I'm looking for ANY information that may lead to my grandfather, Charles Wesley Bennett, of Illinois, who married ? Kipfer, my grandmother, in the (maybe) 1870's or later. My father, Ralph, was born to them in April, 1898. He was born at home, hence no birth certificate. They had children named Arthur, Aldene, Margarate, and another child who may have died very young while they were in the deep South as missionaries. They were from the Peoria, Illinois area, though they didn't live in Peoria proper to my knowledge. Grandfather Charles was a Seventh Day Adventist and was a "lay" preacher. He had at least two churches where he preached. He also worked as a carpenter, as did my father and his brother Arthur. He was "singing all the time" according to my father Ralph Bennett, who was singing all the time! My father died at age 92, in 1990, and left me with little information about my family. I was born in 1954 when he was 57 years old and was I was too young and too busy raising babies to ask the right questions before he died. I only know these few things, but I am still singing all the time! I know one other thing. There was a Rebecca Tobias who was an ancestor on one side of the familly. I believe she was Jewish, though I'm not sure. There were many "Bible" names in the family. Some of them were Mennonite too. Thanks much for any info. I do appreciate it.