Every four months or so, I send this same request. Someday, perhaps, I'll get lucky and someone out there in cyberland will be able to help me make this connection. Looking for an elusive CHARLES BENNETT, probably my great grandfather, who was a harness maker in Galesburg, IL (Knox County) in the late 1870s. Charles is listed in the Galesburg City Directory, 1877-1882 as a harness maker living on S. Cherry Street. He is not listed in the 1870 or 1880 census. I have a death certificate for ANNIE BENNETT, 14 S. Cherry, died April 9, 1879: Age: 17 years, 3 months, 17 days Occupation: housewife Nationality: Sweedish Place of Birth: Bishop Hill, IL Cause of Death: Typhoid Pneumonia Buried: Linwood Cemetery (They have no record, however) They had a child, Laura May (my grandmother), who was raised by the Oley Johnson family west of Galesburg after Annie died. Laura was born in October, 1878. I have been trying to I.D. these people for five years with no luck. Will be glad to pay for research time. Any help appreciated. Thanks. Bob Nelson "Poor is the nation that has no heroes. Shameful is the nation who has them and forgets." ... from a monument on the Battle of Davis Bridge battlefield near Bolivar, TN, erected by SCV Camp # 338 on September 15, 1990. bobnelson@centuryinter.net Crystal, MI