259A, sheet 8A; lines 39-41;
Dwg 170/fam 173:
HAM, Eddie C. - head - rents home - 23y/o - md - MO/MO/MO - labor, general farming
Lela - wife - 23 - md - MO/MO/MO
Lillian M. - daughter - 1 5/12 - MO/MO/MO

1930 Apr 18 - St. Francis Twp., Butler Co., MO; T626 Roll: 1179 Page: 244 Sheet 5B lines 58-62
Dwlg/Fam #103
Ham, Eddie C. - head - rents home - 34 - md - was age 19 @ when 1st married - MO/MO/MO - farmer
Lela J.. wife - 33 - aged 18 when first md - MO/VA/AR*
Ade E. - son - 8y/o - MO/MO/MO
Elise F. - daughter - 5 - MO/MO/MO
Dorothy N. - daughter - 1 (8/12 marked through) - MO/MO/MO
(*perhaps Lela was not the informant of her Mother Delphia's birthstate ... note b. in AR, like most her siblings)

'Daily American Republic', Poplar Bluff, MO newspaper, Monday, August 21, 1981:
EDDIE C. HAM
Eddie C. Ham, 85, a retired farmer and resident of Poplar Bluff, died Sunday at S. Joseph Hospital, Alton, Ill. He had been ill nine months.
Mr. Ham was born March 7, 1896, in Butler county. He was married to Lela Agee on Aug. 1, 1915. She died June 19, 1976. He was a member of Rombauer General Baptist Church.
Surviving are two sons, Aden Ham and Ivan Ham, both of Alton; two daughters, Fern Gillean of Alton and Dorothy Mitchelle of Poplar Bluff; one brother, Roy Ham of Kennett; nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Rombauer Union Church. The Rev. Chester Hamm will officiate. Burial will be in Rombauer Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. today at White's Funeral Home at Fisk.